The Official newsletter of EPM Solutions | Winter 2011/12
IN THIS ISSUE:
Demonstrating competence
[HEALTH & SAFETY]
> William Tracey present their new logo to EPM ready for display on the partner wall
> PAS55 to ISO progress > Events diary for 2012 > Health & Safety guide > Wonderwall for inspiration > Staff profile - Ian McCulloch
[PAS55] 2012 is a big year for PAS55 (The British Standards Institution’s Publically Available Specification for the optimised management of physical assets) as it is expected to become an international ISO standard. For more details on the project and how it will benefit global asset managers see page 2.
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TO ENSURE GOOD HEALTH & SAFETY AND LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE COMPETENCE MUST BE DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT AN ORGANISATION.
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A Competence Management System ompetence is the ability to The HSE guide, ‘Developing and undertake responsibilities and to Maintaining Staff Competence’ is a useful perform activities to a recognised text on the subject. It was written for standard on a regular basis. Competence the rail industry but applies equally well is a combination of practical and thinking to many other industries. The guidance skills, experience and knowledge, HSE document describes how main concerns are your You should have a to design a ‘Competence business should have process to ensure that Management System’ (CMS). a process in place to anyone working with This is a 15-step process ensure that anyone major hazards on your and is intended as a prompt working with major site is competent to the things you should hazards on your site is consider in developing your own CMS. competent. They need to know that your Please contact EPM if you would like more company has competent employees: people who have the skills, experience and information or refer to “Developing and Maintaining Staff Competence”. HSE (2002), knowledge to do their job properly and ISBN 0 7176 17327 safely under all working conditions. The three main things you need to do to make sure your staff are competent are: • Select the right people • Train them • Assess them (at various stages) These three stages together form the ‘competence assurance’ system of your company.
The Asset Management Conference
Savoy Place | 30 November - 1 December 2011
EPM Managing Director, Gary Kerr recently attended The Asset Management Conference organised by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. The first ever call for papers Asset Management Conference was well received and attended by over 200 asset management professionals from 17 countries. www.theiet.org
Your biggest asset
Brand identity creates a talking point WHEN WILLIAM TRACEY RECENTLY DEVELOPED A NEW BRAND IDENTITY IT BECAME SOMETHING OF A STANDING JOKE THAT THE EPM PARTNER WALL WAS STILL DISPLAYING THE OLD LOGO – NOT ANYMORE! [PARTNERS]
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t the EPM office we are delighted to feature all of our important partners including customers, suppliers, associates and stakeholders on the partner wall. The wall is made up of A3 boards each displaying the relevant partner logo serving to reinforce our important business relationships. Of course nothing stands still for long which means more often than not brand identities and logos are updated. So, following a recent review of the William
Tracey brand it become something of a talking point prior to EPM site meetings that the logo was in fact the old one. So, during a recent visit to the William Tracey plant in Paisley Gary Kerr, Managing Director of EPM was presented with the correct logo. Graeme McDonald, Managing Director of the William Tracey Industrial & Utilities Division were delighted to present the logo ready for display on the EPM wall
for partner logos. Commenting on the story Gary said, “it’s been a bit of a talking point lately that we had the old logo on the wall and we are pleased that this has now been rectified. William Tracey are an important partner to us in a number ways. We help them with engineering support across their Industrial and Utilities Division, whilst they support our environmental policy in that they handle all of our recycled office waste.”
A new International Standard for Asset Management ISO 55000 (THE NEW INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT) EMERGING FROM PAS 55 SUCCESSES [INSTITUTE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT]
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AS 55 (the British Standard’s requirements specification for the optimal management of physical assets) is being used as the basis by the International Standards Organization (ISO), for the first ever International Standard for Asset Management. This will be published in 3 parts: • ISO 55000 will provide the overview, concepts and terminology in Asset Management • ISO 55001 will specify the requirements for good Asset Management practices - the ‘Asset Management System’ (NB this is not a specification for an asset information management system, such
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as an EAM or CMMS software tool) • ISO 55002 provides interpretation and implementation guidance for such an Asset Management System. The ISO 5500x family of standards will also align and integrate with other major management systems specifications, so that an integrated approach can be established for good practices on all key aspects of professional operations. These include ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 14001 for environmental management, OHSAS 18000 for occupational health and safety, and ISO 31000 for risk management.
COMMON SENSE, COMMON SAFETY THE UK GOVERNMENT’S RECENT REPORT INTO HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS UNFOCUSED APPROACH TO EMPLOYEES. [HEALTH & SAFETY]
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n 15th October 2011 Lord Young of Graffham published the ‘Common Sense, Common Safety’ report. Argument stirred regarding its relevancy to plant engineers. While it recommends the set-up of a register of professionally qualified occupational safety consultants and suggests simplifying the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), the list of recommendations has been criticised for concerning itself too broadly with the compensation culture grown from poorly established legislature as opposed to dealing with the day-to-day operations of employees. Arguably the remit for the report was addressed, as it was asked to outline guideline policies for improving the perception of health and safety, ensuring it’s taken seriously and minimising the compliance burden on small companies with low-risk workplaces. Yet criticism has been found when comparing these new policies to the statistics released by HSE, which have presented a greater need for health and safety around
Events diary for early 2012 For more information on any event contact EPM Solutions on 0141 848 6609
maintenance operations. Findings show that 158 employees per 100,000 suffer a major injury or are killed as a result of manufacturing, which is 50% more than the all-industry average. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launched its Europe-wide safe maintenance campaign earlier this year showing that 20% of workplace accidents are connected to maintenance operations. Across Europe it states that around 10-15% of all fatal accidents at work are related to maintenance whilst the number is close to 30% in the British manufacturing industry. Companies are being urged to continue to protect their employees through safe practice in the workplace. Part of this is about raising awareness of risks and potential problems and enforcing rules around this. HSE has put together a safe maintenance health-check questionnaire, available on their website, which challenges employees and site managers to act on any oversights.
HSE Health Check Challenge • Do your staff always isolate machines before undergoing maintenance? • Have all your maintenance staff got their own isolation padlocks and warning boards? • Do you know if you have got asbestos in the building and if so, where it is? • Do you use this asbestos information when planning building maintenance jobs? • Do you think in advance about what access equipment is right for the job? • Do your staff talk through proper lifting procedures prior to lifting heavy loads? • Are any of the staff competent enough to take charge of nonstandard lifting jobs? • Do you use permits to work properly when needed? • Do you have any confined spaces?
SoftSols Agility
Training & Workshopss
Various dates and locations
Shire Systems
Training & Roadshows
Various dates and locations
EPM Solutions - Paisley
Asset Management Forum
TBA
IAM - Barcelona
6th Global Pipeline Inspection & Integrity Forum
1-3 Feb
EPM Solutions - Paisley
PAS55 Awareness Training
February 2012
Maintec Show - NEC
Maintenance & Asset Management
28 Feb - 1 Mar
IAM - Chelsea
Infrastructure Asset Management Exchange
19-21 Mar
IAM - NEC
The Plant & Asset Management Exhibition
17-19 Apr
IAM - Warwick University
Annual Conference 2012
18-20 Jun
Your biggest asset
The wonder wall
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[INSPIRED]
nyone visiting EPM’s head office at Woodside House in Paisley recently will have noticed the main wall has received an injection of colour, life and inspiration. Pictured left the wall graphic measures 3 metres wide by more than 2 metres tall. The wall has been designed to provide inspiration to staff and visitors when they enter or leave the building. Focusing on four key themes business, success, motivation and learning - the wall is an eclectic mix of quotes and imagery from some of the world’s finest achievers. These include Robert Burns, Bill Shankly, Andrew Carnegie, Steve Jobs and Homer Simpson. For a closer look drop into our head office in Paisley and prepare to be dazzled.
Staff Spotlight IN THIS EDITION OF ASSET LIFE WE FOCUS ON IAN MCCULLOCH. AS PROJECT ENGINEER IAN’S ROLE IS TO TACKLE ALL TASKS THAT COME HIS WAY AND TO ASSIST THE TEAM IN THE MANY VARIED FUNCTIONS WHICH MAKE UP A COMPLETE PROJECT. [IAN MCCULLOCH] Place of birth Glasgow Position held at work Electrical Designer / Project Engineer Interests Green Bowls Favourite food Mince & Potatoes Favourite music and artist Frank Sinatra Favourite TV programme Match of the Day Favourite movie Star Wars Favourite way to relax On holiday in a hot climate all-inclusive If you were not at EPM, what would you like to be doing? Travel the world on a cruise liner for a few months
What technology could you not live without? Desktop computer If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would it be and why? Why change? There is nothing wrong with me, that’s what my daughter says anyway. One thing that nobody knows about you I actually enjoy working What do you consider your greatest achievement to date? Being me always What would you do if you won the lottery Continue as before If you could change one thing in the world what would it be? The climate in Scotland just a little bit What do you enjoy most about working at EPM The friendship and support of the people you work with
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