An organisational culture that encourages safe practices should be promoted by the MA organisation by scheduling regular safety meetings for all to attend, on either general or specific site safety, to provide a forum to air concerns if needed. At the very least, an organised meeting with respective MA staff should be held to brief a site-specific risk assessment along with mitigation factors. This should be scheduled before work starts on-site and re-briefed if the work conditions change, or if there is an incident to warrant amendments or additions.
SECTION 9D – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This section is used to list MA staff that have roles and responsibilities pertinent to maintaining an efficient and safe site. On a large complex site, it may be appropriate to divide the responsibilities between areas and list specific management roles for the worksite such as overall site management, medical, IEDD, search, mechanical and ADS team leaders.
2.2.3. STAGE 3 – ESTABLISHING THE WORKSITE (CP, MARKING, CORDON AND EVACUATION)
Image 10. Main CP, administration, parking and marked approach lanes
MARKING / RECORDING OF TASK / HAZARDOUS AREAS
If areas are to be effectively recorded there must be total confidence in the quality and accuracy of the data. In most urban areas, a handheld GPS set to a worldwide geometric projection will not deliver accurate enough positional information to identify specific boundaries of safe and unsafe areas. Being 30 cm out due to inherent inaccuracies in GPS reception could mean the difference between a person being on the same side of a wall as an IED, rather than the opposite side. Common geometric projections should be agreed so that all operators are working with the same data and tolerances. Abundant linear features in the urban area, such as paving stones and edges of hardstanding, coupled with up-to-date aerial imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), will aid the MA organisation considerably when recording boundaries of site and internal zones or areas.
Search planning and execution
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