6 New Year's resolutions for security specialists
Yes, we know that everyone is now flooded with New Year's resolutions if they eat, train and save money. However, the beginning of a new year is a good time to look at your security program at work. It is an opportunity to build on what worked last year, what didn't, and maybe try some new ideas to keep everyone healthy and injury -free. Here are six solid resolutions to make the safest year of all time in 2025!
1st goodbye in 2024, but first tell us what you have learned
So, as with every good New Year's program for television, we start looking back at 2024. What was your best performance in improving your corporate culture? What was the worst catastrophe? If your job generates measurable data, look for patterns. Are there more accidents during the night shift? More “slip, trip and if” that occurs every year? A thorough review of the data can tell you where you have to draw your attention for the coming year.
2 .. determined to stay up to date with regulations
First, determine which regulations you have to be with. If your job contains compliance, you have to find out what that really means. Are you in the transport sector? Internal health and security? Fire protection? Environment? Product liability? All of this includes different regulations. Yes, it's nice to be cross-trained, but you have to concentrate on the regulations that are part of your professional responsibility.
Take a look at the overall picture. Yes, you probably have to start with the federal regulations. Take a look at the state (or the province) and the community. Do you sell to other countries or markets such as the European Union (EU)? They must also be taken into account. Don't forget that there can also be practice codes or standards such as ISO that your organization, although you are not “technically”, are not regulations.
How can you make sure that you are up to date with all of these requirements? Back in front of the Internet, this could be a difficult question. Fortunately, most national and state/provincial regulations can be found online free of charge. Other regulations and standards such as the IATA Dangerous were not available online for air transport, but at least you can procure them and order them like this. Most of them are delivered as downloadable purchases so that they can update quickly, if not inexpensive.
Check every regulation that you are currently accessing. Many like that IATA Dangerous goods regulationsare dated and must be bought back regularly. In North America, however, most regulations are not equipped with a fixed schedule for updates. A few years have many changes, others far less. So you have to research if you, for example, with the regulations “dangerous materials” of work Title 49, code for federal regulations For US transport or Canadian “transport of dangerous goods regulations”.
Fortunately, there are now many online resources. Of course, the websites of the supervisory authorities are their first stop. However, many of them have services that offer push notifications that send new information to their inbox without having to lift a finger. Google Alerts can also send you daily postings for topics such as “dangerous goods” or “Osha”.
And of course don't forget us here at ICC. If you register for our free newsletter, you will find a lot of useful information about regulatory changes.
3. Update your documents
As soon as you are up to date with changes last year, take a look at your documents. Was there a change in the documentation of dangerous materials? (Note – yes, there is a new rule for air documentation that started on January 1, 2025.
Check your standard operating process (SOPS). We bet that you will find many potentially outdated information lurking in it. Even something as critical as emergency contacts may have changed last year. Don't just trust what is in paper stuff. If it is a phone number, try to call it. If it is a list of the authority chain, make sure that every person is still in the same position.
Safety data sheets (SDSS) are an area in which many outdated information can be found. Remember that both Canada and the United States have updated their Hazard Communication Standard to 7TH Output of the Globally harmonized system of classification and identification of chemicals. These changes affect both the basic template for SDSS and for substance -specific information such as classification. Pay attention to sections in which inconsistencies are often found, such as: B.:
- Section 2, Hazard Communication – Is the information here the same as you provide on the product label?
- Section 4, first aid – do the procedures be right again with what is on the label? You can of course provide more information in this section, but it must be consistent With the label text. Do not indicate any instructions for vomiting if the label is called: “Let no vomiting induce you.”
- Section 14, transport – a frequent mistake we see here is that the information about the SDS is not the same as the way the organization actually sends the product. Remember that the airlines can reject the shipment if, for example, they identify a substance as an inflammable fluid of class 3, but send them as a class 9 consumer process in grades 9.
4. Fine fade their trouble fine
When was the last time you checked your training protocol for compliance with the regulatory protocols? Unfortunately, this PowerPoint or computer-aided training program (CBT), which it uses in the past ten years, can be poorly out of date. Now it is time to check what you teach your employees about your tasks. Check:
- Outdated regulatory information;
- Outdated Sips; And
- Vague training goals and metrics.
If you are responsible for training, do not forget to find out more about the latest research on how adults learn. At today's jobs you probably have workers with different learning and binding styles.
Check how to document your training. Your procedures should begin to describe the specific results you want to see from the participants and how you rate when you have reached them. Don't forget to check every regulation to determine whether tests are a prerequisite and which data records you have to keep. These can vary greatly between different regulations.
5. Household and other details
Of course, New Year's resolutions always seem to include the boring but obvious things. So solve this year that you not only work on your abdominal muscles, but also on your housekeeping. If you have kept the right metrics, you should see where the worst of your problems are already, but maybe consider some problems in a new way.
- Security culture – Do you buy your workers on the idea that security is important? And does the management support you? What can you do to spread the message that security is not cost, but an advantage for everyone?
- Improvement of the processes – maybe many accidents were due to the last year that employees made mistakes. Instead of nagging you again to avoid these mistakes, can you remove the step in your process that makes people cut corners or do things wrong? Is this step too time -consuming or complicated? Is there a possibility of how the job could be done to completely cut out this step?
- If you know your workplace culture – some plans may look good on the surface, but you backfire. It has long been known that the reward of low accident statistics may precede accidents and near the mission underground, although employees do not want to report incidents for fear of losing their advantages. Some workers can even put others under pressure to report them. Jobs always have their own cultures and unwritten rules. Find out what you are at your workplace and you will better understand how you can influence security behavior.
6. Be active in the regulated community
One of the most important yet neglected role of the security specialist is a vote for their organization for the supervisory authorities. The supervisory authorities may think that they know what will be effective at their workplace, but completely miss how things actually work there. Keep an eye on the publications (like the Federal register or Canada Gazette) Where new regulations are published and not only proposed changes are proposed. Carefully consider how you affect your business.
Then – and this is the important step – send comments. If a new rule costs much more than the state estimates, let them know. If possible, give your own estimates of the costs and advantages – regulatory authorities love this type of data. Or does a proposal actually work well for you? Send a comment on support so that it is not watered down. Your voice is actually important. Stop problems before reaching the final rule phase.
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A new year is always busy, but it is also a time to think about the past and anticipate the future. And if you are confused or search for further information, contact us here at ICC, the Compliance Center Customer at 855.734.5469 or send us an e -mail, we will be happy to help you
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