Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess planned work for conflicts.
- Identify all planned work for a time period
- Determine the scope and HSE impacts of each planned job
- Confirm hazard analysis and controls for each planned job
- Compare hazard profiles for each planned job
- Identify conflicts between planned jobs
- Negotiate a solution between conflicts
- Communicate results of negotiations to relevant stakeholders.
- Issue required permits.
- Audit live permits.
- Audit plant preparations
- Audit permit issuing process
- Check appropriate controls have been specified
- Audit handover/sign on process
- Audit work in progress for conformance to permit conditions
- Audit work completion and hand back/closing process
- Audit deisolation and return to work preparations
- Take immediate and appropriate action on any problems found
- Report on audit as required by procedures.
- Audit past permits.
- Analyse audit findings.
- Identify improvements to the permit system
- Identify improvements to the implementation of the permit system
- Suggest improvements to the permit system as appropriate
- Suggests improvements to hazard analysis processes
- Suggest improvements to the plant preparation/return to operations processes
- Suggest improvements to hazard controls
- Suggest training required as appropriate