QUALITY ASSURANCE
Image 6. Assessment of MA search staff. Would this individual be competent to undertake building clearance?
In terms of clearance planning, QA starts with the task being deemed to fall inside the scope of activities for which the MA organisation has been accredited.
ׁ REMEMBER. It is important that the SOPs, staff and equipment under which this accreditation was granted, remain extant.
On-site visits to conduct QA can be carried out internally by the MA operator, and externally by the NMAA or a third party. These visits should be specified in a quality management system (QMS) which should provide direction on how different tasks should be broken down into constituent elements such as management, manual clearance, building clearance, BAC, mechanical demining, ADS, medical and information management. The QMS should specify the frequency of these QA checks, and the associated reporting, including observations and nonconformities, to enable continual improvement through the application of appropriate actions. For example, there is no point specifying that a mechanical QA be carried out every month of a task where only manual clearance is being conducted. At this worksite it might be that only management, manual clearance, medical and information management QAs are required, although the precise details will be determined by the QMS. For example, it may be that manual QA is conducted every week. This might include checking and reporting that the correct PPE is being worn.
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