The nine trials that a security professional must overcome

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This post was last edited by 68589544 on 2016-7-25 at 12:42. 1.jpg First is the issue of ideological understanding: Thought precedes action; there are no backward actions, only backward thoughts. It is terrifying for an organization to fail to recognize the importance of safety work. Safety managers are the ones who are directly responsible for ensuring safe production in a company, and they are also those who carry out the relevant tasks; therefore, their level of attention to safety matters greatly. Only by placing safety work in its proper perspective relative to their own roles, treating it as a top priority for the survival of the enterprise and as the foremost task in fulfilling management responsibilities, and ensuring that safety measures are implemented simultaneously with daily operations, can safety managers guarantee the safety of the enterprise and achieve safety benefits that cannot be purchased with money. Second is the issue of safety inspections. In safety management, companies often face various inspections at different levels. If safety managers fail to handle these inspections properly, problems will inevitably be identified in the company. In mild cases, corrective actions and re-inspections are required; in severe cases, penalties are imposed. The safety managers themselves lose face, and the company’s executives are also affected, with the possibility even of them becoming victims of these inspections and being dismissed from their positions. As a corporate safety manager, one must be fully aware of the great responsibilities involved. Every inspection should be taken seriously, and any potential hazards identified must not be ignored. If such hazards are not addressed, it could lead to safety accidents, resulting in casualties and property damage, which in turn may lead to accountability and lifelong regret. Therefore, only by attaching great importance to inspections, following rules and regulations in daily operations, adhering to management standards, and maintaining a minimum threshold of safety, can one remain calm during safety inspections and truly serve as a guardian of the company’s safety. Third is the safety training aspect. In the process of enterprise safety management, safety education and training constitute an important element; first and foremost, safety managers must receive training and work with valid certificates ； Secondly, enterprise special workers must receive training and hold certificates to work ； Once again, corporate employees need to undergo annual training. In short, safety managers must always stay alert, actively participate in various training programs, understand the laws and regulations related to safe production, and disseminate this knowledge within the company in a timely manner. Not only should they undergo training themselves, but they should also be able to train others and serve as mentors. It is possible to persuade corporate management to take the lead in complying with safety regulations and setting an example by following operating procedures. Take the lead in implementing benchmarking management, strive for full employee participation in safety awareness training, and ensure that everyone is well aware of safety production practices. Fourth is the assessment aspect. Enterprises are evaluated in various ways, and safety management personnel should, when the company formulates assessment systems, argue firmly for rational and compliant approaches, and set assessment criteria scientifically. This ensures that both management departments and workshop teams can recognize the importance of safe production through these assessments, and also receive appropriate compensation for adhering to safety regulations. This requires one to be strict with oneself and lenient toward others in daily management. However, issues related to the principles of safety production are a different matter – safety production carries great responsibility, and failing to meet the assessment criteria will surely lead to serious consequences. In routine safety inspections, it is common to find that workshops and teams come up with various excuses when safety hazards are identified; the most common response is to ask for leniency, saying things like, “Please give me a chance; I’ll fix it right away, so no need for punishment or public criticism.” Once this happens, not only will they not make any improvements, but they may even act more recklessly, making it harder to deal with them in the future. When it comes to assessments, leniency can indeed be shown, but only under reasonable and lawful circumstances. Fifth is the matter of personal relationships. When working in a company, safety managers, like those in other departments, engage in normal social interactions. However, such personal relationships must be handled with moderation; one must not abandon principles or party loyalty. Some enterprise safety managers go along with the practice of favoritism; they lack principles and don’t know what to do once their superiors give them instructions. They close cases hastily when offered some incentives, and in extreme cases, some individuals take advantage of this situation to enrich themselves, using the guise of favoritism to engage in corruption. This severely undermines the culture of safety management, leading to a loss of control over safety measures and an increase in accidents! So the first one is the \"relationship factor\". Sixth is the issue of safety penalties. Family ties, friendships, and romantic relationships are things that everyone relies on; in the process of enforcing safety regulations, one often encounters such relationships. When issues are detected during safety inspections of workshops or teams and penalties need to be imposed, pressure comes from various sources. These relationships act like \"soft knives,\" making it difficult to deal with them. Only by maintaining firm convictions, strengthening self-discipline and control, raising awareness of self-regulation, resolutely resisting all kinds of temptations, and persuading and educating those close to us—friends and family—to resist these \"family tie bombs\" can we ensure openness, fairness, and justice, and establish authority in matters related to safety. Seventh is the aspect of publicity and education. Every accident has aspects that can be prevented and controlled; how can we improve the ability to prevent accidents or disasters? How to improve self-protection awareness? To prevent accidents from escalating and address such issues, it is necessary to start with education and awareness campaigns. Companies have different safety regulations and systems in various industries, each with its own focus, but the goal is the same: to ensure safety for all parties involved. Therefore, it is particularly important to carry out educational and promotional efforts through various channels and methods. Safety managers must find ways to ensure that the general public is aware of safety regulations, complies with them, understands safety knowledge, masters safe operating skills, and grasps safety principles, so that safe work practices, safe travel, and safe supervision become the conscious behavior of everyone. Eighth is the aspect of ensuring accountability – everyone is responsible for safe production. With different job responsibilities, the safety duties associated with them naturally vary. As a safety manager, one bears an undeniable responsibility for aspects such as the implementation of safety policies and regulations, the establishment of safety systems, the provision of safety measures, and the coordination of safety-related activities ； Safety responsibilities lie in their proper implementation. The challenge is to ensure that engineering and technical personnel, as well as those working on the job sites, adhere to principles and meet relevant standards, follow safety procedures strictly, and carry out their tasks in a systematic and scientific manner, thereby preventing any violations of safety rules. Only by assigning responsibilities to each position and individual, ensuring that orders are followed and prohibitions are obeyed, with everyone fulfilling their duties and working closely together, can potential hazards be minimized and accidents prevented. The ninth aspect is supervision and management. Driven by interests, some safety managers take safety work lightly and engage in superficial efforts, which is a result of their ignorance of safety regulations ； To prevent violations and illegal acts resulting from some individuals acting recklessly, strengthening internal management and supervision of safety within enterprises is an important measure to ensure the implementation of safety regulations and policies. The frequent occurrence of safety accidents is closely related to a lack of effective safety oversight ； Enterprise security managers must improve the supervision and management system within the company, refine management regulations, and ensure that management is carried out in accordance with established rules ； At the same time, safety managers must also strengthen internal safety enforcement within the company, increase the costs for those who violate rules and regulations, and exert a strong deterrent effect on those who engage in such violations. Source: China Work Safety News