Element 08×Operations and Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance in Execution
Execution of Activities
What Operations & Maintenance owns here
This element is operations as it actually happens — permit-to-work in use, shift handover, real-time decision-making, intervention and override management.
Example documents, by tier
Standard 1
- Deluge Wet Testing StrategyIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in Process Safety · Asset integrityNot safety case critical
Process, procedure, work instruction 5
- Re-instatement and Recommissioning of Plant and EquipmentIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 13 Operational readiness and process start-upAlso in Process Safety · Operating integrityNot safety case critical
- Operation of Fiscal Metering StationsIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 08 Operating manuals and proceduresNot process safetyNot safety case critical
- Pressure Transmitter Change-out Work InstructionIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 15 Inspection, maintenance and asset integrityAlso in Process Safety · Asset integrityNot safety case critical
- Analyser Daily Checks Work InstructionIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 15 Inspection, maintenance and asset integrityNot process safetyNot safety case critical
- Corrosion Control SchemeIn 1 of 3 operator registersRegion · addsAlso in EI PSM · 15 Inspection, maintenance and asset integrityAlso in Process Safety · Asset integrityNot safety case critical
Supporting documents 2
- Temporary Equipment Pre-mobilisation ChecklistIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 13 Operational readiness and process start-upAlso in Process Safety · Operating integrityNot safety case critical
- Station BillIn 2 of 3 operator registersAsset · addsAlso in EI PSM · 14 Emergency preparednessAlso in Process Safety · Operating integrityNot 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 →
- Arc Flash Hazard Management GuidelineIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 17 Work control, permit-to-work and task risk managementAlso in Process Safety · Operating integrityNot safety case critical
Why these belong here
"Element 8 is where the integrity envelope holds — at 03:00, on the night shift, with someone making a decision. The system either works at that moment or it doesn't."
What does not live here
- →The procedures being executed — (Plans and Procedures)E07 Procedures
- →The competence of the operator — (Organisation, Resources and Capability)E03 Organisation
- →The lessons captured — (Monitoring, Reporting and Learning)E09 Monitoring