NOAA OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM)

1. NOAAOPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN NOAA SAFETY COUNCIL BRIEFSeptember 7, 2004

2. NOAA ORM VISION • Increase mission success while reducing the risk to personnel, resources and the environment • Adopt a risk-based philosophy to provide a logical process to identify, evaluate and control hazards associated with all NOAA operations

3. WHY IMPLEMENT ORM? • Reduce incidents • Increase probability of mission success through better planning • Identify appropriate levels for decision making • NAO 209-1 states “NOAA shall provide a workplace environment free of known hazards that could place employees at risk of injury.”

4. ORM IMPLEMENTATION CONCEPT • Phase I:Develop ORM curriculum targeted at various levels of management and responsibility; • Supervisors and employees involved in high risk operations • Supervisors and employees involved in low-risk operations • Senior and Mid-Level Managers • Phase II:Select and train NOAA employees to become ORM Instructors.

5. ORM IMPLEMENTATION CONCEPT (cont’d) Phase III:Develop and execute ORM training throughout the identified high-risk operations. Phase IV: Develop and launch ORM web-based training for all remaining NOAA workforce including senior and mid-level management. Phase V: Integrate ORM principles within NOAA operations. NOAA ORM will be an ongoing program to ensure new employees receive appropriate level ORM training.

6. IS THERE VALUE-ADDED? By investing in a few internal employees to become certified ORM Instructors, we can formalize this program and deploy a training effort that will ensure all NOAA employees, volunteers and contractors will receive effective education and application procedures on ORM. In doing so we should see immediate results in reduction of incidents throughout NOAA.