AAOM Handbook

WE.10 Can Workplace Conditions be Established & Meet Outcomes? Context Where it is material to the execution of a Task, workplace conditions necessary for execution will be specified in the Task documentation. However, there are potentially many workplace variables that can affect the ability or the capacity of the individual assigned the Task to complete it. The individual must use their knowledge, experience and skill to identify these before starting the work. The consequences of commencing a Task without having all the correct conditions can include;  a risk to output, cost or sustainability (i.e. dealing responsibly with safety, the environment, employees, communities, governments and asset life) expectations,  the failure to deliver some or all the outcomes,  delay in completing the work. The person assigned a Task may find that some of the specified workplace conditions are not established, or that a workplace condition necessary for the work was not specified. In either case the person can often use their own initiative to establish the necessary conditions. They should do this if it is within their authority to do so, and if in doing so they can still meet all of the outcomes required of the work – including the agreed time for completion of the work. If they cannot establish the necessary conditions and still meet all of the work outcomes they need to escalate the issue. Purpose To check whether the workplace conditions needed to complete a Task can be established by the person to whom the Task was assigned. Quantity One decision whether to establish the necessary workplace condition or escalate the issue. Quality People assigned a Task should use their own initiative to resolve issues relating to completing the Task wherever possible.