Control of Work

Control of Work (CoW) is a key challenge for the industry both in terms of safety performance and efficiency of work place execution. Inadequate control of work has been identified as the primary cause of major accidents and high potential incidents for many Operators, thus all major operating companies have initiatives to address this globally. Petrotechnics offers a range of in-field and system-based solutions in the arena of work execution. Besides transforming the way work gets done, Petrotechnics' Control of Work solution provides a robust multifaceted approach involving people, training, coaching and long-term customer support.

Petrotechnics' engagement business design approach is uniquely "bottom up, top down". Our unique skill is to engage with a client, identify key opportunities and issues that will improve performance and add value, develop a framework for action, build the solution and work with frontline personnel to ensure that the new working processes are implemented and embedded as routine. This undoubtedly has proven successful in engaging the frontline workforce in the ownership of how work gets done safely and effectively.

Work planning and execution is a broad process spectrum that requires an integrated, practise-based outcome providing clarity of process, roles, skills, rules, etc. Petrotechnics has partnered with key clients in developing integrated solutions ranging from design development of global CoW Practises to in-the-field coaching.

Overall key activities include:

• Advice - assisting with sustainability efforts by increasing competency levels; policy design, development and implementation; leadership and culture.
• Field coaching - CoW (including permitting etc), isolations, risk assessment.
• Training - Hazard Identification Task Risk Assessment (HITRA), general field coaching techniques.
• Lifting operations - lift policies and practices.

Petrotechnics Control of Work framework includes assessment, design and implementation tools and models for:

• Gap assessment to standard and regulatory completion.
• Stabilisation imperatives.
• Prerequisite skills (e.g. Hazard ID and Risk Assessment).