SQAS CleaningCefic's perspective

Danny De Cock, SQAS Manager, Cefic (ddc@cefic.be)

Regional Training Workshop on SQAS Tank Cleaning

Karlovy Vary, 27-28 April 2005

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Central management to ensure the integrity of the SQAS system is based on 4 pillars :

- Accreditation of assessors

- Industry Questionnaire

- Electronic Database of Assessment Reports

- Service Group Control on quality of the assessors through

training, accreditation scheme, and quality monitoring. Better accessibility and transparency of the

assessment results through electronic database. SQAS Service Group : Provides the financial resources

to ensure a sustainable operation.

Pillars of SQAS

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20

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France

Spain

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Belgium

ItalySwitzerland

Finland

Ireland

Sweden

Austria

Norway

Portugal

Danmark

Czech Republic

Slovak Republic

Hungary

Slovenia

Poland

Latvia

Bulgaria

Number of Accredited Assessors per country

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SQAS Cleaning Questionnaire1 Management

1.1 Management Responsibility

1.2 Training

1.3 Reporting and Investigation of Non-Conformances

1.4 Personnel

1.5 Promotion of SHE&Q attitudes

1.6 Reviewing the Mgt Systems

2 SHE

2.1 Risk Assessment and Management

2.2 Safety

- Product Acceptance

- Fall protection

- Entry into confined spaces

2.3 Occupational Health

2.4 Environmental Protection

- Waste Management

- Water discharges

2.5 Sub-Contracting

- Sub-contracted Cleaning Services on site

3. EQUIPMENT

3.1 Equipment Specification

3.2 Maintenance

3.3 Fallback Plans

4. Planning + Operations

4.1 Planning + Communication

4.2 Operations

- Cleaning Method

- Cleanliness Inspection

- Cleaning Document

4.3 Administration

5. Security

6 Site Inspection

6.1 Building, Grounds and Fixed Equipment

6.2 Tank Cleaning and Decontamination

6.3 Fixed Storage Tanks

6.4 Waste Container Storage Area

6.5 Tank Heating

6.6 Handling of packaged goods (Cleaning Agents,

Purification Products)

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Electronic Database Project

Accredited Assessor

Assessor

Software

Application

SQAS Cleaning

Database

www.sqas.org

Chemical Company

Transport Company

Assessed Cleaning Station

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Number of assessments per year

86

138

8189

8085

89

203 201

58

2 6 6

16 158

20 22

112

25

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242

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Improvement Programme

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SQAS Service Group(membership status January 2005)

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Akzo Nobel FMC FORET S.A.

Arizona Chemical Huntsman Holland BV

Ashland Inc Hydro Polymers AS

Atofina Ineos Chlor Ltd

Basell Infineum

BASF La Seda De Barcelona – IQA, S. A.

BP Chemicals Lucite

Bayer AG Lyondell

Borealis Polymers Millenium

Celanese Perstorp AB

Chevron Phillips Chemicals Polimeri Europa

Chloralp Rhodia

Ciba Rohm and Haas

Crompton Sabic

Degussa AG Shell Chemicals

Dow Europe S.A. Solvay S.A.

Dupont Syngenta Ltd

DSM Tessenderlo Chemie

Ethyl Europe Thermphos International BV

ExxonMobil Chemical Total

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ECTA SQAS Cleaning User Group

ADR TRANSPORT AB

ALFRED TALKE SPEDITION GmbH & Co. KG

BERTSCHI AG

DEN HARTOGH INT. TANKTRANSPORTEN B.V.

GCA TRANS

HAESAERTS INTERMODAL N.V.

HOYER GmbH

IAT KEMI A/ S

KARL SCHMIDT SPEDITION

KUBE & KUBENZ

LANFER MANAGEMENT GmbH

MARENZANA SpA

NIJ HOF-WASSINK B.V.

STAR CHEMICAL LOGISTIC SpA

TRANSPORT MERVIELDE