A tool to provide Members with an insight into their organisation’s capacity for safety.
Organisational safety capacity is the ability of the company, both ashore and at sea, to employ, evaluate and enhance safe work processes, good safety practices and to develop safe behaviours.
North, in conjunction with Green-Jakobsen and North’s Loss Prevention Working Group, is developing the Safety Culture ORganisational Assessment tool. This consists of a survey aimed at senior officers on board, shore based managers who have a direct input into vessel safety and the departments directly supporting the vessel operations such as technical, marine and HSEQ, operations, crewing and commercial.
A report is then produced that provides an overview of the organisational safety capacity in a number of key areas, namely:
- Safety leadership
- Health and well-being
- Risk management
- Learning and development
- Reporting culture
A score is awarded for each key area, along with a recommendation on how to maintain or improve performance.
The report can then promote discussions and stimulate ideas for safety improvements. By identifying and prioritising improvements, companies can focus their efforts effectively. Completing the survey periodically provides an indicator of progress and the effectiveness of implemented improvements over time.
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SCORA is due to be launched in March 2019 and will be free for Members. Members wishing to register interest in using SCORA should contact Simon.MacLeod@nepia.com.
Author: Simon MacLeod
Deputy Director (Loss Prevention)