KPA EHS Glossary
- Acknowledgment – a message sent from a KPA EHS administrator to part or all of their team. Acknowledgments may include attachments and require signatures.
- API – application programming interface – gives your IT group to automatically import/export data from/to the KPA EHS system (see api.kpaehs.com)
- Asset – a piece of equipment, trailer, truck, facility or anything else that can be inspected.
- BBS – behavior based safety
- CBT – computer-based training where employees take training/lessons on their computer or mobile phone
- EHS – environment, health, and safety
- Equipment – an asset like a fire extinguisher, trailer, truck, facility or anything else that can be inspected.
- Field Office – the geographical grouping of your employees. Can be changed to match your own verbiage (e.g. project, location, region, building, etc)
- Follow-Up – when filling out a form, an employee may assign one or more follow-up tasks to other employees. Follow-ups automatically assign tasks and pending follow-ups are shown on a status report.
- Forms – a digital version of a paper form where employees type, select, add photos, sign, assign follow-ups, and more
- FTP / SFTP – a secure online folder where large files can be dropped off automatically
- Inspection – a form that must be filled out for a specific asset periodically (e.g. a monthly fire extinguisher inspection)
- HSE – health, safety, and environment
- Lesson – a computer-based training (CBT) where the employee reads text, listens to videos and narration, and takes a quiz to satisfy a training requirement
- Line of Business – the type of work that a team member is involved in (e.g. trucking, flowback, hr, etc). Can be reworded to match your company’s preferences.
- Matrix (Training) – a spreadsheet with one row for each employee and one column for each training. Each cell lists the status for that employee’s training
- Report – can mean a form that employees fill out online, a specific form response, or a system generated spreadsheet/pdf
- SSO – single sign-on is the ability to login to KPA EHS using another service such as Gmail
- Training – a requirement that some or all employees must complete a lesson or certification at a pre-scripted interval