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Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC)
DAC with table (Updated
2/07)
The Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC) is a set
of safety, health, environmental protection, quality and service,
and ethical practice
standards that govern QP 1, QP 2, QP 3, QP 6 and QP 8. It is the criterion
for issuing warnings; placing firms on probation; conducting special
unannounced audits; and suspending or revoking certification if
program violation(s) are severe enough.
SSPC-QP 5 has a unique set of
Disciplinary Action Criteria.
Five critical areas are
evaluated in disciplinary action investigations:
- Environmental compliance
- Ethical practices
- Quality of work/service
- SSPC information submittals (as required by certification)
- Worker safety
Disciplinary Actions
Four levels of action can be taken based on the severity of the
contractor violation(s):
1. Warning
- Contractor is notified of confirmed critical faults/violations
- May be subjected to an unannounced audit(s) (1st audit is contractor
paid)
- Warning status will remain for one year (it may be lifted if
the unannounced audit is passed)
- Further action will be taken if additional critical faults/violations
are verified
2. Probation
- Contractor is notified of multiple confirmed critical faults/violations
- Mandatory unannounced audit (fees are contractor paid.
- Probation is lifted with successful unannounced audit(s)
- A failure to pass the unannounced audit leads to immediate
Suspension of certification
NOTE: If Suspension lasts six months, procedures for
Suspension reinstatement must be followed
3. Suspension
- Critical faults/violations are verified
- Contractor is notified of Suspension
- Minimum Suspension of six (6) months
- Reinstatement requires maintenance application and passing
an unannounced audit (fees are contractor paid)
- Contractor pays penalty that is equal to the initial application
administration fee
4. Revocation
- Critical faults/violations are confirmed
- Contractor is notified that it's certification is Revoked
- Minimum of two (2) year loss of certification
- Reinstatement requires an initial application and passing an
unannounced audit (contractor's expense)
- Additional fee equal to the annual administration fee
- During the first year of renewed certification the contractor
must pass an additional unannounced audit (fee is contractor
paid)
Notification of Disciplinary Actions
Listed below the disciplinary action is the type and extent of
notification
Warning: Contractor, SSPC
administration, SSPC auditing staff
Probation:
- Contractor
- SSPC administration and auditing staff
- SSPC Board of Governors
- PCCP Advisory Committee Chair
- * General announcement in JPCL
- * General announcement on the SSPC web site and newsletter
Special Note:
* Contractor name not provided. General announcement provided to show an
action was taken.
Suspension and Revocation Levels:
- Contractor
- SSPC administration and auditing staff
- SSPC Board of Governors
- PCCP Advisory Committee Chair
- Facility owners known to be currently using the contractor
- Contractor specifically named in the JPCL
- Contractor specifically named on the SSPC web site and newsletter
Download the full DAC file from the Lists, Forms & Applications
page.
DAC Background
At a meeting on March 12, 1996, the Painting Contractor Certification
Program (PCCP) Advisory Committee voted to organize a Task Group
to draft rules for maintaining quality and discipline in the certification
programs. The committee members believed that new and more stringent
criteria and administrative procedures were needed to supplement
the annual and unannounced technical audits, which to that point,
had been the sole method for determining a contractor's ability
to achieve and maintain certification.
Over time, and after much debate, all agreed to the set of standards
that are now named the Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC).
It was released in January of 1998.
Quality and Integrity within the Industry
The over all quality and integrity of the certification programs
relies upon open communication between facility owners, contractors,
inspectors and SSPC. It is in everyone's best interest to promote
and maintain quality within the industrial painting community. Contact
SSPC to learn what you can do to help.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Contractors in the QP 1, QP 2 and QP 3 certification programs
are responsible for maintaining the program's guidelines on all
of their coatings projects. This applies even when the contract
or project specifications do not name SSPC certification as a
requirement.
- The names of contractors issued a Suspension or Revocation
are posted on SSPC Online. Actions of Probation are listed
without the contractor's name. Warnings are not posted.
- Disciplinary actions
can escalate with additional violations. Example: A warning
will become a probation, suspension, or revocationif the
contractor has additional violations during the warning
period.
- Contractors can have a disciplinary action brought against
them for not filing their Job Notification forms. SSPC advises
all contractors to read the information on the form to determine
when a job must be reported.
- All contractors notified of a disciplinary
action have the right to appeal the decision within 10 days.
Evidence must be
provided supporting the appeal.
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------------------------------ Certification Program
Contacts:
For more about SSPC certification programs, please contact
our staff.
Contractors:
Norm Suzich
suzich@sspc.org
Certification Manager
Phone: 412-281-2331 ext. 2235
Fax: 412-281-9993
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Contractors:
Gloria Dawson
dawson@sspc.org
Certification Assistant
Phone: 412-281-2331 ext. 2209
Fax: 412-281-9993
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Owners & Specifiers:
Shawn Nedley
nedley@sspc.org
Certification Sales & Marketing Specialist
Phone: 412-281-2331 ext. 2210
Fax: 412-281-9993
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