Pipelines
Growing demand for natural gas has also put a strain on the shift work operations in the pipeline industry. Increasing workload for the operators has also increased risk for fatigue-related errors, accidents and injuries.
Challenges
- Insufficient staffing
- Increased overtime
- Difficulty keeping up with training requirements
- Extended working hours out-of-sync with human biology
- Significant increase in human error risk
How CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA can help you:
- Fatigue Training: Managing a Shift Work Lifestyle - A means of providing the control room operators, managers and their families with proven tips and countermeasures to increase alertness, get better sleep and better manage the challenges of a shift work lifestyle.
- Fatigue Training Online - The premier online fatigue management training program for the 24/7 workforce. This web-based system offers specialised training programs providing workers with practical solutions to maintain altertness, productivity, safety and high performance on-duty and get better sleep off-duty.
- Fatigue Risk Assessment – Understand the potential costs, risks and liabilities created by staffing levels, workloads and overall policies and procedures pertaining to this unique 24/7 industry.
- Fatigue Risk Management Systems – Comprehensive fatigue management programs will map out the course of action to maintain high safety standards while reducing costs associated with fatigue-related errors and incidents.
- Shift Schedule Optimisation – A unique approach to involve all concerned in designing the best schedule for the specific requirements of each workforce in each facility.
- Staffing Level Analysis - Scientific review of optimal employee deployment considering job requirements, length of operating campaigns, skill sets, financial constraints and human design characteristics and limitations.
- Workplace Evaluation and Design – By incorporating specific design features, including lighting, sound, temperature and ergonomic principles into your facility, employee alertness can be maximised at any time of the day or night.
- Employee Training & Wellness Publications – For your managers and employees to perform their best, they must have the right information at their fingertips. Whether a monthly newsletter for shift workers or a management report on best practices, educating your people will allow them to perform better and be more productive.