07) Support

Resource

Ballard UK and all Arcola Companies are committed to ensuring adequate resource to have a fully functioning HSM and safe & health working conditions.

This includes:

• • Ensuring all H&S roles filled.

  • H&S Objectives resource requirements

  • H&S Process

Competence

Ballard UK and Arcola Companies shall determine competency requirements, assess competency levels, train staff and keep records of this.

Line Managers are responsible for ensuring the competence of their workers.

This is further elaborated by the "Training & Competence" H&S Process.

Awareness

All Ballard UK and Arcola staff must be aware of:

• • H&S Policy & Objectives

  • their contribution to the effectiveness of the HSM

  • the implications of not conforming to the HSM

  • the outcomes of incident investigations

  • hazards and risks relevant to them

  • the ability to remove themselves from work situations that they consider present a serious danger to them

Communication

Ballard UK and Arcola Companies use a number of means to ensure its staff has the right awareness and HSM information.

This includes this staff site, emails, H&S Safety days, forms and team meetings. There are daily "Tool Box Talks" on sites where practical work is underway (e.g. MSIP, Bo'ness).

This is broken down by the HSM Communication Plan.

Document Control

All H&S documents should have an HSM code and be added to the HSM Document Register.

All Safety documents should Engineering document code and to the Engineering Document Register.

Document Version Control should be used as per IMS.

Safety Document Templates should be used.