Method

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Our multidisciplinary consultancy method

With over forty years of experience in prevention, CEPER applies a multidisciplinary consultancy approach to build an occupational health and safety system that is both efficient and effective — one that evolves naturally alongside the organisation.

The CEPER method turns what is mistakenly seen as a "problem" into an opportunity and a source of value

CEPER believes that an effective method must be built on a health and safety management system that addresses legal, technical, organisational, environmental, and psychosocial aspects and serves as the foundation of a healthy, safe work environment.
Such a system supports legal compliance, productivity, worker wellbeing, and cost reduction.
Applying the CEPER method protects personnel while also providing legal protection for management at all levels (Employer, Managers, Supervisors), thanks to its ability to adapt immediately to each company’s organisation, logic, and needs.
The diverse, complementary skills of CEPER’s consultants ensure the delivery of innovative, shared solutions that meet each company’s real needs.

The CEPER method is based on the following key phases:

1. Organisational analysis and organisational chart development

CEPER analyses the company's structure and develops an occupational health and safety organisational chart aligned with the corporate chart by:

  • defining the correct responsibilities and competencies in occupational health and safety for each company function, based on its actual hierarchical and functional level;
  • proposing any corrective and improvement actions;
  • highlighting the distinctive features and key strengths on which to build the system;
  • preparing the supporting documents (delegation documents, designation and appointment letters) that ensure proper classification and provide visibility both within and outside the company.

2. Compliance audit

The level of compliance with occupational health and safety requirements is audited and determined by:

  • conducting an integrated analysis of legal, technical, organisational, and psychosocial aspects to reach a clear, shared picture of compliance with mandatory safety regulations;
  • defining immediate corrective actions that both raise the level of protection straight away and set the right framework for subsequent phases;
  • where appropriate, setting up a register with an associated schedule of deadlines to track and control mandatory requirements.

3. Analysis and assessment of residual risks

Residual risks are analysed and assessed by placing job roles and work activities at the centre of the process and linking them directly to all specific assessments required by Legislative Decree 81/2008 and related regulations, through:

  • adapting the risk assessment process to the company's technical, organisational, and psychosocial characteristics, and scaling it to the size and dynamics of its business processes;
  • preparing the risk assessment for each type of health and safety risk, including, where applicable, direct instrumental analyses and specific assessments carried out with close attention to the actual impact on job roles;
  • defining prevention and protection measures to maintain and properly manage existing controls and to drive continuous improvement in health and safety standards;
  • preparing a Risk Assessment Document (DVR), in accordance with Articles 17 and 28 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, that provides a clear, complete picture of all assessments and is both easy to use and straightforward to update.

4. Definition of safety management system procedures

Developing and implementing operational management processes for the system's core areas and their procedural workflows by:

  • considering the evidence gathered from the previous phases;
  • clearly defining the relevant procedural workflow, based on a specific predefined CEPER standard, which includes:
    • the requirements mandated by regulations and/or arising from completed assessments,
    • the activities needed to ensure planning, implementation, evaluation, monitoring, and subsequent improvement actions,
    • the designated and competent company personnel, as defined in the organisational charts,
    • the methods of implementation and tools,

  • where appropriate, formalising each workflow as a standard procedure,

  • where appropriate, developing and deploying user-friendly auditing and reporting tools, tailored to each area and function, to make it easier to manage duties and responsibilities.

5. Training needs analysis and training plan development

This activity covers:

  • developing content and materials for information, training, and practical instruction;
  • organising and delivering the training required by regulations, including the specific State-Regions Agreements, covering:
    • roles under Legislative Decree 81/2008 for all individuals subject to the training obligation;
    • specialisations and needs arising from the risk assessment processes in relation to the nature of the risks and the characteristics of the activities performed;
    • duties within the company's operational management processes.

The management system can be completed by developing additional procedural workflows and tools that fully meet the requirements of UNI ISO 45001, 45003, and UNI EN ISO 14001. To this end, CEPER has developed a specific framework of practical tools designed to guide the company in carrying out “system activities” and, where appropriate, to achieve certification in a completely natural way.

The entire system is described in a single document that serves as the reference guide, with the various operational and dynamic documents and tools linked to it.