Guidelines for Competence for those working in HRBs

This document is free to download and is intended to aid those:

  • Specifying works/contracts to set an easily recognisable standard of competence they require of individuals actually delivering the work.
  • Procuring the  work against a specification to set the standard of competence they require of individuals delivering the work. This could then be used by organisations tendering for the work to assure their client that they can, and will, deliver the appropriate staff to deliver the work.
  • Responsible to manage works within the building so they can easily check that the person presenting themselves to undertake the work are truly competent to do so, again using an easily recognisable standardised set of criteria.

It is free to download. The document is correct at the time of publication. We will continue to update it in line with the development of competence frameworks for professions and trades. We would encourage you to return to this site for future updates available.

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