Houston Business Roundtable
2011 Safety Excellence Award Training
Audit Team Member Duties
Presented by: Bill Shaw
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Audit Team Member Duties
 The Audit Team Leader will contact the
audit team members and inform them of
the:
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Companies to be audited.
Timing of the scheduled audit.
Directions to the audit (furnish map).
Training and PPE needed to complete the audit.
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Audit Team Member Duties
 Start the audit with
an opening
conference with the
management and
supervision of the
finalist company
(this may include
owner company
management).
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Audit Team Member Duties
 Field audit:
 Following each item on the audit form interview
workers in the field and ask about:
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Knowledge of the programs.
Involvement in the programs.
Training they have completed.
 Give input to the audit team leader when the team
meets to complete the “master score sheet”.
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 Document audit:
 Review each item on the audit form and score the
item according to the scoring criteria.
 Identify and verify “best practices”.
 Give input to the audit team leader while the team
meets to complete the “master score sheet”.
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 Audit team members will
participate in the grading
process.
 Individual items on the
audit form will be graded
using a scale of 0 to 3.
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 After completing both the field and the
documentation portions of the audit:
 Meet in private with the audit teams.
 Participate in giving input to the audit team leader
who will score a master audit form using input from
both the field and documentation teams.
 Identify and document any strengths and areas of
potential improvement identified during the audit.
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 Participate in a
closing conference
and specifically
identify those
strengths and areas
of potential
improvement noted.
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Audit Team Member Duties
 After completing audits of
all of the finalists, the
audit team leader will
calculate the master score
sheets and inform HBR of
the status of the
companies audited.
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 All audited companies will be receive “silver
level” recognition unless major issues are
recognized.
 Gold signifies that many elements of their
program, both field and documentation, exceed
the minimum requirements including those best
practices that have been identified.
 More than one Contractor may be ranked at
each level.
 One “Best in Category” will be identified in each
category.
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What’s in it for Me?
• Benefits to Auditors and their Companies
– Expand knowledge of Safety Processes of
other Contractor and Client Companies.
– Capture new ideas and approaches for
managing Safety and Health Program.
– Learn how other companies prepare and
conduct their HBR audits.
– Meet new contacts/resources for networking.
Houston Business Roundtable
2011 Safety Excellence Award Training
Audit Team Member Duties