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Corrective Action Report 005

A M Water Services Limited

QEHS/NCR Ref: OBS-IA202503-02
Date: 23/09/2025
CAR ID: CAR-2025-005 Document Number: FORM_CAR001 Rev 1 ID 01/09/2025

Process/Area/Department: Support / Competence Management
Requirement/Clause No.(s): ISO 9001/14001/45001:2015 - Clause 7.2
Type: ☑ Internal Audit ☐ Client Audit ☐ Inspection ☐ Complaint ☐ Sub-contractor ☐ Certification Review
Classification: ☐ Nonconformity ☑ Observation ☐ Opportunity for Improvement

Details of Observation

Statement of Observation: Equipment competency validation managed through separate systems - training matrix tracks operator certifications whilst equipment log tracks machine-specific authorisations. Combined matrix would provide clearer validation.

Planned Actions

Containment Action(s), including correction, with supporting completion date(s):

  1. Map current competencies to equipment (31/12/2025)
  2. Design integrated matrix format (31/01/2026)
  3. Implement combined system (28/02/2026)

Root Cause

Primary Cause: Systems developed independently by different functions  Contributing Factors: No identified need for integration during initial setup

Proposed Corrective Action

  1. Create unified competency-equipment matrix.
  2. Display in office for resource planning.
  3. Update monthly with changes.

Verification

  1. [x] Completed matrix showing all operator-equipment authorisations — carried by the successor report.
  2. [x] Evidence of use in work allocation — carried by the successor report.

Points noted

  1. Visual board in depot
  2. Mobile access for supervisors
  3. Annual competency review process

Feedback & Acknowledgments

Leanne Mason to coordinate.

Corrective Action Report Prepared By

CAR Prepared By Signature Position Date
Sean Ashton S. Ashton HSQE Consultant 23/09/2025
CAR Reviewed By Signature Position Date
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Aaron Mason A. Mason Director 23/09/2025

Corrective Action Close Out

Target Completion: 28/02/2026

Corrective Action Completed Signature Position Date
Actioned by S. Ashton HSQE Consultant 13/05/2026
Verification By S. Ashton HSQE Consultant 13/05/2026

Closure

Closed 13/05/2026 — superseded by CAR-2026-004. The finding was transferred into CAR-2026-004 at the APP_21 Issue 5 review of 13/05/2026 and this report was closed on that transfer. CAR-2026-004 is the live record and carries the owner, the current target and the verification. This report is retained as the origin of the finding and is not separately actioned, so the 2025 target date above no longer applies.

Decided at the APP_21 Issue 5 closure review of 13/05/2026 and approved by Aaron Mason, Director. Recorded on this report on 27/09/2026.

Owner of record: Sean Ashton (HSQE Consultant), as controller of audit-derived CARs under APP_21.

Verification outcome at 27/09/2026

# Verification criterion as written Outcome Basis
1 Completed matrix showing all operator-equipment authorisations. Transferred to successor Criterion transferred to CAR-2026-004 at the APP_21 Issue 5 review of 13/05/2026 and held on that record.
2 Evidence of use in work allocation. Transferred to successor Criterion transferred to CAR-2026-004 at the APP_21 Issue 5 review of 13/05/2026 and held on that record.

Verification is carried by CAR-2026-004, which holds the live action, its owner and its target. It is not duplicated here. This report is closed; the finding is not.

Status: CLOSED 13/05/2026 — superseded by CAR-2026-004, which carries the finding