AFM Audit matrix - March 2009

NATIONAL HEAVY VEHICLE ACCREDITATION SCHEME ADVANCED FATIGUE MANAGEMENT AUDIT MATRIX Operator name Location of audit Auditor name Audit Date: _____/_____/_____ PURPOSE For the purposes of accreditation, the Advanced Fatigue Management Standards and supporting criteria stipulate the policies, procedures and documentation that need to be established, and used, that form an Operator’s Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) fatigue management system. The objective of this audit matrix is to provide a tool to assess and confirm the commitment and effectiveness of an operators AFM fatigue management system. To establish compliance with the AFM standards and criteria, the auditor must ascertain how the criteria is documented, how they are reviewed, what action has been taken and what input the drivers have had into this process (e.g. through training services or via a manual). The auditor should also establish the knowledge and understanding of these procedures through discussions with a random group of employees. AUDIT INSTRUCTIONS The AFM audit program lists 10 standards and a description for each of these standards. Under each standard, there are a number of criteria that the operator must meet before accreditation is granted. For each criterion, assessment steps/points of focus are listed to enable the auditor to identify how the operator’s fatigue management system satisfies the requirements of the Standards. The audit matrix ...