Skills Sets Needed to be a Good Ammonia PSM/RMP Manager/Coordinator

GCAP was recently asked what are the required skill sets needed to be a PSM manager and what type of training guidelines should a plant follow for these individuals.

  • PSM/RMP managers/coordinators must have management and leadership skills to set priorities, delegate, motivate and develop your people while coaching the refrigeration department to become top performers.
  • You must have communication skills to get your point across, create a compelling presentation to support your goals and get buy-in for ideas, inspire others to achieve better results and communicate objectives and goals for safety with efficiency in focus.
  • Have good collaboration skills so you can value and celebrate differences, build rapport, form alliances and negotiate effectively.
  • Work with critical thinking skills to approach problem solving logically, research options, avoid biases and focus on meaningful data to make effective conclusions.
  • Must understand budgets and place the resources effectively
  • Project management skills to manage change effectively
  • Use PSM tools to stay on track and become an effective member of a cross-functional team.
  • Mechanical knowledge and basic refrigeration will quick start entry level PSM employees.

Now lets looks at some other areas that if effective can help lead to a successful PSM/RMP program

  • Must understand the the goal of PSM is not risk elimination
  • Must be an effective trainer and a leader
  • Must be proficient at computer systems
  • Must be a people person
  • Must have good team around you, regardless of your talents and knowledge
  • Must understand that PSM is triple tiered, and fixing anything on the top two will only be redone again in the future if the base is not fixed first
  • Must be detail orientated and accept change driven by others
  • Must understand they have an accountability and responsibility to the chemical, however they have no liability unless negligence is involved.
  • Must have authority over hourly implementers
  • Must understand that being safe does not mean compliance
  • Must understand that having the right paperwork does not mean the facility is safe

PSM managers are priceless. How do you build a list to be a good PSM coordinator? With these skills sets what is good PSM manager/coordinator worth? Below is GCAP’s Introduction to NH3 and PSM/RMP Video!