PRIMARY PROTECTION
Operational Systems Analysis &
Design
Module
One: Faid®Safe
- Diagnostic
Module
Two: Faid®Safe
- Fatigue Hazard Analysis
Module
Three: Faid®Safe
- Team Workshops
Module
Four: Faid®Safe
- Systems Design
Module
Five: Faid®Safe
- Policies and Procedures
Module
One: Faid®Safe
- Diagnostic
This module involves completing
a FAID® fatigue
assessment software analysis of:
- current planned work schedules,
and
- actual hours of work for the
past 12 months for each staff
member.
It is our experience that a review
of the historical data will reveal
the impact of seasonality, callouts,
overtime, sick leave, shift swaps
and other factors on fatigue levels.
The FAID®
fatigue assessment software generates
a fatigue score for each hour
an employee is at work. While
the score is essentially arbitrary,
benchmarking and validation studies
in the rail transport industry
in Australia suggest that fatigue
threshold scores equal to or below
80 are broadly consistent with
a safe system of work for Australian
industrial operations. In the
absence of a FAID®
Safe Fatigue Hazard Analysis a
Peak Fatigue Threshold score of
80 would be used.
Faid®Safe
Diagnostic incorporates
the following Graid®
Risk factors:
- hours of operations (ie. day
/ afternoon / night operations)
- fatigue hazards associated
with the operational environment
- seasonality impacts on workload
vs workforce balance
- nature of rosters (ie. rotating,
fixed, on-demand, stand by)
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Module
Two: Faid®Safe
- Fatigue Hazard Analysis
This module includes the identification
of individual workplace tasks,
selection of Risk Severity and
Risk Frequency gradings, leading
to the development of an organisational
Risk Tolerance Boundary and a
Task Specific Peak Fatigue Threshold.
This module is based on the Zurich
Hazard Analysis methodology which
exceeds the minimum requirements
for risk assessment detailed in
the Australia / NZ Standard 4360.
The Hazaid® hazard analysis
software is used to support Fatigue
Hazard Scenario Analysis and Risk
Assessment.
The Faid®Safe Fatigue Hazard
Analysis methodology focused on
the identification of individual
workplace tasks, selection of
Risk Severity and Risk Frequency
gradings and then the development
of the Organisational Risk Tolerance
Boundary and Fatigue Tolerance
Levels. This process was based
on the Zurich Hazard Analysis
(ZHA) methodology which exceeds
the minimum requirements for risk
assessment detailed in the Australia
/ NZ Standard 4360.
Faid®Safe
Fatigue Hazard Analysis
incorporates the following Graid®
Risk factors:
- fatigue hazards associated
with the operational environment
- seasonality impacts on workforce
profile
- pay incentives which encourage
personal fatigue
- cultural expectations which
encourage longer than planned
hours
- cultural expectations that
lead to less than normal sleep
hours
- prevalence of second jobs
- workforce turnover
- age and health profiles
- sleeping conditions
- commuting
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Module
Three: Faid®Safe
- Team Workshops
This module is designed to deliver
enhanced awareness of the hazards
created by fatigue in the workplace
and why it is a sound business
decision to implement a scientifically
based fatigue safe system within
an organisation's Safe System
of Work. The workshop material
includes details of current research
into the fatigue impact on workers
health as well as initiating a
Code of Conduct for organisational
fatigue safe system design and
implementation. It also features
details of best practice on safeguards
that have been developed to protect
organisations and individuals
against fatigue risk. A hypothetical
fatigue incident in a workshop
environment is used to provide
an engaging way to assist management
and workforce teams to self assess
their ability to cope with the
perils presented by fatigue in
the workplace.
The Faid®Safe
Team Workshops incorporate
the following Graid®
Risk factors:
- fatigue hazards associated
with the operational environment
- seasonality impacts on workforce
profile
- pay incentives which encourage
personal fatigue
- cultural expectations which
encourage longer than planned
hours
- cultural expectations that
lead to less than normal sleep
hours
- prevalence of second jobs
- workforce turnover
- age and health profiles
- sleeping conditions
- commuting
- task fatigue risk thresholds
- workforce capacity planning
(introduction)
- roster design (introduction)
- hours of work risk assessment
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Module
Four: Faid®Safe
- Systems Design
Faid®Safe Systems
Design includes an investigation
of the connectivity between Actual
Business Demand and Actual Manpower
Resources utilised in the business.
The outcomes will reveal the stresses
placed on the workforce in meeting
the Business Demand and the impact
this process has on fatigue risk.
Current and alternative roster
and work schedules are explored
to arrive at options for the implementation
of an improved Safe System of
Work. A detailed analysis is also
performed of the Task Demand profiles
presented to key sections of the
business. Particular attention
is given to the hourly/daily/weekly/monthly
timing of demand. A high level
treatment of the impact on available
workforce capacity of different
work/rest patterns is performed.
The Faid®Safe
Systems Design incorporates
the following Graid®
Risk factors:
- seasonality impacts on workforce
profile
- pay incentives which encourage
personal fatigue
- age and health profiles
- workforce capacity planning
- roster design
- hours of work risk assessment
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Module
Five: Faid®Safe
Policies and Procedures
This module involves the process
of developing a company wide Fatigue
Safe Policy, including monitoring
systems and incident/accident
procedures that ensure compliance.
Fatigue Safe Policies typically
focus on:
- establishing and maintaining
a fatigue safety culture within
the organisation
- educating all employees about
fatigue, fatigue risks, and
the management of fatigue
- adopting consultative fatigue
risk management practices;
- never discriminating against
any employee who reports as
unfit due to fatigue
- never performing tasks when
operators are at risk of fatigue
The Faid®Safe
Policies and Procedures Module
incorporates the following Graid®
Risk factors:
- fatigue safe policies and
procedures
- communication and consultation
frameworks
- competency and awareness
- compliance with corporate
& legislative fatigue
safety standards
- incident and accident reporting
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