Shell Exploration & Production Contractor HSE Management - PDO

EP2005 Volume 1HSE StandardContractor HSEManagementRestrictedEP2005-0110-ST• Contract Owner (CO);• Contract Holder (CH);• Company Site Representative (CSR) and Contract Users;• Tender Boards or equivalent (TB);• Global Category Manager (GCM);• Category Focal Point (CFP);• Regional Focal Point (RFP);• Contracting and Procurement staff (C&P);• HSE Adviser.4.2 Planning: Assess HSE Risks and Contractor CapabilityContract HSE RiskEach contract shall be categorised as Low HSE Risk, Medium HSE Risk or High HSE Riskdepending on the highest risk inherent in the contract scope determined using the Group (YG)‘Risk Assessment Matrix’ (RAM) [24, §2.1]. To minimise effort and to ensure consistencyreference shall be made to the relevant hazard & environmental aspects registers of the EPCompany and other HSE risk assessments maintained at the SCM category level or by industry(e.g. OGP).Contract ModeAccountability for HSE management shall be clearly defined between the EP Company and thecontractor and between the contractor and their subcontractors for the duration of the contract orindividual phases of the contract.On the basis of these accountabilities contracts and subcontracts shall be categorised as Mode1, Mode 2 or Mode 3:Mode 1 contracts:‘The contractor provides people and tools for the execution of the work under the supervision,instructions and HSE Management System of the company. The contractor has a ManagementSystem to provide assurance that the personnel for whom he is responsible are qualified andhealthy for the job and that the tools and machinery he is providing are properly maintained andsuitable for the job’ 2 .Mode 2 contracts:‘The contractor executes all aspects of the job under its own HSE Management System,provides the necessary instructions and supervision and verifies the proper functioning of itsHSE Management System. The company is responsible for verifying the overall effectiveness ofthe HSE management controls put in place by the contractor, and assuring that both thecompany’s and the contractor’s HSE-MS are appropriately compatible’ 2 .Mode 3 contracts:Contractor operates within its own HSE MS that has no interfaces with the EP Company HSEMS and is not required to report HSE performance data including incidents to EP. However, thisdoes not exclude the possibility that the EP Company may wish to guide and influence HSEperformance under the contract.Appointment of Contract HoldersThe task of being a CH of Mode 1 and Mode 2 Medium HSE Risk and High HSE Risk contractsis deemed to be an HSE critical task and hence subject to the requirements of EP Specification‘Contract Holder and CSR HSSE Competences’ [1].Contract HSE ClausesHSE clauses for each contract shall be selected, with advice from SCM and the relevant HSEAdviser, to suit the:• Type of activity;2 Definition from OGP HSE Management – ‘Guideline for working together in a contract environment [22]’Doc. No.: Version:EP200406372785 2Org. Doc No.: EP2005-0110-STDate:30 August 2006Custodian:EPS-HSEECCN: Not subject to EARPage:No US content2 of 7Printed copies are uncontrolled