One key area in the development of a safe system
of work is to gather suffi cient information from a variety
of sources. Table 6.1 identifi es such sources of information
and provides a brief overview of the information that
may be provided.
Once the information has been gathered the development
of the system of work will need to be coordinated
and recorded. The responsibility for this task rests with
the employer or responsible person. Assistance of a
competent person will on many occasions be required,
so that the coordination of the team producing the
SSOW and the development of the system refl ect the
preventive and protective measures required by law.
The competent person is likely to have knowledge
of a variety of techniques for analysing the operation
including:
➤ Job safety analysis (JSA)
➤ Hazard and operability study (HAZOP)
➤ Fault tree analysis (FTA)
➤ Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
The last three may assist in preparing the safe system of
work, particularly when the operation may have a high
loss potential.
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