Canberra Falcon 5000 Job-Aid

ABSTRACT Worldwide, several tank ships have suffered structural failures at sea and shipping agents were unable to convince port stakeholders to provide the vessel a Place of Refuge. These situations resulted in catastrophic environmental damage to coastal states. They also highlighted the need for better Place of Refuge guidance to address both real and perceived risk within the port community. In coordination with the International Maritime Organization and the National Response Team, the U.S. Coast Guard established policies that encourage risk-based planning and decision-making to assist stakeholders in evaluating risks. The Coast Guard policy included a risk evaluation job aid to facilitate planning and serve as a response tool for a port faced with a Place of Refuge request from a stricken vessel. The Port Community of Hampton Roads continued this planning effort through the Area Committee. A “Steering Committee” was established and charged with drafting a Place of Refuge annex to the Virginia Area Contingency Plan. Port Community involvement was achieved through a series of workshops held by the Steering Committee. The workshop objectives were successfully met by reviewing historic local case studies, identifying critical stakeholders and working through the Places of Refuge process using the job aid. The Place of Refuge annex outlines the process used to communicate risk to stakeholders within the human health and safety, environmental and economic communities, with the goal of achieving consensus on a Place of Refuge decision. This paper will expand on the steps that led to the development of the Place of Refuge Plan and some of the key lessons learned regarding risk assessment and risk communication in the Port of Hampton Roads.

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Development and Implementation of The Dispersant Observation Job Aid

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1999-1-1015 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 1999 (1) ◽

pp. 1015-1018

Author(s):

Edwin A. Levine

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Open Water ◽

Formal Training ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Regional Policies ◽

Actual Application ◽

Unified Command ◽

Aerial Observation ◽

The Individual ◽

Job Aid

ABSTRACT The Job Aid is a field guide for dispersant observers after formal training. Individuals are prepared to observe applications by different platforms and able to competently describe their observations back to a command structure for decision making. The observer is not a controller or spotter for the actual application operation. For field durability it is formatted as bound 5″×7″plastic-coated cards. This Job Aid focuses on supporting the “Observation of Aerial Applications of Dispersants” training. This training imparts the ability to identify oil, describe its characteristics, and make recommendations back to the Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) concerning future dispersant actions. The observer's recommendations to the Unified Command (UC) may range from “continue operations,” “modify operations,” or “cease operations.”, The training is based upon the supposition that the decision to use dispersants has already been made. The training does not attempt to cover the decision making process. It is incumbent on the individual to be familiar with the local and regional policies regarding use of dispersants and subsequent monitoring requirements. This job aid should be used in conjunction with the “Open Water Oil Identification Job Aid for Aerial Observation” to help describe the surface oil.

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The Development and Evaluation of a Job Aid to Support Mobile Subscriber Radio-Telephone Terminal (MSRT)

Performance Improvement Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1937-8327.1992.tb00536.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 90-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kecia H. Plummer ◽

Philip D. Gillis ◽

Peter J. Legree ◽

Michael G. Sanders

Keyword(s):

Mobile Subscriber ◽

Job Aid

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Excluding pregnancy among women initiating antiretroviral therapy: efficacy of a family planning job aid

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/1471-2458-10-249 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Kwasi Torpey ◽

Lona Mwenda ◽

Mushota Kabaso ◽

Thierry Malebe ◽

Patrick Makelele ◽

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Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Antiretroviral Therapy ◽

Therapy Efficacy ◽

Job Aid

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