MEMORANDUM FOR A1 - Air Force E-Publishing

116 AFI91-202 5 AUGUST 2011
Occupational Hazard—Conditions, procedures, and practices directly related to the workplace
that can create a potential for producing occupational injuries, property or equipment damage,
mission degradation, damage to the environment, or illnesses.
Performance Appraisal— A systematic comparison of an employee’s performance of duties
and responsibilities with performance standards.
Quality Assurance Personnel— Individuals designated to perform quality assessment
functions, and manage performance in accordance with the Performance Plan. They serve as onsite
technical managers assessing contractor performance against contract performance
standards. Personnel in this area have many titles, such as Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE),
Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS), Functional Area Evaluators (FAEs) (A&AS), and
Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR).
Quality Assurance Program Coordinator (QAPC)— Mission support group or
AFMC/AFSPC Center-level individual, normally from the contracting activity, selected to
coordinate and manage the Performance Management Assessment Program (Quality Assurance
Program).
Qualified Safety, Fire Protection, Bioenvironmental Engineering and Health Officials—Air
Force civilian and military personnel assigned to full time positions for the respective disciplines.
Air Force civilian personnel who meet the Office of Personnel Management standards for safety
and occupational health manager or specialist, safety engineering technician, safety engineer, fire
protection engineer or specialist, medical officer, health physicist, industrial hygienist,
occupational health nurse or environmental health technician job qualification standards. Safety,
fire protection, and health personnel with experience or up-to-date training in occupational
safety, fire protection, and health hazard recognition and evaluation are considered as meeting
the qualifications of safety, fire protection, and health inspectors. Air Force military personnel,
who possess a safety, fire protection, Bioenvironmental Engineering, aerospace medicine, or
medicine Air Force Specialty Code. Civilians (NSPS equivalent to GS) are considered fully
qualified IAW 29 CFR 1960 and military at the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 7 level or can
be a 5 level if task certified. (See 29 CFR 1960.25, Qualifications of Safety and Health
Inspectors and Agency Inspections).
Formal Inspection Report—A report with a particular prescribed format. (e.g. Hazard
Abatement Plan.)
Risk Management—The application of a systematic process or thinking to detect, assess, and
control risk to enhance total organizational performance.
Safe Haven—Designated area to which noncombatants of the United States Government’s
responsibility, and commercial vehicles and material, may evacuate during a domestic or other
valid emergency. Temporary storage provided Department of Energy classified shipment
transporters at Department of Defense workplaces to assure the safety and security of nuclear
material and/or non-nuclear classified material. Also includes parking for commercial vehicles
containing Class A or Class B explosives.
Safety—The programs, risk management activities, and organizational and cultural values
dedicated to preventing injuries and accidental loss of human and material resources, and to
protecting the environment from the damaging effects of DoD mishaps.