Implementation of EHS Standards in the Jet Aviation Basel Company

Abstract

Jet Aviation Basel (www.jetaviation.ch) is the historic and major site of the Jet Aviation Group, one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. At our Basel location, we provide maintenance, avionics, completions and refurbishment, and paint services. Jet Aviation completed several completion projects on Airbus 319ACJ, A320 and Boeing B737, B757, B767, B747SP, B747-400 and on more 120 Falcon. Jet Aviation Basel has committed itself to continual improvement and to the development of an Integrated Management System (IMS), in order to get the ISO 14001 (regulation regarding the environment) and OHSAS 18001 (regarding the Heath and the Safety) certification by 2014. This project is led by the EH&S team (Environment, Health & Safety), inside the Total Quality dept. This study explains the different steps to the certification and exposed the most important parts of that process. It leads to the establishment of several tools and studies resolving most of the non-conformities of this company. This study aims, to the resolutions of the biggest non-conformities developing tools to improve the workplaces Health & Safety performance, and to perform the Risks Assessment of the Jet Aviation Basel Company. It mainly includes: • The establishment of a Solvent Management Plan • The creation of an online tool for the management of non-conformities • The method and the realization of Risks Assessment • The establishment of a Greenhouse Gas Footprint