Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse and evaluate current sustainability performance of process or work area
- Identify sustainability goals of the enterprise as they relate to work area
- Compare actual with possible performance
- Identify abnormal or sub-optimal sustainability performance
- Identify hazards associated with process, plant and equipment relevant to work area
- Collect and evaluate relevant records to determine possible causes for sub-optimal sustainability performance
- Use appropriate techniques to rank possible causes from most to least probable cause
- Develop plan to optimise sustainable performance of process or work area
- Analyse causes to determine appropriate action
- Predict the impact of a change in one unit or area on other value chain components
- Predict the impact of a change on sustainability performance
- Develop measurable objectives and evaluate alternatives
- Identify requirements to implement change
- Consult with stakeholders regarding planned changes and impacts
- Develop optimisation plan taking account of hazards identified and sustainability implications and communicate to appropriate personnel
- Evaluate optimisation action to determine measures of effectiveness
- Coordinate sustainability optimisation action plan
- Coordinate all appropriate process steps and operations in order to rectify causes in process, plant and equipment performance
- Initiate and/or implement all required optimisation actions
- Communicate optimisation outcomes to all relevant personnel
- Implement procedures and systems to eliminate possible future causes
- Record all relevant information
- Develop continuous improvement strategies
- Review sources of information to identify possible factors causing sub-optimal performance
- Identify options for removing or controlling the risk of sub-optimal performance
- Assess the adequacy of existing control and quality methods and systems
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve performance
- Develop recommendations for continual improvement of process, plant and equipment effectiveness
- Consult with appropriate personnel and implement continuous improvement strategies
- Document implementation of continuous improvement strategies