Element 10×Operations and Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance in Assurance
Assurance, Review and Improvement
What Operations & Maintenance owns here
This element holds the independent challenge of asset operations — operational assurance, integrity verification, audit and post-event review.
Example documents, by tier
Standard 1
- Measurement Assurance StandardIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical
Process, procedure, work instruction 3
- Consents Compliance PlanIn 2 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 02 Identification and compliance with legislation and industry standardsNot process safetyNot safety case critical
- Verification Scheme ImplementationIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionAlso in Process Safety · Asset integrityNot safety case critical
- Assurance Planning for Non-Operated AssetsIn 1 of 3 operator registersAsset · addsAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical
Supporting documents 2
- Workplace AssessmentIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Competence Re-assessment FormIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Guidance · outside the system 1
Informative, not a “shall”. These belong in the knowledge base, not the management system. How this works →
- Internal Measurement Audit GuidelineIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical
Why these belong here
"An audit programme that does not surface uncomfortable findings has stopped being assurance."
What does not live here
- →The KPI data being reviewed — (Monitoring, Reporting and Learning)E09 Monitoring
- →The standards the audit is testing against — (Policies and Standards)E02 Policies
- →The risk acceptance behind a deviation — (Risk Assessment and Control)E05 Risk