Duty of Care – The Sequal
Back in November 2009, we published an article on the Duty of Care, http://tinyurl.com/yjrxckt that an employer has with regard to their employees during work and how this, will and does, extend to the use of local aviation support for the movement those employees to and from their place of work. I was interested to read that major resource development companies are moving in the direction of non-company specific standards. The plan is to develop a proactive programme rather than to react to an incident – “prevention is better than cure”. This is the time for major users of contracted aviation support to start to think about their operations and develop their own robust plans.
The following link, http://tinyurl.com/cl7xrp is to Ministry of Justice document “Understanding the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007”; this is applicable to UK companies today. Will your:
- Procedures stand-up to scrutiny from the authorities if there is an accident or incident?
- Risk assessments understand and quantify the risks presented when contracting for aviation support?
The rate of accidents highlighted present a picture of high risk to the employees and equipment when operating in remote and less civilised areas of the world; risks that need to be assessed, documented and a mitigation strategy developed.
Call our Team, of experienced and practising airworthiness and quality managers, to discuss the way ahead for your organisation. Robust action now will ensure that you can demonstrate that you have addressed the potential risks with regard to your contracting of aviation support.
