A set of skills gap as a significant gap between an organization's current capabilities and the skills it needs to achieve its goals. It is the point at which an organization can no longer grow or remain competitive because it cannot fill critical jobs with employees who have the right knowledge, skills, and abilities.
It is not just individual organizations or sectors that are feeling the consequences of the skills gap. Communities, states, regions, and entire nations pay a heavy price when they cannot find or equip workers with the right skills for critical jobs.
The learning form recent past catastrophic major disaster claim 165 life take place at Tianjin's harbour in August of 2015 at China's.The immediate cause of the accident was the spontaneous ignition of overly dry nitrocellulose stored in a container that overheatedand later on use of water on chemical by emergency response team due to non-availability of safety or lack of hazardous chemical fire safety awareness also 24×7 non-availability of owner of warehouse at warehouse.
The second Major explosion and Fire incident on 5 Jan 2013 claims 4 to 5 people life at Indian oil corporation terminal depot at Hazira Surat the cause of incident were violation of work permit system, procedure and precaution not followed for control of ignition sources. There is no fire trained crew only safety officer was deployed at the terminal was not trained for firefighting and emergency response so failed to control the fire in an incipient stage as well as not able to guide to first emergency response teams.
The outcome of the both above incident investigation reports arelack of knowledge, skills and unsafe action which lead to fire and explosion and No SYSTEM FOR BRIDGING GAPSINSET OF SKILLS (Fire & safety).
Today business demand is dynamic functioning of fire and safety department by Bridging skills set of gaps between fire and safety. To ensure incident and injury free healthy work environment and no business interruption.
Adaniports is in the business of handling hazardous chemical and flammable liquids containers, storage of flammable liquids tank farm area, transportation of chemical &hydrocarbon which possess high potential fire and explosion risk.
Our working philosophy based on bridging set of skills gaps between fire and safety department with Hard and soft Skills. They are working like two side of a coin to add continual valuesto ensure injury free and Fire safe healthy work environment.
The Fire safety starts with decision of adapting technology, Engineering design, projects planning, QRA, PSM, HAZOP study,PSSR audits at various execution stage and use of Pre incident planning assessment for identified Scenarios and resources & Emergency response plan are few software modelling to ensure Fire safety of Ports.
The second philosophy is hardware which includes Capabilities building of workforce by 100% first aid firefighting & Emergency response training so that each and every personacts as fire and safety officer. So that in the event of any untoward incident they are capable to perform multitasking role like fire officer work as safety officer visversa.
The proactive approach for portFire safe operation is very crucial, we are continuously working to ensure 100% fire safety induction training, on the Job training, close monitoring of issuing work permit for Hot jobs, control of ignition sources, use of intrinsically safe maintenance tools, use of spark arrestor on vehicle and flame proof electrical equipment used in hazardous areas, Deployment of fire watch for critical hot jobs,Hazard communication programme twice in year to create awareness to workforce and Emergency response, Special firefighting operation training to flammable liquids and chemical storage tank farm workforce, Fortnight topography drill for fire emergency response team as well as operation & maintenance team to get update on associates fire risk and level of protection last but not the least participation in 06 number of Mutual Aid group industries mock drill & Level -3 mock drill by government agencies.
We are not only committed for fire safety of ports but also Home fire safety is being also taken care by bi annual mass fire prevention and Emergency response Awareness Knowledge at your door step concept by fire trained Adani Public School 70 Number Student volunteers.
Brief about Author: He is a science Graduate, MI Fire UK, Advance diploma in industrial Safety, Diploma in Industrial Safety, Station Fire officer Course, Gold Medallist in Chemical Disaster Management course from National Civil Defense College, Nagpur (Maharashtra), his several technical paper published in National Level Magazine, Intuition of Fire Engineers, India New Delhi & Having two Limca Book of Records 2013 & 2016 fir unique Fire Safety initiatives. Presently working as Deputy General Manager Fire Services at adaniports & Special economic Zone , Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat and having 20 years of working experience in various industries, Reliance refinery division, Jamnagar ( Guj), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited, Surat, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Bhopal ( MP) and Hindustan Zinc limited, Udaipur( Rajasthan).