What are the health and safety requirments of the area in which the handover is to take place and the responsibility they place on you?

The handing over responsibility for engineering activities, such as those requiring equipment or processes to be set up or changed over, where maintenance or modification needs to be carried out or is completed, on the completion of installation or commissioning activities, and for such things as business improvement or risk assessment activities to take place. This will involve checking that all safety, environmental and, where applicable, contractual arrangements, have been met before final handover to the appropriate person.

On handing over the responsibility, you will be expected to highlight any project or process modifications, changed or unusual features, or areas of high risk that may be present in the activities. You must also ensure that you receive documented confirmation that everyone involved in the handover accepts that the activity has been handed over satisfactorily.

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for the handover activities undertaken, and to report any problems with the handover procedure that you cannot personally resolve, or are outside your permitted authority, to the relevant people. You will be expected to work with a minimum of supervision, taking personal responsibility for your own actions, and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.