Meter Asset Management Accreditation Scheme – Feedback on Audit Findings. OFGEM-MAMCoP Board Meeting 6 th July 2010 Terry Mundy
Background • Accreditation Scheme has been in operation for >4years • 21 MAMs currently accredited • 20 subject to surveillance • 1 subject to initial full audit • New risk based checklist developed and applied during the SV programme • Deficiencies identified 2009/2010 • 11 major deficiencies • 35 minor deficiencies • Deficiencies identified 2008/9: • 56 major deficiencies • 130 minor deficiencies • All major deficiencies closed out with exception of one MAM – close out visit scheduled LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
Deficiencies Examples of some of Major Deficiencies: • No evidence of competency assessment for designer of 7 to 85 bar installations • No evidence of unsafe situations report issued by subcontractor • No evidence of a competency review Competency review for the Technical Manager • No evidence of planned schedule of maintenance and method statements available for review • No evidence of process for notifying GT of meter installation available for review LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
Deficiency Disposition • Major deficiencies must be closed out within 30 days of being identified Rule of thumb • Minor deficiencies: • >5 minor deficiencies or 3 or more in any single category – close out action plan required • <5 minor deficiencies or 2 or less in any single category – close out required by next surveillance visit LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
Commonly Found Deficiencies • Contractor method statements not approved by MAM • Data base of competency does not include gas safe registration expiry date • No log available for RIDDOR • Competency assessment processes not being performed/documented appropriately. • No process defined for disposal of batteries or liquids found in meters LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
Examples of Best Practice which should be formalised through inclusion in MAMCoP • Document within MAMCoP the formal requirement for a designated Technical Advisor to be appointed to oversee the design, installation, maintenance process. Minimum competency requirements for the Technical Advisor to be documented. • Document within MAMCoP that MAMs should have a technical audit regime in place detailing the requirement for ongoing safety & technical inspections • Require that a formal, documented procedure for assessing the competency of OAMI approved contractors is in place • Require the introduction of a variation process which must be signed off by the MAM prior to the OAMI contractor deviating from any planned standards or designs • Require that technical bulletins/ tool box talks are formally recorded with MAM staff & contractors LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
Going forward… • 2010/2011MAMCoP audits should be performed within 12 months of the 2009/10 audit within 1 month window • The 3 yearly full audit cycle is now standardised and aligns with other certification processes • Assessment checklists to be revised to align with revised MAMCoP. LR Assessors are corresponding members of the MAMCoP review working group LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
For more information, please contact: Lloyd’s Register EMEA Hiramford Middlemarch Office Village Siskin Drive Coventry CV3 4FJ The Lloyd’s Register Group T +44 (0)1980 671596 works to enhance safety and M +44 (0)7712 787 851 approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air – E terry.mundy@lr.org because life matters. Further information on:- www.lloydsregister.co.uk LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA
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