Professional Development
Health, environmental and safety professionals throughout Sunoco utilize internal and external conferences, seminars and other educational programs to maintain and increase their expertise. Sunoco has a number of HES-related forums that convene several times throughout the year, either in person or by teleconference, to address issues, develop standards, and promote and guide implementation of programs. Typically, at the face-to-face meetings educational sessions are held as part of the agenda to provide our HES professionals with additional information and expertise. Examples are the Health & Safety, Environmental, Process Safety Management, and Product Stewardship forums.
Staff personnel with professional certifications (i.e., engineers, safety specialists, or industrial hygienists) attend necessary courses to maintain these certifications. For example, Sunoco personnel attend and participate in conferences sponsored by organizations such as: The Auditing Roundtable, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), and the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Responsible Care® program.
Employees working in the HES field are encouraged to obtain professional certification. Sunoco also funds continuing education for HES professionals who wish to obtain an advanced degree in their area of specialty.
Additionally, employees receive considerable training on site-specific standards, procedures, and work rules as well as skill-specific instruction. Examples of workforce preparedness programs undertaken at various locations during 2008 are:
- Fundamentals of Refining (FOR) School
- Train-the-Trainer programs
- Incident Investigation training
- Emergency Response Team training
- Operational Safety Fundamentals
Employee Participation
Achieving positive HES performance takes commitment at all levels of management in collaboration with the diligence of each and every employee. All Sunoco employees are expected and encouraged to take personal initiative to identify issues, assist with corrective actions, and/or notify appropriate personnel so that the issue can be resolved.
Examples of employee participation include:
- Taking part in Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs)
- Designing and carrying out emergency drill scenarios
- Serving on OEMS Aspects Identification teams
- Conducting OEMS Self-Inspections
- Attending the company's Health, Environment & Safety Conference
- Participating in internal HES-related conferences
- Participating in the HES-related forums
- Leading incident investigations
Additionally, three refineries and one chemical plant have full-time union representatives as part of the safety staff.
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