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extract from a text related to the ISO 14001 training of a company. Complete the
table and answer the questions below.
Training Overview
Purpose - To inform all plant employees about ISO14001 and how it will affect
their jobs on a daily basis.
Importance - Auditors may ask ANY employee about his or her knowledge of
plant environmental policies.
Training Topics
- Plant Policy
- The Process
- Work Instructions
- Summary
ISO 14001
International Environmental Management Standards
- Required by Nissan
What does an EMS do for our facility?
- Systematic way of seeing how the facility interacts with the environment
- Takes meaningful steps to minimize the negative impacts of those interactions
- Ensures consistency in how environmental interactions are managed
What is the ISO14001 approach?
- How do our operations interact with the environment? (environmental aspects)
- How do we manage those interactions to ensure performance?
- (operational controls)
- How are we going to maintain and continually improve our performance?
(objectives & targets, EMP)
- “The Rest”- managing and documenting the system
Energy Management
Electricity is one of our largest operational expenses.
Electricity is primarily generated from non-renewable resources.
How can we help?
- Turn off fans when not needed and at the end of each shift.
- Keep doors closed.
- Turn off lights when leaving meeting rooms.
- Turn off equipment when not in use.
- Turn off plant floor lights and office lights at the end of each shift.
Spill Response
All chemical containers must be labeled, including small spray bottles used on
production lines.
Report any leaking, damaged, or unlabeled container to your supervisor.
If a spill occurs
- Call First Response if there are any injuries.
- If you can do so safely, stop any further spilling or leaking.
Call for the Spill Response team (supervisors, material handlers, maintenance).
(P. Suwanpanich, personal communication, July 10, 2013)
Topics Answer
1. Purpose of the text To inform all plant employees about
ISO14001 and how it will affect their jobs
on a daily basis
2. Training topics Plant Policy, The Process, Work Instructions,
Summary
4. What to do to reduce the cost of the - Turn off fans when not
electricity needed and at the end of
each shift.
- Keep doors closed.
- Turn off lights when leaving
meeting rooms.
- Turn off equipment when not
in use.
- Turn off plant floor lights and
office lights at the end of each
shift.