ISNetworld RAVS: Passing the Written Program Review
RAVS (Review And Verification Services) is the part of ISNetworld where trained reviewers manually read the written safety programs you upload and score them against your hiring client’s requirements. Each required topic (fall protection, hazard communication, PPE, and whatever else the client selects) must appear in your written program with the specific elements the protocol lists. Programs are rejected item by item, with a deficiency note for each miss, and you resubmit until every element scores.
How the RAVS review works
- ✓ Your hiring client selects required program topics based on the work you will do
- ✓ You upload your written safety program (or individual programs per topic)
- ✓ Reviewers check each topic against a checklist of required elements, sentence by sentence
- ✓ Misses come back as deficiency notes naming the missing element
- ✓ You revise, resubmit, and repeat until every element passes; scores feed your overall grade
The usual rejection reasons
RAVS deficiencies are boringly consistent: the program never states WHO is responsible for the element, the training requirement is missing its frequency, the program does not name the company, an element is implied but never explicitly written, or the uploaded manual simply lacks the topic (roofing manuals missing hazard communication is a classic). Reviewers cannot give credit for anything that is not literally on the page.
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Common questions
▸What does RAVS stand for?
Review And Verification Services: ISNetworld’s document review team and process for written safety programs.
▸How long does a RAVS review take?
Typically a few business days per submission cycle. Failed elements restart the cycle, which is why first-pass quality matters more than upload speed.
▸Do I need a separate program for every RAVS topic?
No. One well-structured written safety program can cover the topics as sections, as long as each required element is explicitly present. Some contractors upload topic-by-topic excerpts to make the reviewer’s mapping easier.
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