Preparing to Assess Operations Aspects of Facility Chemistry and Unique Processes.

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Unique Processes with shift routines is presented in that section. Since it may be necessary to

assess Operations Aspects of Facility Chemistry and Unique Processes separately, the following

sections discuss how to assess Operations Aspects of Facility Chemistry and Unique Processes

only.

6.13.2 Preparing to Assess Operations Aspects of Facility Chemistry and Unique Processes.

To develop an assessment plan for this area of conduct of operations, assessors should first

review the activity-specific graded-approach document for conduct of operations and determine

which guidelines are applicable at the activity. This will allow them to determine the scope of the

assessment and which applicable activity policies and procedures to review when developing the

assessment plan. Sections 5.4 and 5.8 provide a detailed explanation of assessment planning and

the use of assessment techniques.

Drills are particularly effective tools in the assessment of this area. At least, they provide the

observations and indications from which the assessors can pursue more fundamental information.

Activity and site organization as well as the activity's purpose will play a large role in assessment

planning. Assessors should determine if and where matrixed organizations interface with

operations personnel and how those organizations affect process control. The activity description

and tour should provide an assessor with an understanding of the activity process. When the

assessment begins, noticing which indications, such as gauges, meters, or sight glasses, are

recorded on round sheets will provide a good starting point.

6.13.3 Observation. The activity's plan of the week or plan of the day should be reviewed to

determine if there are major processes occurring that will require the monitoring of parameters.

The following are sources of possible observations:

An operator recording and acting on process parameters