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Creating Hazard Assessment Item Records

After a project manager defines a new hazmat project, a hazmat manager typically takes over and sets up the details of the project by creating hazmat assessment items that list the individual areas that should be assessed and inspected for the existence of a hazardous substance, and if hazmat is found, should be managed, abated, and re-inspected. As the hazmat project progresses, field assessors, inspectors, and abatement workers will update the assessment item records with their findings.

As an environmental hazard manager you can create hazmat assessment items in a few ways:

You also have control over the level of detail at which you want to track issues.

Note: It is possible to create records by copying them from one project to another. This is usually done when you want to track history. See Tracking Hazmat Assessment Item History.

Procedure to Generate Hazard Assessment Item Records

  1. Select the Environmental Hazard Manager / Manage Assessment Items task.
  2. Select the hazard assessment project to see a list of existing assessment items for this project. If necessary, you can filter the list of existing assessment items using the Filter console in the top frame. Note that the values that you choose in this filter are strictly for displaying a list of existing assessment items. These values do not affect the generation of assessment items.
  3. Review the list of existing assessment items and determine the new records that you need to generate.
  4. Choose the Generate Assessment Items button. The system presents a dialog for you to specify the properties by which the system will generate assessment items.
  1. Optional (Default Values frame): If you know the parties who will be working with these assessment items, you can specify these values and the system will automatically assign them to the new assessment item records that it creates. For example, if you always use the same field assessors, inspectors, or abatement workers, you can enter these values now. If your workers tend to vary, you will want to leave these fields blank and then assign specific workers to the individual assessment items.
    FieldDescription
    Assessed ByChoose the field assessor who will assess the area.
    Assigned To Choose the inspector who will inspect the area. You can also use this field to associate other hazmat professionals with the assessment items.
    Abatement WorkerChoose the abatement worker who will resolve the problem.
    Abatement ReasonEnter the reason why these areas are being managed. For example, if you are working on this area in preparation for renovation, you can enter Renovation as the reason.
  1. Choose Generate and the system generates the records and displays them.

Next: After generating the records, you assign them to a field assessor and/or inspector who goes to the field and assesses the presence of hazmat in these locations.