Management of Change

Initiating change of any sort may produce unexpected results. Before deciding to do something differently, personnel involved must make sure that this will not lead to an accident.

Many of accidents have been caused by failure to identify and control hazard created by change. Note that, work arising from any change must not proceed unless Management of Change Process has been completed.

Changes that require MOC


 * Procedure
 * Systems
 * Personnel
 * Equipment
 * Products/Materials
 * Laws and Regulations

Two things to consider when carrying out MOC


 * Development of a Work Plan - the time scale for any change must be clearly specified. This must be approved/authorised by the responsible person and every affected personnel must be briefed on the control measures(i.e. change in equipment, proccesses, or facilities)to be put in place to manage any proposed change
 * Risk Assessment - must be conducted by those who will be affected by such change.