Clause 6.1.2.3: Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other opportunities for the OH&S MS
Set up, run and keep processes that assess two kinds of opportunity: OH&S opportunities to raise OH&S performance, with planned changes taken into account, and opportunities to make the OH&S MS itself better..
What clause 6.1.2.3 asks
Set up, run and keep processes that assess two kinds of opportunity: OH&S opportunities to raise OH&S performance, with planned changes taken into account, and opportunities to make the OH&S MS itself better.
Opportunities are the other half of planning. They are the changes that make work safer or healthier, not the absence of a hazard, and they need the same record and owner as a risk.
Draft 6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of OH&S risks and OH&S opportunities, from clause 6.1.2.3. The draft folds this into 6.1.2 and the public summaries report an expanded list of areas for improvement opportunities, including promoting well-being, influencing external providers and health surveillance to prevent occupational disease.
Evidence for clause 6.1.2.3
An auditor will ask for an opportunity that was assessed, resourced and measured, and for the change it made to a hazard or a control.
- OpportunitiesOpportunities register
- OpportunitiesLinkage to objectives and improvement plans
- OpportunitiesRecords of opportunities considered during change planning
Where clause 6.1.2.3 commonly fails
- Opportunities section blank or trivial
- Not refreshed when changes are planned
What to do about clause 6.1.2.3 before the revision
Move at least one item out of the too-hard pile and into the opportunity register with an owner and a date. Add a well-being opportunity and an external-provider opportunity. Record the result, even when it failed.
What the record shows for clause 6.1.2.3
An auditor working on clause 6.1.2.3 will start with Opportunities register. The failure this record sees most often is Opportunities section blank or trivial. Both are carried into the kit as row 12, with an owner field and a dated action.
Read across from clause 6.1.2.3
Read the next clause in the group, or open the full index. The revision map shows the draft structure.
Source for clause 6.1.2.3: ISO 45001:2018, clause 6.1.2.3, retrieved 18 October 2026. The draft note rests on the public DIS contents and the two named summaries; the requirement, evidence and gaps are written from the held clause record. Every source.