Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated RegulationsSchedule 15—Additional matters to be included in major hazard facility safety management system
1 Safety policy and safety objectives
1.1 The operator's safety policy, including—
(a) the operator's broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the major hazard facility; and
(b) an express commitment to ongoing improvement of all aspects of the safety management system.
1.2 The operator's specific safety objectives, including a description of the systems and procedures by which those objectives are to be achieved.
1.3 A description of the means by which the operator's safety policy and specific safety objectives are to be communicated to all persons who are to participate in the implementation of the safety management system.
2 Organisation and personnel
2.1 The identification (according to position description and location) of the persons who are to participate in the implementation of the safety management system, and a description of the command structure in which these persons work and of the specific tasks and responsibilities allocated to them.
2.2 The means of ensuring that these persons have the knowledge and skills necessary to enable them to undertake their allocated tasks and discharge their allocated responsibilities, and that they keep such knowledge and skills.
3 Operational controls
3.1 The procedures and instructions for—
(a) the safe operation of plant (including as to inspection and maintenance); and
(b) the mechanical integrity of plant; and
(c) plant processes; and
(d) the control of abnormal operations and emergency shut down or decommissioning.
3.2 Provision of adequate means of achieving isolation of the major hazard facility or any part of the major hazard facility in the event of an emergency.
3.3 Provision of adequate means of gaining access for servicing and maintenance of the major hazard facility or any part of the major hazard facility.
3.4 A description of the roles of persons and of the interfaces between persons and plant.
3.5 Provision for alarm systems.
4 Duties of operators
4.1 In relation to each part of the documented safety management system that describes the means of compliance with Division 6 of Part 5.2 (Major hazard facilities), an annotation or cross‑reference identifying the specific provision of that Division being complied with.
4.2 A description of the means by which the operator proposes to comply with Divisions 6 and 9 of Part 5.2 (Major hazard facilities).
5 Management of change
The procedures for planning modifications to major hazard facilities.
6 Principles and standards
6.1 The principles, especially the design principles and engineering standards, being used to ensure the safe operation of the major hazard facility.
6.2 A description of any technical standards, whether published or proprietary, being relied on in relation to those principles and standards.
7 Performance monitoring
7.1 Performance standards for measuring the effectiveness of the safety management system, which—
(a) relate to all aspects of the safety management system; and
(b) are sufficiently detailed to ensure that the ability of the operator to ensure the effectiveness of all aspects of the safety management system is apparent from the documentation; and
(c) include steps to be taken to continually improve all aspects of the safety management system.
7.2 A description of the way in which these performance standards are to be met.
7.3 Performance indicators for the effectiveness of risk control measures adopted, including the following—
(a) tests of the effectiveness of the risk control measures;
(b) indicators of the failure of any risk control measure;
(c) actions to be taken in reporting any such failure;
(d) other corrective actions to be taken in the event of any such failure.
8 Audit
Provision for the auditing of performance against the performance standards,
including the methods, frequency and results of the audit process.