MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCE Sudbury, ON April 10, 2014 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCE Sudbury, ON April 10, 2014

Presented by Bert Hettrich, International Certification Ltd. bert@iso-certification.com

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DEC Drilling Excellence Certification

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Rationale behind the development of the DEC program
• 3. Benefits to contractors, clients and other stakeholders
• 4. What is included in the DEC program:
• 5. Overview of the certification process
• 6. Overview of the requirements of the DEC standard
• 7. Contractor provides better service to clients
• 8. Using DEC as part of the Contractor selection process
• 9. Next steps in the development of the DEC program

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• 1. Introduction

Bert Hettrich, Lead Auditor International Certification Ltd.  3rd party auditing organization, Located in Coldstream, BC  audit service: various ISO and industry specific standards  pre-audits, assessments, process audits, other audits  2nd party audits for clients (auditing their suppliers)  Training workshops

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Before DEC, there was no standard practice or a standard in place for the Diamond Drilling Industry. Everyone was doing something. This does not make it measurable, and it does not show other stakeholders what the Diamond Drilling Industry is doing. We looked good if we were lucky and there were no incidents or

• accidents. But when we had them, then the discussions started and we

spend money and time, and lots of it, for “after the fact”. And then there are the Regulators…

Part of the rationale was:

 How about spending the money and time upfront?  Having a “say” rather than “being told”.

• 2. Rationale behind the

development of the DEC program

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• 3. Benefits to contractors,

clients and other stakeholders

Contractor

• switching from a reactive mode into a proactive mode
• structured management system where the company’s processes

are evaluated on a regular basis for effectiveness (quality, environment and safety)

• more transparency for employees as rules and policies have been

established

• more transparency for management in regards of assessing risks

to the company (more factual approach to decision making in all business areas)

• ability to bid on contracts where certification is a requirement
• positive impacts on insurance rates / financial institute decisions

etc.

• thers

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• 3. Benefits to contractors, clients and

stakeholders cont.

Clients and Stakeholders

• reduced risk of being negatively in the media because of a CDDA

Contractor

• baseline where CDDA Contractors can be better measured

against each other

• more sustainable service providers (CDDA Contractors)
• Having a business partner where they have a system e.g.
• to evaluate effectiveness and to act where needed
• to evaluate compliance and to act where needed
• to keep records (e.g. evidence for fulfilling requirements)

 some specific examples follow later in the presentation

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• 4. What is included in the DEC

program

• Standard (U001)
• Certification regulations (U002)
• Fee structure (U003)
• Tool box
• FAQs
• Workshops

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• 5. Overview of the

certification process

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• 6. Overview of the

requirements of the DEC Standard

4.1 Policy Statement 4.2 Roles, Functions, Accountabilities and Responsibilities 4.3 Management System Manual 4.4 Training 4.5 Document Control 4.6 Record Control 4.7 Identification of Legal and Other Requirements + Evaluation of Compliance 4.8 Identification of Risks and Risk Management 4.9 Identification of Specific Client Contractual Obligations 4.10 Continuous Improvement 4.11 Equipment Maintenance 4.12 Emergency Preparedness and Response 4.13 Incidents 4.14 CDDA Statistical Reporting 4.15 Internal Review 4.16 Management Evaluation

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• 7. Contractor provides better

service to clients

Examples: 4.9 Identification of Specific Client Contractual Obligations

This requires that the contractor has a process in place for each contract to identify / evaluate / review

 New health and safety, environmental and quality risks associated with the contract (ref. 4.8)  Insurance requirements  Contributing activities / operations and risks when using new subcontractors or new suppliers  The “Legal and Other Requirement Register” (ref. 4.7)  Emergency Preparedness and Response – client requirements (ref. 4.12)

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• 7. Contractor provides better service to

clients cont.

Examples: 4.15 Internal reviews (audits)

This requires that the contractor develops and implements an internal review process

 Having included each drill site in the review(s)  Acknowledgement or sign-off of the review results by the client  Action plans including deadlines and assigned responsibilities for nonconformities identified during the review(s)  Effectiveness of action tracking, implementation in a timely manner etc. needs to be evaluated (ref. 4.16)

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• 7. Contractor provides better service to

clients cont.

Examples: 4.11Equipment Maintenance

This requires that the contractor has an equipment maintenance, inspection and calibration program

 Compliance to legislative requirements and manufacturer’s specifications  Availability of written procedures for equipment manufactured by the Contractor  Maintain a table, matrix, database, computer program and/or alternative administrative tool(s) for the maintenance, inspection and calibration  Equipment is appropriate for the intended use and is reliable prior to use (ref. 4.8 Risk and risk management)

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• 8. Using DEC as part of the

Contractor selection process

High level:

 Access Contractor List on www.cdda.ca which indicates who is DEC certified Does not include details / specifics about a Contractor’s system

Specifics:

 add certain system specific requirements to the RFP  now that DEC requires to have different records for the 16 requirements, you can ask for details such as inspection programs, risks identification and evaluation method applied by the Contractor, etc.  statistics, and not just safety, e.g. quality specific (breakdowns etc.)  ask for performance indicators (ref. 4.10)  etc.

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• 9. Next steps in the

development of the DEC program

• Solicitation of feedback from clients and other stakeholders
• Compiling feedback from the implementation process
• Compiling feedback from the auditing process
• Review of changes / proposed changes in regulatory + statutory requirements

 Mandatory review and update of the Standard in 2014 as per Certification Regulation and DEC Standard

In the meantime, FAQs are maintained on the CDDA webpage (includes also interpretations of requirements).

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Any Questions?

Thank you for your participation.

Bert Hettrich, International Certification Ltd.

bert@iso-certification.com