Safety & Quality Assurance
Unwavering commitment to Ethical & responsible behavior
We put health & safety at the core of our operations
We continuously strive to create an atmosphere that promotes measured and smart decision-making that guards against potential hazards. We adhere to the highest standards, doing the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We believe that every incident is preventable and a target of zero injuries is achievable each and every day.
Técnico is committed to safety and the continuous improvement of our organization by leveraging our leadership, our training, and the work practices that our superior craftspeople employ. We embrace safety leadership at all levels of our organization, and we are committed to ensuring that health and safety at work is paramount to our business processes.
Positive, proactive and people-focused safety culture
Core Objectives
- To promote a positive, proactive and people focused safety culture;
- To monitor, evaluate and continuously improve our performance in health and safety;
- To provide and promote a safe working environment for employees and the wider community in which they interact;
- To manage the effective identification, measurement and control of risk and ensure this principle is at the centre of our management of health and safety issues;
- To comply with, and where reasonably practicable exceed, the requirements and targets set by existing health and safety regulations and to plan ahead for future compliance;
- To integrate the engineering excellence intrinsic to the safety of our products with our manufacturing and operational responsibilities for health and safety;
- To provide a common framework for health and safety management at all levels within our Company, which adopts and supports best practice; and
- To allocate appropriate resources to ensure the effective implementation of this policy.
Positive, proactive and people-focused safety culture
Quality Management System (QMS)
Técnico Corporation’s Quality Management System (QMS) is in compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 Standard and certified by NAVSEA 04RP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), South East Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) and North West Regional Maintenance Center (NWRMC). Our QMS is in accordance with NAVSEA Standard Items, NSTS 9090-310, and FAR 46.202-4 Higher-level Contract Quality Requirements.
Quality Assurance/Control
Técnico’s executive management is committed to the management, execution and support of our QMS and in its Continuous Process Improvement (CPI). Técnico’s employees, at all levels throughout our organization, are empowered and engaged in achieving our quality policy and posted goals. Our plan for maintaining quality in all aspects of our program, include quality control measures, sample collection, sample analysis, data management, documentation, evaluation and continuous process improvement.
Técnico personnel, as part of our Quality Control, are additionally trained and qualified to perform in-process Inspections and Visual Inspections, certified as Level I, II and III Non-Destructive Examiners (NDE), SSPC/AMPP Paint Inspectors, Scaffolding Competent Persons, Marine Competent Persons, and Shipboard Safety Inspectors. All personnel receive quality and ISO 9001:2015 training as part of their indoctrination and our incorporation of all personnel into the QMS.
