Program Manager - STD106320000013

DOE-STD-1063-2000

3.16

Proficiency. The level to which a qualified Facility Representative stays

current on technical knowledge, assigned facilities, procedures, etc.

Regaining proficiency may be required by field element programs and

procedures after an absence from Facility Representative duties, a period

of inactivity at a given facility, as an ongoing training, or based on length

of time between the Facility Representative's full qualification and next

requalification date.

3.17

Program Manager. A Headquarters organization, reporting to the

Cognizant Secretarial Officer, responsible for executing program

management functions, and for directing and supporting field elements in

safety and health, administrative, management, and technical areas. (The

Program Manager holds signature authority to provide technical direction

through DOE field elements to contractors for these facilities. The

Program Manager is a member of the Line Organization.)

3.18

Qualification. The process of completing requirements determined to be

vital to performing the Facility Representative role in a given facility. This

process includes acknowledgment of the required education and

experience, completion of the core knowledge requirements to perform

Facility Representative duties, facility-specific requirements determined by

the field element, and oral and written examinations.

3.19

Qualifying Official. An individual, designated by the Field Element

Manager, or designee, authorized to sign the Qualification Card after

verifying the candidate possesses the appropriate level of knowledge or

skills for such signature.

3.20

Risk. Risk means the quantitative or qualitative expression of possible

loss that considers both the probability of an event in which the hazard

could cause harm and the consequences of that event.

3.21

Safety Analysis. A documented process:

a. to provide systematic identification of hazards within a given DOE

operation;

b. to describe and analyze the adequacy of measures taken to eliminate,

control, or mitigate identified hazards; and

c. to analyze and evaluate potential accidents and their associated risks.