D3 - due dilligence documentation for electrical supervisors

This paper will discuss the due diligence and accountability requirements for electrical supervisors who must execute electrical tasks in a practical and effective manner. In the opinions of the authors these important concepts can be used for all stakeholder working groups including Transmission & Distribution, Power Generation, and Industrial, Commercial and Residential and everyone in between. The goals for electrical supervisors are very clear. No one gets injured or sick, no one gets killed. The electrical work will be executed safely and will be done on schedule. It is felt that awareness, knowledge, training and experience in the trade must be in the skill sets of a competent and qualified electrical supervisor as it regards safe electrical work planning. The extent, rigor and depth to which each sector mandates electrical work performance must be determined and defined by the individual business unit. Once those accountabilities are defined a very clear document path must be established. This paper will reference the concepts that an electrical supervisor must understand. Zero illness and zero injury and jobs executed on schedule. Most importantly the priorities are always in that order. Schedule execution is always secondary to safe execution of work. A simple and effective documentation structure should be utilized to ensure that professional electrical supervisors work at the highest levels of safety and schedule execution. D³ or "Due Diligence Documentation" requirements most importantly reduce the risk of electrical incidents to workers. As well they protect supervisors in investigations and also protect the owners of the business where the incident occurred. "Good Safety is Good Business". It\´s just common sense.