Templates and records · SQAS2022

SQAS templates and records for the assessment

Nine records a chemical haulier needs to answer the SQAS questionnaire with evidence, separating what the questionnaire itself asks for from what the ADR already requires.

In one sentence

An SQAS assessment does not lead to a certificate but to a report in which an independent assessor answers each question with yes, no or not applicable on the strength of the evidence seen; that is why the records —driver training, behaviour observations, incidents, emergencies, subcontractors, maintenance, security of the load, the safety adviser’s report and the improvement plan— decide the score more than the procedures do, and many of them are mandatory under the ADR as well.

Content reviewed on 17 October 2026

Owner: Cefic European Chemical Industry Council
Outcome: A report, not a certificate Each question is answered with 1, 0 or not applicable, with the assessor’s comment
Report validity: 3 years The full reassessment must take place within that period
Current questionnaires: 2022 revision In use since 1 January 2022
After the assessment: Improvement action programme Drawn up by the company, which may update it while the report remains valid

Contents

SQAS2022 templates and records

SQAS does not number its requirements the way a standard does: its Core questionnaire is split into three areas —management; safety, health, environment, quality, security and social responsibility; and contracting of services— and is complemented by the specific questionnaire of each module, such as Transport Service. Each template states the area and, where the obligation is a legal one, the relevant ADR chapter.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us before getting started

Does SQAS require specific records?

The questionnaire imposes no forms, but the assessor can only score a 1 on seeing objective evidence, and for questions flagged as requiring a comment must note which evidence was seen. In practice, no record means no point.

How does it relate to the ADR?

SQAS assesses safety and quality management beyond the law, yet many questions rest on ADR obligations: driver training, the safety adviser, instructions in writing or the security plan. If a legal record is missing, the matching question does not score either.

Who sees the report?

For the first month, only the assessed company, which may add its comments. After that it is published in the SQAS database for participating chemical companies, except those the company chooses to exclude.

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Sources

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References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

SQAS — Safety & Quality Assessment for Sustainability: Core and Transport Service questionnaires Cefic · Revised questionnaires in force since 1 January 2022
SQAS/ESAD Guidelines Cefic · September 2024
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) UNECE · Current edition

SQAS templates and records for the assessment

In one sentence

SQAS2022 templates and records

Improvement action plan

Safety adviser’s annual report

ADR driver training

Safe behaviour observation

Incidents and near misses

Emergency response

Subcontractor evaluation

Vehicle and tank maintenance

Security plan

What people ask us before getting started

Does SQAS require specific records?

How does it relate to the ADR?

Who sees the report?

Keep your SQAS2022 records without loose templates

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