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Audit
A total of 34 HSEC audits were conducted during the year to assess the level of implementation of the HSEC Management Standards.
The audit program involved 99 personnel from both HSEC functional roles and operational roles (13 of whom participated in audits last year) and eight external auditors (two of whom are members of the HSE Committee of the BHP Billiton Board).
The process is proving invaluable in accelerating the rate of improvement in all aspects of HSEC management through the identification and communication of leading practices.
The average level and range of conformance for each of the Standards is presented in Figure 46, which shows an overall conformance of 3.4 out of 5.
Self-assessment
Sites not audited during the year were required to undertake self-assessments against the Standards. The results from these 51 self-assessments have been combined with the audit results to give an overall conformance of 3.6 out of 5.
These results are also expressed in terms of the level of conformance with the Minerals Council of Australia Code for Environmental Management, as presented in Figure 47, which shows an average conformance for the Group of 3.6 out of 5.
Figure 46.
Conformance Score Against Each of the HSEC Management Standards 2002/03
Figure 47.
Conformance Score Against the Australian Minerals Industry Code for Environmental Management 2002/03
