There are many benefits from a cloud-hosted solution. Since the launch of cloud computing in the mid-noughties, it has continually highlighted the limitations of traditional IT infrastructure. In a fast-paced digital transformation era, many busin...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
There are many reasons why safe Control of Work (CoW) really matters, particularly in industries that may not be as obviously dangerous as high hazard chemicals, oil & gas and minerals handling. These are of course where control of work systems st...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Permit to Work (PtW) is your front-line documented method of keeping people safe whilst undertaking any form of work that needs to be controlled in potentially hazardous environments. It represents the combination of formal risk identification, ma...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Control of Work involves many different roles in carrying out all the elements that are required to keep maintenance work safe. Activities must be adequately resourced, with enough time allocated for them to be carried out. For this to be done saf...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Welcome to part 2 of our article looking at the Preparation and Isolation of equipment in our Control of Work series. In this article we will continue from where we left off in part 1. Talking about High-Risk Isolations, Critical Equipment and Pre...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Through RAP’s experience of isolation system over 25 years, it is clear that standards are rising, and isolation procedures are becoming more prevalent. We would like to share this with you in this two-part article. Welcome to the 4th in our Contr...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Yokogawa RAP has been implementing their control of work software for over 20 years in a variety of industries. In that time, we have encountered many different types of organisations and many ways of controlling work safely.
15 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
Control of Work (CoW) is the Safe Management of Maintenance Work and Processes by putting in place a system which incorporates Hazard and Risk Assessment (RA), Isolation Management (IM) and Permit to Work (PtW). All three should be equally represe...
03 May 2018 |
Emma Bundy
The third article in our Control of Work series Mark shares his thoughts with us about the risk assessment process for maintenance work providing more of our useful 'RAP Insights'. This article follows on from control of work best practice. Those...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy
HSE management systems have come rather late to the game as far as digitisation of control of work processes are concerned. Things are moving now though and having been in the business for over 25 years, we have a wealth of experience to offer if...
05 May 2024 |
Emma Bundy