Zimplats Safety Health Environment Quality (Sheq) – Behavior Based Initiative (Bbi) Monitoring And Tracking System

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Abstract

The main aim of the research was to develop a Safety Health Environmental and Quality

(SHEQ) and Behaviour Based Initiative (BBI) monitoring and tracking system which creates

a culture of safety awareness and accountability and an atmosphere of trust involving more

worker involvement. A background study of the organisation was carried out as well as a

comprehensive problem definition was deduced. The proposed system was developed using

PHP programing language and MySQL database. The researcher undertook a feasibility study

of the proposed system and also a business value of the proposed system to the organisation.

A number of data gathering methodologies were used to carry out a conclusive research on

the current system that is in place at the Zimbabwe Platinum Mines as well as find out the

changes that would assist in a better system. A number of alternatives were available for

Zimplats and in-house development was best considering the benefits. These methodologies

included observations, interviews and questionnaires. In order to meet the user requirements,

a design of the proposed system was done highlighting all the input and output designs as

well as the architectural and physical design of the proposed system. Testing, validation and

verification of the new system were undertaken in an aim to see if the system was working as

expected. Maintenance strategies were also devised and the researcher highlighted the various

future recommendations for the system users. A comprehensive user manual was made

available for all the system users.