AAOM Handbook

3. in a power generation environment; transferring fuel, transforming energy (eg oil to heat, rotation of alternator to electricity), transforming voltage & current levels and transmitting power over lines. 4. in a procurement and supply environment, placing orders, receiving, warehousing and issuing goods.

Service Strategy

The approach adopted to manage the Threat. The OPERATING MODEL categorises the Service Strategies as; • modification of the process,

• condition/performance based servicing, • predefined interval/life based servicing, • utilise backup or containment systems,

• operate to failure, and • closure of the process.

Service Work

Activities involved in identifying and managing threats related to a process (ie to both the process and to its environment).

Support Work

Activities that predominantly serve the purpose of improving the effectiveness or efficiency of a Process. That is, Production and Service work can proceed without effective Support work, but the outcomes and or cost may not be optimal. Many of the elements of the OPERATING MODEL are Support work. These include Setting Performance Targets, Setting Production and Service Strategies, Setting an Operating Master Schedule, Setting an Expenditure Schedule, Approving Work, Planning Work, Scheduling Work, Measuring results and applying Analyse and Improve. A a condition or action that has potential to cause harm, either to communities, employees, the environment or the process performance. The cause of a Functional Failure. The OPERATING MODEL categorises the types of Threat as; • Stress • Chemical, • Wear, • Fouling, • Obsolescence. Threat

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