Qualified personnel meaning

Designated and qualified personnel means empioyees (not contractors) that are knowiedgeabie of your program, and have actuai work experience and training in impiementing and auditing a SEMS or a simiiar program in an offshore oii and gas environment. 

Standard reference materials provide a necessary but insufficient means for achieving accuracy and measurement compatibiUty on a national or international scale. Good test methods, good laboratory practices, well-qualified personnel, and proper intralaboratory and intedaboratory quaUty assurance procedures ate equally important. A systems approach to measurement compatibiUty is ikustrated in Figure 2. The function of each level is to transfer accuracy to the level below and to help provide traceabiUty to the level above. Thus traversing the hierarchy from bottom to top increases accuracy at the expense of measurement efficiency. 

Each batch processed is effectively governed by an individually numbered manufacturing order verified by qualified personnel (see section C.02.006 Interpretation 1) and prepared from the master formula by such means as to prevent errors in copying or calculation. 

Routine activities involving skills that qualified personnel usually possess may not require detailed step by step instructions they should nevertheless be subject to control by means of general administrative procedures. 

Interrupting and isolating devices—(i) Circuit breakers. Circuit breakers located indoors shall consist of metal-enclosed or fire-resistant, cell-mounted units. In locations accessible only to qualified personnel, open mounting of circuit breakers is permitted. A means of indicating the open and closed position of circuit breakers shall be provided. 

With growing experience in the field of chemical sensors, and with the awareness that smaller scale does not necessarily mean a deterioration in performance, it seemed worthwhile to consider miniatmizing entire laboratories. An interesting aspect also was automation, which is much easier to carry out with smaller instruments. A higher degree of automation improves the immunity of the instrument against interference and can be operated by less qualified personnel. 

At least in industrial countries, the decision regarding the degree of automation is almost always the same. Mostly, the operator wishes for a so-called fuUy automatic plant This means that apart from management, repair and maintenance personnel only the control room has to be staffed. These qualified personnel are able to operate even large plants. 

Destruction by Chemical Means. The chemical destruction of loose explosives, except as provided below, shall not be permitted unless approval is given by the Commander, DARCOM. Chemical methods must be supervised by qualified personnel having knowledge of chemistry. Chemical methods shall not be used in an attempt to destroy explosives which are enclosed or pressed into components such as detonators. The following procedures may be used under adequate supervision for 28 grams or less of the explosives named. 

Pure aluminum is used in the electrolysis protection process, which does not passivate in the presence of chloride and sulfate ions. In water very low in salt with a conductivity of x < 40 yUS cm" the polarization can increase greatly, so that the necessary protection current density can no longer be reached. Further limits to its application exist at pH values < 6.0 and >8.5 because there the solubility of Al(OH)3 becomes too high and its film-forming action is lost [19]. The aluminum anodes are designed for a life of 2 to 3 years. After that they must be renewed. The protection currents are indicated by means of an ammeter and/or a current-operated light diode. In addition to the normal monitoring by service personnel, a qualified firm should inspect the rectifier equipment annually. 

To limit the potential for deficiencies to escape detection before the product is released, special processes should be documented in the form of procedures and specifications that will ensure the suitability of all equipment, personnel, and facilities, and prevent varying conditions, activities, or operations. Qualification in the context of special processes means that you need to conduct a thorough assessment of the processes to determine their capability to maintain or detect the conditions needed to produce conforming product consistently. The limits of capability need to be determined and the processes only applied within these limits. In qualifying the processes you need to qualify the personnel using them by training and examination as well as the materials, equipment, and facilities employed. It is the combination of personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities which ensure qualified processes. 

One particularly troublesome issue to do with workforce reductions is that, when cuts are made, it is often the personnel with more experience who leave. Such people, being older, are more likely to be qualified for early retirement or the package. Also, their departure leads to a greater reduction in costs because they are paid more than the younger employees. Unfortunately, this means that the newer people have fewer gray-haired mentors to monitor their actions and decisions. This loss of experience problem is not new— indeed it is the theme of Trevor Kletz s book. Lessons from Disaster—How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur (Kletz, 1993). 

Applies in serious cases, where the person has virtually or entirely stopped breathing, or severe breathing difficulties carry the risk of suffocation. Artificial respiration means mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (place a handkerchief over the patient s mouth). Although administration of oxygen would normally be indicated in many of these cases, this has been intentionally omitted, since (i) when incorrectly administered, it often does more harm than good, and (ii) oxygen should be administered only by qualified medical and paramedical personnel. Oxygen equipment should be available in the workplace, however, for use by qualified persons. 

Several means are available to prevent individuals from coming into contact with electricity in addition to exclusbn of unqualified personnel from space, as mentioned in the introduction to this section. These include insulation, grounding, good wiring practices, and mechanical devices. Before addressing these latter options, it might be well to briefly discuss the concept of a qualified person. 

Training employees solely by means of a film or video without the opportunity for a discussion period would constitute a violation of 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2). Never consider a computer program, even an interactive one, as appropriate unless the employer suppl ents such training with site-specific information required. Provide trainees with direct access to a qualified trainer during all training sessions. OSHA permits anployers to meet the requirement if personnel can directly access a trainer by way of a telephone hotline. OSHA does not consider the use of electronic mail systems to answer employee questions unless a trainer answers e-mailed questions at the time the questions arise. 

Because supervising workers means observing, the supervisor is the most qualified to make job safety observations. He or she knows the workers and the training they have received, and knows the jobs and how these jobs should be done. With proper preparation, the supervisor can conduct a thorough observation. Other management personnel may take part in the planned safety observation but the supervisor must ultimately be responsible for observation. 

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