(132c) Process Safety Competency - Effective Approaches to Creating and Judging Competency on Process Safety

Process safety is a deep topic and requires the involvement of nearly ALL staff at a site.  But, how do you make sure your staff are up to the task?  And how do you judge the competency of subcontractors or third party experts?  This paper describes the basics of building competencies in each aspect of process safety, including those tasks that require expert levels of competencies.  It shows how different companies plan for the progression to levels of competencies and the typical requirements to reach a new level.  One focus of the paper is that competency cannot be “specified” (at least not completely).  Competency must instead be judged by those who are already competent in that skill or role.