EFCOG Best Practice #25
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Title: Work Package Contents – Only Contain What’s needed by the Mechanic in the Field
FACILITY:
Savannah
River Site, Aiken, SC
POINT OF CONTACT:
Brief Description of Best Practice:
The work control procedure
allows that only things specifically needed by the work group to perform
fieldwork are included in the work package.
Why the Best Practice was used:
Prior to this best practice,
Work Order packages often contained information not needed during the
performance of the work.
What are the benefits of the Best Practice:
Eliminated superfluous
information from the Work Order packages, while continuing to make available
reference material electronically in the Work Management System.
What problems/issues were associated with the Best Practice:
Personnel often are
conservative regarding the contents of a Work Order package. Specific guidance
is required to ensure superfluous information is not added to the packages.
How the success of the Best Practice was measured:
Worker feedback regarding the
issue diminished.
Description of process experience using the Best Practice:
With Work Packages containing
only that information which is needed in the field allows the workers to focus
on only information which specifically pertains to the work they are
performing.
ISM Core Function and Guiding Principle to which the Best Practice relates
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Core Function 3: Develop
and Implement Hazard Controls; Principle 5: Identification of Safety Standards
and Requirements; Principle 6: Hazard Controls Tailored to Work Being
Performed
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Core Function 4: Perform
Work Within Controls; Principle 7: Operations Authorization
