Changes to hse competence Assurance

• Changes to PDO’s Approach to HSE Competence Assurance

Changes to HSE Competence Assurance

• A number of significant changes are being introduced to PDO’s requirements for HSE competence assurance of:
• Leadership Positions
• HSE Critical Positions responsible for Planning/Supervisory HSE Critical Activities (formerly called ‘Level 2 HSE Critical Positions’)
• The changes are based on the new approach adopted by the Shell Group, but tailored to PDO’s operating environment
• The main objectives of the changes are reductions in:
• the number of positions requiring assurance;
• the number of potential competence requirement profiles;
• the number of HSE competences to be assured.
• For the moment, requirements will remain unchanged for the assurance of:
• HSE Professional Positions and
• HSE Critical Positions Responsible for Front-Line Operational HSE Critical Activities (formerly designated ‘Level 1 HSE Critical Positions’)

• Competence Assessment Process

• Changes to HSE Competence Assurance
• The Overall Process Remains Unchanged

• N.B. The Line Supervisor carries out the assessment unless they are not confident
• In their own competence and capability to do so, in which case they can invite input
• from an approved assessor

• Only Senior LT members (Exec Directors)
• HSE Critical Positions Responsible for Planning/Supervisory HSE Critical Activities (but more narrowly defined - only those managing ‘Red RAM’ Risks)

• Positions Requiring Assurance
• All positions JG 1+
• ‘Level 2 HSE Critical Positions’

• Changes to HSE Competence Assurance
• Summary of Changes*

• * N.B. The changes adopted apply only to Leadership Positions and HSE Critical Positions Responsible for Planning/Supervisory HSE Critical Activities. The requirements applying to HSE Professional Positions and HSE Critical Positions Responsible for Front-Line Operational HSE Critical Activities (formerly called ‘Level 1 HSE Critical Positions’) remain unchanged

• Which Competences Require Assurance
• Technical/Operational Competences (as set by the Discipline) in SAPpHiRe
• HSE Competences

• Unchanged
• Unchanged BUT the number of Competence Elements is reduced from 12 to 3

• HSE Competence Requirements
• 18 Profiles (driven by Function & JG)

• 9 Profiles (driven by role in HSE risk management)

• Changes to HSE Competence Assurance
• Criteria for HSE Critical Positions Responsible for Planning/Supervisory HSE Critical Activities

• The principal criterion is that the position has a significant influence on the management of Red RAM Risks
• Such influence arises because they either:
• Take (with a high degree of independence) significant technical or planning decisions, which affect the establishment, implementation and maintenance of controls for such risks and/or
• They supervise or manage front-line operational activity involving such risks (and therefore are responsible for effective implementation of controls)

• Rationalised HSE Competences
• 1 - Provide Leadership in HSSE (‘HSE Lead’)
• 2 – Prepare Effective Management of HSSE Risk (‘HSE Prepare’)
• 3 – Apply Effective Management of HSSE Risk (‘HSE Apply’)

• There is linkage between the old and the new, but the new structure consolidates and reduces the ‘technical/professional’ HSE requirements and focuses on capabilities required by Line personnel

• Changes to HSE Competence Assurance
• Comparison of 12 Old & 3 New HSE Competences

• N. B. Existing completed assessments in SAPpHiRe will be automatically ‘converted’

• Shell Uses the term HSSE, PDO will continue to use HSE