Overview
The purpose of this exercise is to understand the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders involved in maritime Environmental Management.
Task
In your breakout rooms using pen and paper or the whiteboard, match the following Stakeholders (1 to 9) to the Roles Descriptions (A to I) and be prepared to justify your answers to the rest of the course.
Stakeholders
- Design Authority
- Commanding Officer
- Accountable Person
- Equipment Authority
- DMR Environmental Inspector
- CESO(RN)
- Independent Environmental Auditor
- Platform Authority
- Duty Holder
- Operating Duty Holder
- Regulator
Roles and Responsibilities
A – a key person appointed by the Secretary of State to discharge a duty of care for complex Maritime Capability such that others do not suffer unreasonable harm or loss from Defence activity.
An accountable person (AP) with sufficient control to supervise operations significantly affecting the safety or environmental protection of MOD Shipping activities with responsibility and accountability beyond normal managerial duties that cross line management responsibilities, e.g. DLODs
B – The individual held accountable by a Statutory or Defence Regulator for reducing risk of harm. The person who is in a position of authority, responsibility, and competence to conduct activity and carry out improvement within an organisation.
C – An individual or team, from an independent organisation, that undertakes audits and other assessment activities on behalf of MOD to provide second party assurance that safety activities comply with planned arrangements, are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives; and whether related outputs are valid and fit for purpose.
D – Authority vested in an accountable person or their organisation to systematically ensure the fitness for purpose of a design’s intent through life and to make design decisions, authorise by application of professional judgement the approval changes to the design intent, or material state. Such authority may be split into approving, integration, and technical authorities.
E – The person charged with the development and maintenance of the Management Regime (which may include the design authority) for equipment or a subsystem of a ship.
F – The accountable person who is charged, due to their competence, with development and maintenance of the Management Arrangements for a ship platform being safe to operate. A Crown servant appointed as the project team, business unit leader, Chief or Principal Engineer. This accountable person is personally delegated by an Operating Duty Holder, for advice on risk control and for authorising a ship is materially ‘safe to operate’, in support of a Delivery Duty Holder for a ship, class or ship type.
G – Provides assurance to determine whether specified activities, events, conditions, analysis, or information output from management systems conforms to inspection criteria.
H – Independent of the Chain of Command, provides advice and assurance on HSEP compliance, and to be the focal point for developing and co-ordinating advice on the implementation of policy and legislation for HSEP across Navy Command as well as providing assurance, through audit, on compliance with legislation and MoD policy.
J – An agency that ensures compliance with laws, regulations, and established rules. (May be MOD or civilian).
K – Should (among other tasks):
• implement a shipboard safety and environmental protection management system,
• operate a ship in a way that reduces risk and is in accordance with {DMR} regulations, certification, and the specified requirements of the Safety and/or Environmental Case (SEC).
L – Within the Duty Holding construct, is appointed and empowered by the Senior Duty Holder (SDH) through a letter of delegation.
The person charged with the overall safe administration and employment of complex Maritime Capability at the operational level such that it is operated safely and is environmentally sound.
Sits in the middle of the Duty Holder management arrangements identified in Top Level MOD safety policy.