SOP FOR OPENING AND CLOSING OF PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
OBJECTIVE: To lay down the procedure for opening and closing of Production Department.
SCOPE: This procedure is applicable to opening and closing of Production Department
RESPONSIBILITY:
It is the responsibility of production chemist/officer to follow the procedure prescribed in this SOP for opening and closing of Production Department.
It is the responsibility of production chemist/officer to ensure that operators/workers follow the procedure as prescribed in SOP.
Manager or designee engineering department is responsible for implementation and providing the training for opening and closing of the department and review the related records.
ACCOUNTABILITY: Head of the Production Department.
PROCEDURE:
Opening of the department:
Collect the keys from the security gate duly enter the details and sign in key register when shift started.
Switch on the lights located at the entry of the department.
Check that the lock of the main door of the department is intact and only then open the department.
Keep the main key on the department in keyboard and collect other keys of different area.
Open each section of the department. Switch on the lights.
After opening of each area, keep all the keys respectively on a department keyboard.
Intimate to engineering department to start air handling unit as required.
Check the following points for cleanliness:
Main floor. (Floor of all area.)
All machines in the department.
All the drums/containers/crates/trays are close and clean.
Walls of the area.
Waste bins.
Early in the morning before the day’s work starts, the officer has to check the department, if any abnormal observations or deviations seen, must be informed in writing to the department head.
Start the activity as per standard operating procedure.
Closing of the department:
Inform engineering to switch OFF the Air handling / De-humidifier unit of the department.
Switch OFF the switches of all the equipment as per respective SOP.
Check that the water taps are closed properly.
Check that the vacuum valves are closed properly and indicator shows 0 reading.
Check that the compressed air valves are closed properly and indicator shows 0 reading.
Check that all balances are switched OFF.
Switch OFF all the lights of cubicles.
Switch OFF the computer.
Check the following points for cleanliness:
All the drums/containers/crates/trays are close and clean.
All the machines in the department are cleaned and mains of machines are switched OFF.
Floor of all the area is cleaned.
Floor of corridor is cleaned.
Wall of the cubicles are cleaned.
Dustbins are emptied and clean.
Collect the key from department key board and lock the all internal sections and put back the key on its appropriate number in the keyboard of the department.
Switch OFF all the lights of corridor.
Take the main key of the department and lock.
Switch OFF the lights located at the entry of the department.
Deposit the keys at the security gate and enter in to key register and sign.