7. TAC Report - JAS ANZ...

JAS-ANZSchemesKylieSheehanGeneralManagerOperations

Currentstate

• Schemeportfoliocurrentlymadeupof:• 140totalacrossfiveprograms• Managementsystem

• Public26,Proprietarynil• Product

• Public42,Proprietary48

• Personnel• Publicnil,Proprietary12

• Inspection• Public7,Proprietary1

• GHG• Public2,Proprietary2

Sectorspread

• PublicSchemes:• BusinessandInnovation9• Environment11• FoodandBiological27• HealthandHumanServices18• Productcertification12

• ProprietarySchemes:• BusinessandInnovation13• Environment4• FoodandBiological4• HealthandHumanServices1• Productcertification41

Howconfidentarewethatschemesarebeingadequatelymaintained?• Thereiscurrentlynoagreementwithschemeownersthatstipulatethatschemesneedtobemaintained• Presentlytheonlyreviewofschemewilloccurinoneofthreeways:• Atthetimeofendorsementifitisapublicscheme• Attherequestoftheschemeowner(ifJAS-ANZfacilitatesdevelopmentoftheschemethroughthetechnicalcommitteeprocess)• Bytheschemeownerifaproprietaryschemeandassessedduringassessment(butonlyifareviewhasbeenundertaken).

Areourcriteriaandprocessforendorsementgoodenough?• Itappearsthatinthepasttheeffectivenessoftheendorsementprocesshaslargelydependedonpersonnel,notcriteriaandprocess

• Thesameapplicationandcriteriaappliedbyotherpersonnelhasnotderivedsimilarresults,indicatingthatthecurrentprocessandcriteriadonotproducerepeatableresults

Shouldweundertakeanevaluationofallschemesusingtheendorsementprocess?• Atpresentproprietaryschemesarenotevaluatedusingtheendorsementcriteria,theyareevaluatedbyassessorsduringtheinitialassessmentoftheCAB• Therehasbeennospecificguidanceorcriteriadevelopedforthisprocess• AsmostoftheseschemesareeitherProductorPersonnelschemestheevaluationcriteriausedarethosefoundinISO/IEC17065andISO/IEC17024respectively.• Up-datesofschemesarerarelyreportedinassessmentreports.

Whatistheriskprofileofourschemeportfolio?

• Atthebeginningofthisyearweintroducedaprocessofundertakingariskassessmentforeachschemewewereendorsing,totrytoidentifyanypotentialriskstoeitherendorsingtheschemeorrollingouttheschemeinAustraliaandNewZealandandpotentiallyfurtherafield.• Todatetwoofthe8schemesthatweevaluatedforendorsementcontainedpracticesthatposedasignificantrisktothesuccessofthescheme.• Sowehaverisksinthecurrentlyendorsedschemesthataren’tbeingmanagedeffectively?

SCIproject

• Reviewofexistingschemeendorsementcriteria• BenchmarkagainstothersimilarcriteriausedCriteriareview

• Re-designprocess,includingidentificationofcompetenciesofschemereviewersProcessreview

• Undertakeriskassessmentofentireschemeportfolio• IdentifypotentialareasofrisktoJAS-ANZRiskassessment

• Identifythosesectorswherethereispotentialforreductioninschemenumbers/JAS-ANZcanlead

Schemereductionopportunities