Quality Assurance and Occupational Safety

For quality assurance

	Regular demonstrable training courses and certifications of our technical staff members.
	Demonstrable maintenance and inspections of all technical equipment through function tests and calibrations both immediately before each project execution begins and after the project or clearance activities end so that compliance with safety requirements and functional ability are guaranteed at all times.
	All sounding, measurement and surveying equipment used is checked for functional ability and recalibrated as appropriate at the beginning of work each day and also during activities such as sounding and surveying work, whereby the results of these checks are documented.
	When warfare agents(UXO)are being cleared, the localised points of suspicion are also re-sounded after recovery and the diving leader also conducts random quality soundings every day.
	All work is documented in detail.
	When performing explosive ordnance disposal, the person located suspicion points after recovery always explored and
	in charge of operations leading quality daily spot soundings by.

In addition:

	All internal workflows are structured.
	An awareness of quality is instilled in all employees, from helpers to executive management.
	The distribution of all documents and drawings is controlled.
	All resources are managed (material and staff resources, awareness and training courses).
	Internal audits are conducted.

Our company philosophy includes the pursuit of continual improvements of the internal workflows and the satisfaction of our customers. We are also audited by customers with well developed quality and occupational safety management systems, in addition to continual controls by our technical supervi-sors and audits by TÜV Rheinland, which is the official technical inspection authority.

The health, safety and environmental (HSE)

	Each employee is obliged to carry a safety pass on his or her person at all times, to display it upon request and to keep it up to date.
	All occupational medical examinations, lectures on safety, health and environmental protec-tion, lectures on work procedures and usage of operating resources, as well as all training courses are entered in this safety pass.
	Before each action of a project begins, a hazards assessment is drawn up so that potential hazards are recognized and either eliminated or counteracted with precautionary measures.
	When two or more companies are working at a given clearance or diving location, a safety and health plan is drawn up in addition and continued during the course of the project.
	Special operating instructions are drawn up for each action and become part of the briefing and instructions for the technical staff working on the project.
	Before each action begins, each staff member involved is given a documented formal briefing with instructions.
	Each staff member receives his personal protective equipment such as, for example, protec-tive clothing, protective gloves, protective helmet and, depending on the type of action, a life jacket, protective suit, appropriate breathing apparatus, protective eyeglasses, etc.
	Each clearance and diving leader assumes the company’s obligations in respect to technical occupational safety and occupational and health safety and a record is kept of this.
	Our employees are trained per month.
	The company has implemented an action plan to prevent and reduce the number of accidents.
	Our operative staff and managers are trained in HSE Protection.
	Our staff are regularly trained as first responders.
	Our employees undergo regular screening.
	It will be used only technically and electrically tested equipment.

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