[ Fatigue Management ]

This contemporary competency applies no matter what industry you work in. 

In our context, it’s for pipeline construction crews working in remote areas, in some designated FIFO arrangement (28 days on/9 days off was my experience).

In addition to knowing the symptoms, factors and consequences of fatigue, engineers working with pipelines should also understand a few other things particular to pipelines. 

There’s often a camp environment involved, long driving travel times, dusty work conditions, and repetitive tasks.

Managing these risks is easy to write but hard to enact. Try strategies such as work cycle planning, task rotation, and fatigue recognition.

PECS SM007 Fatigue Management