AuditsCompliance-in-a-Box: The Startup Guide to Audit-Ready DocsSVSid Varma · 12 min readFor contractors and suppliers whose hiring clients require ISNetworld or Avetta, and the safety leads who keep the written programs those reviewers grade against each client's requirements.
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Contractors and suppliers whose hiring clients make an ISNetworld or Avetta account a condition of work; the obligation is contractual and each client sets its own requirements.
ISN's Review and Verification Services (RAVS) team and Avetta's auditors, against regulatory and hiring client requirements; clients can add implementation or field audits
Annual ISN subscription; documents reviewed on submission, with expirations, renewals and questionnaire changes tracked continuously
No published version; requirements are configured by each hiring client inside the platform, Not versioned. Free to read.
Each one needs an owner, an approval, and proof it reached the people it covers.
ISNetworld RAVS written program review
RAVS reviews each submitted written program against regulatory requirements and the hiring client's requirements, then gives the contractor guidance on any gaps.
ISNetworld MSQ-triggered RAVS requirements
Certain MSQ answers trigger added RAVS requirements, which can take up to 24 hours to appear and then affect the contractor's RAVS scores.
ISNetworld document collection
ISN collects written programs, incident forms, insurance certificates and workers' compensation documents, and RAVS checks submissions for accuracy, relevance and timeliness.
Avetta safety manual audit
Avetta's safety manual audits review a contractor's written safety policies and procedures, focusing on the areas of the manual each hiring client marks as important.
ISNetworld RAVS 360; Avetta implementation audit
Where clients request them, RAVS 360 and Avetta implementation audits test written programs against training records, supporting documents and interviews.
Avetta prequalification forms
Avetta's prequalification flow collects licenses, acknowledgments, certifications and digital signatures alongside the forms suppliers complete for each client.
Citations are to the standard or regulation; wording is ours.
What reviewers sample about these documents and the people they cover.
Reviewers compare uploaded programs with regulatory requirements and the hiring client's own requirements, which ISNetworld lets clients configure by location, risk level or specific designations.
Some MSQ answers create added RAVS requirements, so a contractor reporting an activity or hazard is asked for the matching written program.
Under RAVS 360, ISN reviews training records and supporting documents and interviews contractor representatives about how specific written programs are carried out.
Avetta monitors expiration and renewal of uploaded documents and ISN reviews submissions for timeliness, so dates on each program, certificate and record are checked.
Write each policy, send it through approval, and send it to the people it covers. Each acknowledgment is recorded by name, with the version, the date and the time.
When a policy changes, the new version is approved, its Editor sends it out again, and everyone it applies to is asked again. Export the record as a PDF or CSV, or give a reviewer Viewer access to the documents their tags allow.
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Your region’s laws, the standards your customers ask for, and your own house rules. Write each one as a policy, approve it, and send it to the people it covers.
ISN states that the written program review assesses the documents and does not confirm implementation. Implementation is the subject of RAVS 360, which hiring clients can request.
Each hiring client configures its own requirements, and ISNetworld lets clients set them by location, risk level or specific designations. Applicable regulations form the other half of the review.
ISN offers RAVS Assist templates and guidance and states they are not legal, compliance or professional advice. Each contractor remains responsible for the content of its programs.
Thresholds belong to each client. In one ISN case study, a hiring client states that it requires an A or B rating in ISNetworld from all of its subcontractors.
ISN's FAQs say contractors pay an annual subscription fee and a one-time account setup fee per country. Both are based on a three-year average employee count.
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