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I C h e m E S a f e t y C e n t r e ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2, 2018 Supplementary guide – how to build and develop process safety competence released March 2019

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ISC Process Safety Competency GuidanceEdition 2, 2018Supplementary guide – how to build and develop process safety competence

released March 2019

ISC

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Contents

3

Preface 4

Acknowledgements 5

How to use this supplementary guide 6

Undertaking development activities 7

Establishing competency 8

Competency definitions 9

References and further information 10

Hazard identification and risk assessment 11

Safety in design 15

Asset integrity 19

Incident reporting and investigation 23

Audit, assurance, management review and intervention 27

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Preface

The IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) is an industry-funded and led organisation, focussed on improving process safety through sharing information and learnings. ISC members can nominate specific areas of focus, and ISC leads the development work in these areas, working with personnel from member companies and process safety competency was identified as an initial area of work for ISC. Once a specific need was defined by the ISC Advisory Board and the project sponsor, the team set about the project. This consisted of reviewing the current guidance material available on this topic. There are several different organisations that have published guidance on how to establish a process safety competency framework. However, these documents stop short of actually defining different levels of competency for different roles – ie, developing the framework in a generic sense. ISC’s guidance document takes the step to create the generic framework, for different types of roles in an organisation. The project resulted in the publishing of “ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance”, initially published in 2015 and further updated and published as Edition 2 in 2018.

This supplementary guide extends the original ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance document further, with suggested tasks and development activities that could be undertaken in order to build competence in the relevant topics. This Supplementary Guide should be read in conjunction with the ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2 as it provides a roadmap to how the competencies within that guidance could be achieved.

ISC believes that a functional approach to process safety is important to increase people’s understanding of their requirements. Process safety is about managing the integrity of operating systems by applying inherently safer design principles, effective engineering and disciplined operating practices. It deals with the prevention and mitigation of incidents that have the potential for a loss of control of a hazardous material or energy. Such loss of control may lead to severe consequences with fire, explosion and/or toxic effects, and may ultimately result in loss of life, serious injury, extensive property damage, environmental impact and lost production with associated financial and reputational impacts. Effective management of process safety requires leadership across six functional elements in an organisation. These are:

n culture;

n knowledge and competence;

n engineering and design;

n human factors;

n systems and procedures;

n assurance.

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These elements can be thought of as a chain of safety, rather than applied to James Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model1. This is because we do not need failures in all elements to have an incident, but rather multiple failures in one element could result in an incident. The integrity of the chain is in the multiple layers behind it, hence demonstrated knowledge and competency in all elements is required across an organisation.

This supplementary guide will be updated as further competency development activities for each of the competency topics defined in ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2 are added

This version of the supplementary guide includes development activities for the following competency topics:

1. hazard identification and risk assessment;

2. safety in design;

3. asset integrity;

4. incident reporting and investigation;

5. audit, assurance, management review and intervention.

AcknowledgementsContact the ISCemail: [email protected] would like to acknowledge the efforts of the following companies

and people, who formed the ISC Competency Project Working Group:

■■ BHP – Kris Terpening

■■ BP – Megan Murray

■■ Dekra Insight – Stephen Rowe, Hervé Vaudrey

■■ HIMA – Jamie Hudson

■■ HRO Solutions – Brett Mahar

■■ Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Yogesh Koirala

■■ Origin – Ivica Ninic

■■ Simon Casey Risk and Safety Consultant – Simon Casey

■■ Santos – SL Sreedhar

■■ Woodside – Neil Cameron, Rachelle Doyle

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How to use this guidance

This document provides an example of the tasks and activities that could be undertaken to achieve the relevant level of competence in the range of competency topics defined in ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2. Each organisation should determine the specific requirements for implementation.

This document can be used to support implementation of a process safety Competency Management System. There is a range of guidance available to assist in developing a Competency Management System (eg Cogent and UKPIA Guidelines for Competency Management Systems for Downstream and Petroleum Sites2; European Process Safety Centre Process Safety Competence, How to set up a Process Safety Competence Management System3; Health and Safety Executive, Managing competence for safety-related systems, 2007 4).

Recommended steps for using the Development Activities are detailed below:

1. Determination of required competency level for each topic

a. Refer to ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2 to ascertain the required competency level for a role within your organisation.

2. Alignment with process safety competency criteria

a. This guide is based on the Competency Criteria defined for different organisational roles within ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2 – if your organisation uses different criteria, then you should consider how it reflects your own organisation’s criteria.

3. Alignment with process safety organisation roles

a. This guide provides general information for developing competence within a range of topics – not all development activities will be relevant for each role.

4. Develop plans to address competency gaps. Competency gaps may be addressed by undertaking the development activities suggested within this guide, which have been structured around three main development areas:

a. Experience based learning from undertaking tasks b. Learning through others from Networking and Exposure c. Formal Education, Training and Qualifications

5. Monitor the process safety competency process to determine whether the development activities result in achievement of the target level of competence.

6. Review and update the development activities for each competency topic.

7.

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The development activities in this guide have been structured around a three part approach to learning and development that is common to the various approaches used by a number of ISC member organisations (eg the 70:20:10 learning model by Lombardo and Eichinger and other similar models).

However, it is not compulsory to use the structure used within this guide in order to identify and undertake the suggested development activities – there are many learning and development models available and the suggested development activities in this guide could be adapted to fit within other models.

While this document refers to a number of IChemE training packages, these are examples only, there may be other similar programmes available to you.

Table 1: Development areas

Learning and Development Area Typical Development Activities

Learning through experience Expanding your scope of work Applying learning in real situations Learning through new experiences

Learning through others Receiving feedback Structured mentoring and coaching (both giving and receiving) Communities (eg industry groups, forums, conferences etc)

Learning through education Formal training individual training education Professional qualifications and accreditation

Undertaking Development Activities

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Establishing competency

Establishing competency

Competency topicsEighteen topics were defined ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2 as requiring specific process safety competency and were then mapped against the six ISC functional elements.

Table 2: Competency topics

Element TopicCulture Safety leadership commitment, responsibility and workplace culture

Knowledge and competence Process safety concepts

Hazard identification and risk assessment

Hazard awareness specific to the operation

Engineering and design Safety in design

Asset integrity

Codes and standards

Management of change

Human factors Human factors

Systems and procedures Systems, manuals and drawings

Process and operational status monitoring and handover

Contractor and supplier selection and management

Safe systems of work

Project delivery

Management of major emergencies and emergency preparedness

Incident reporting and investigation

Assurance Legislation and regulations

Audit, assurance, management review and intervention

Competency development activities have been included for the following topics, highlighted in bold in the above table.

Additional topics will be released over time.

The Process Safety Competency Supplementary Guide, How to Build and Develop Process Safety Competence, has been produced to reflect the competency topics defined in ISC Process Safety Competency Guidance Edition 2, which contains further information on the competency topics and definitions and should be read in conjunction with this document and attachments.

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Competency is defined across a four-tier scale, based on a combination of the tiers used by some ISC members. This allows for granular determination of the competency required across a varied workforce. The tiers are defined below:

Ti

Awareness Has knowledge of the theory and displays conceptual understanding. Actively participates in discussions regarding the skill. Performs routine tasks with significant supervision. Learns how to do things.

Basic application Performs fundamental and routine tasks. Requires occasional supervision. Increased functional expertise and ability. Works with others.

Skilled application or proficiency Independent contributor. Integrates work with other disciplines. Frequently mentors or coaches others. Assesses and compares alternative options.

Mastery or expert Advanced experience in the particular skill. Applies creative solutions to complex problems. Defines and drives critical business opportunities and needs. Represents the organisation internally and externally on critical issues. Sets standards within the organisation. Recognised as a subject matter expert.

For each topic, the specific requirements at each level of competency were developed. The requirements for each competency level dictate that the requirements for the lower levels are met.

Competency definitions

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References and further information

1. Reason, J, Managing the risks of organisation accidents, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire, 1997

2. Cogent and UKPIA, Guidelines for Competency Management Systems for Downstream and Petroleum Sites, Cogent, UK, 2011

3. European Process Safety Centre, Process Safety Competence – How to set up a Process Safety Competence Management System, EPSC, UK, 2013

4. Health and Safety Executive, Managing competence for safety-related systems, 2007

5. Kletz, T, Plant Design for Safety, CRC Press, 1991

6. The OHS Body of Knowledge, supported and maintained by the Safety Institute of Australia www.ohsbok.org.au This reference contains a chapter on Process Hazards ‒ Chemical and a chapter on Managing Process Safety

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mE:

1. F

unda

men

tals

of P

roce

ss S

afet

y

2. H

azar

d id

entifi

catio

n te

chni

ques

3. H

azar

d st

udy

awar

enes

s

4. In

trod

uctio

n to

risk

ass

essm

ent

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Hig

her l

evel

lead

ersh

ip

cour

ses

such

as

HA

ZOP

Lead

er c

ours

e

• C

hart

ered

Mem

ber o

f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal

body

Or

• C

ontin

ual p

rofe

ssio

nal

deve

lopm

ent t

hrou

gh a

n ap

prop

riate

pro

fess

iona

l bo

dy

• R

ead

book

s an

d ar

ticle

s

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. In

here

nt s

afet

y in

des

ign

and

oper

atio

n de

velo

pmen

t

2. H

AZO

P

3. L

OPA

Skill

ed p

lus…

• ”F

ello

w”

equi

vale

nt o

f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal b

ody

• Pe

er-r

evie

w, c

o-au

thor

art

icle

s an

d bo

oks

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. H

AZO

P st

udy

lead

ersh

ip a

nd

man

agem

ent

2. E

xper

t haz

ard

awar

enes

s

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Com

pet

ency

d

efini

tion

• A

war

e of

the

follo

win

g pr

oces

s sa

fety

rela

ted

conc

epts

for

Safe

ty in

Des

ign:

- In

here

ntly

saf

er d

esig

n (IS

D)

- R

isk-

base

d de

sign

- A

LAR

P pr

inci

ple

• A

war

e th

at th

ere

are

legi

slat

ive

and

regu

lato

ry re

quire

men

ts

(eg

safe

ty c

ase

or e

quiv

alen

t re

port

); c

odes

and

sta

ndar

ds

rela

ting

to s

afe

proc

ess/

faci

lity

desi

gn, c

onst

ruct

ion

and

oper

atio

n

• A

pplie

s un

der s

uper

visi

on th

e re

leva

nt le

gisl

ativ

e an

d re

gula

tory

re

quire

men

ts, c

odes

and

st

anda

rds

rela

ting

to s

afet

y in

de

sign

• Pr

ovid

es b

asic

tech

nica

l inp

ut

to d

esig

n re

quire

men

ts a

s ap

plic

able

to th

eir i

ndus

try

to

mee

t saf

ety

in d

esig

n ob

ject

ives

• A

pplie

s a

basi

c kn

owle

dge

of th

e fo

llow

ing

proc

ess

safe

ty re

late

d co

ncep

ts fo

r Saf

ety

in D

esig

n:

- IS

D

- R

isk-

base

d de

sign

- A

LAR

P pr

inci

ple

• Pr

ovid

es c

ompr

ehen

sive

te

chni

cal i

nput

to d

esig

n as

app

licab

le to

thei

r in

dust

ry to

mee

t saf

ety

in

desi

gn o

bjec

tives

incl

udin

g in

corp

orat

ion

of a

ll ap

plic

able

le

gisl

atio

n/re

gula

tory

re

quire

men

ts, c

odes

and

st

anda

rds

• A

pplie

s IS

D p

rinci

ples

• Pr

ovid

es d

esig

n so

lutio

ns

that

inco

rpor

ate

risk-

base

d de

sign

and

ALA

RP

prin

cipl

e

• Li

aise

s w

ith o

ther

dis

cipl

ines

(e

g in

stru

men

tatio

n,

mec

hani

cal,

etc)

as

to

inte

grat

e sa

fety

in d

esig

n so

lutio

ns

• Id

entifi

es S

afet

y C

ritic

al

Elem

ents

(SC

E) a

nd d

evel

ops

Perf

orm

ance

Sta

ndar

ds

• Le

ads,

eva

luat

es a

nd d

eliv

ers

tech

nica

l saf

ety

requ

irem

ents

as

appl

icab

le to

thei

r ind

ustr

y

• D

evel

ops

appl

icab

le c

orpo

rate

pr

oces

s sa

fety

des

ign

stan

dard

s,

guid

elin

es a

nd p

hilo

soph

ies

• Po

sses

ses

deta

iled

know

ledg

e of

app

licab

le le

gisl

atio

n,

regu

latio

ns, c

odes

and

sta

ndar

ds

• M

anag

es e

xter

nal 3

rd P

arty

Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

supp

lyin

g sp

ecia

list,

com

plex

pro

cess

sa

fety

ser

vice

s (e

g de

taile

d ex

plos

ion

stud

ies)

Safety in design

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

exp

erie

nce

• A

tten

d in

tern

al tr

aini

ng o

r un

dert

ake

wor

k ac

tiviti

es

to id

entif

y ap

plic

able

law

s,

regu

latio

ns; c

odes

and

st

anda

rds

• Re

view

the

desi

gn s

afet

y fe

atur

es o

f you

r ope

ratin

g ar

ea

(or p

roje

ct) t

o se

e ho

w th

ese

have

bee

n pr

actic

ally

app

lied

to

a liv

e ex

ampl

e

• Re

view

the

basi

c pr

inci

ples

of

a go

al b

ased

and

pre

scrip

tive

regi

me,

saf

ety

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

and

the

prin

cipl

e of

A

LARP

Aw

aren

ess

plus

• K

eep

up to

dat

e w

ith a

ll la

ws,

re

gula

tions

and

cod

es th

at im

pact

de

sign

saf

ety

with

in y

our i

ndus

try

and

wor

k ar

ea

• In

corp

orat

e ap

plic

able

law

s,

regu

latio

ns a

nd c

odes

into

des

ign,

co

nstr

uctio

n or

com

mis

sion

ing

docu

men

tatio

n

• M

onito

r com

plia

nce

with

rele

vant

ob

ligat

ions

thro

ugh

the

desi

gn

lifec

ycle

• Pr

ovid

e in

put a

s a

juni

or-le

vel

part

icip

ant (

eg s

crib

e or

sup

port

en

gine

er to

a s

enio

r) in

des

ign

safe

ty re

view

s ie

HA

ZID

, HA

ZOP,

LO

PA a

s de

emed

app

licab

le to

th

eir i

ndus

try

• A

ssis

t in

the

gene

ratio

n of

rele

vant

pr

oces

s sa

fety

risk

ass

essm

ents

• A

ssis

t in

the

gene

ratio

n of

rele

vant

re

gula

tory

sub

mis

sion

s (e

g sa

fety

ca

se/m

ajor

haz

ard

faci

lity

repo

rt)

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Perf

orm

the

role

of a

des

ign

or te

chni

cal s

afet

y en

gine

er

on a

maj

or p

roje

ct o

r with

in

an o

pera

tions

/com

mis

sion

ing

team

. *Se

e lis

t bel

ow fo

r di

scip

line

spec

ific

activ

ities

w

hich

you

may

incl

ude

• M

onito

r com

plia

nce

with

th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

saf

ety

in

desi

gn p

rinci

ples

, goa

ls a

nd

key

requ

irem

ents

thro

ugho

ut

asse

t life

cycl

e. P

rovi

de

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

impr

ovem

ent

• R

evie

w in

tern

al s

tand

ards

an

d pr

oces

ses

and

prov

ide

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

impr

ovem

ents

• D

esig

ns s

impl

e sy

stem

s in

th

e ab

senc

e of

law

s, c

odes

an

d re

gula

tions

• U

nder

take

an

ALA

RP

asse

ssm

ent t

hat i

ncor

pora

tes

mul

tiple

dis

cipl

ines

and

tr

ade-

offs

Skill

ed p

lus…

• Le

ad a

team

of d

esig

n sa

fety

pr

ofes

sion

als

to d

eliv

er a

pro

ject

or

maj

or c

hang

e

• D

emon

stra

te le

ader

ship

thro

ugh

com

mun

icat

ion

and

actio

ns in

de

sign

saf

ety

with

in a

maj

or

proj

ect o

r you

r com

pany

• D

evel

op in

nova

tive

solu

tions

to

desi

gn s

afet

y pr

oble

ms

that

go

beyo

nd c

ompl

ianc

e ob

ligat

ions

• Se

t gov

erna

nce

stan

dard

s re

latin

g to

the

inco

rpor

atio

n of

IS

D p

rinci

ples

and

des

ign

safe

ty

requ

irem

ents

into

ass

ets

• M

onito

r and

ada

pt b

est p

ract

ice

from

indu

stry

into

com

pany

de

sign

saf

ety

prin

cipl

es, g

oals

an

d ke

y re

quire

men

ts

• Fa

cilit

ate

mul

tiple

des

ign

safe

ty

revi

ews

(eg

HA

ZOP,

LO

PA, S

IL)

* Ev

alua

te d

iffer

ent o

ptio

ns a

gain

st IS

D p

rinci

ples

, dev

elop

shu

tdow

n/co

ntro

l log

ic fo

r sim

ple

faci

litie

s, d

esig

n/ap

ply

cost

effe

ctiv

e in

stru

men

tatio

n an

d co

ntro

ls s

afet

y sy

stem

s, a

pply

SIL

met

hodo

logy

to c

ontr

ol m

easu

res

to in

form

crit

ical

ity a

nd c

riter

ia, d

esig

n de

pres

surin

g sy

stem

s th

at a

ccou

nt fo

r fai

lure

mod

es a

nd e

ffect

s, p

artic

ipat

e in

va

rious

des

ign

safe

ty re

view

s (e

g H

AZO

P, L

OPA

, SIL

), co

nduc

t sim

ple

disp

ersi

on a

naly

sis

to p

rovi

de in

put f

or d

etai

led

disp

ersi

on m

odel

ling,

ass

ist w

ith fi

re a

nd e

xplo

sion

an

alys

is to

det

erm

ine

cons

eque

nce

of p

ool a

nd je

t fire

s an

d po

tent

ial t

o es

cala

te, d

evel

op fi

re p

rote

ctio

n re

quire

men

ts fo

r sim

ple

faci

litie

s, d

evel

op d

esig

ns fo

r eva

cuat

ion

of

faci

litie

s, a

utho

r and

revi

ew fo

rmal

saf

ety

asse

ssm

ents

(eg

fire

and

expl

osio

n as

sess

men

t) a

nd s

afet

y ca

se/r

epor

t, or

miti

gate

like

lihoo

ds v

ia m

echa

nica

l int

egrit

y th

roug

h m

ater

ials

se

lect

ion,

mai

nten

ance

and

insp

ectio

n pr

actic

es, o

pera

tiona

l pra

ctic

es in

clud

ing

corr

osio

n in

hibi

tion,

and

inst

rum

enta

tion

(LO

PA) a

nd s

hutd

own/

depr

essu

ring

syst

ems.

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng f

rom

ot

hers

• D

iscu

ss th

e pr

oces

s sa

fety

in

desi

gn fo

r you

r org

anis

atio

nal

area

(or p

roje

ct) w

ith y

our

team

mem

bers

and

bro

ader

or

gani

satio

n

• R

evie

w a

nd re

flect

on

inte

rnal

pr

oced

ures

and

sta

ndar

ds

to re

flect

cha

nges

to la

ws,

re

gula

tions

and

cod

es

• D

iscu

ss th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

sp

ecifi

c ob

ligat

ions

revi

ewed

w

ith a

men

tor/

seni

or e

ngin

eer

Aw

aren

ess

plus

• M

ento

r or c

oach

a ju

nior

pr

ofes

sion

al to

hel

p th

em

unde

rsta

nd re

gula

tory

re

quire

men

ts a

nd th

eir

appl

icat

ion

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Att

end

indu

stry

mee

tings

an

d ac

t on

outp

ut o

f m

eetin

gs to

eng

age

with

pe

ers

outs

ide

of y

our

com

pany

to s

uppo

rt

cons

iste

nt a

pplic

atio

n of

sa

fety

in d

esig

n pr

inci

ples

• A

tten

d pr

oces

s sa

fety

co

nfer

ence

s fo

cuss

ed o

n sa

fety

in d

esig

n

• Sh

are

safe

ty in

des

ign

prin

cipl

es a

nd le

sson

s w

idel

y w

ithin

you

r org

anis

atio

n

• C

oach

or t

rain

oth

ers

in

the

appl

icat

ion

of s

afet

y in

de

sign

prin

cipl

es, g

oals

and

ke

y re

quire

men

ts

• M

ento

r or c

oach

a ju

nior

pr

ofes

sion

al to

und

erst

and

how

’saf

ety

in d

esig

n’

impa

cts

thei

r wor

k ar

ea

• A

ssis

t jun

ior p

rofe

ssio

nals

to

wor

k w

ithin

the

safe

ty d

esig

n fe

atur

es o

f the

ir w

ork

area

Skill

ed p

lus…

• M

aint

ain

conn

ectio

ns w

ith

indu

stry

bod

ies

that

dev

elop

an

d m

aint

ain

stan

dard

s. P

rovi

de

feed

back

and

inpu

t to

stan

dard

am

endm

ents

to m

aint

ain

curr

ency

• Pr

esen

t at a

con

fere

nce

or

indu

stry

mee

ting

on d

esig

n sa

fety

less

ons/

impr

ovem

ents

w

ithin

you

r com

pany

for t

he

bene

fit o

f oth

ers

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pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: ed

ucat

ion/

Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n

• U

nder

take

bas

ic tr

aini

ng in

Pr

oces

s sa

fety

• G

radu

ate

engi

neer

or s

cien

tist

Aw

aren

ess

plus

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. F

unda

men

tals

of p

roce

ss s

afet

y

2. H

azar

d id

entifi

catio

n te

chni

ques

3. H

azar

d st

udy

awar

enes

s

4. I

ntro

duct

ion

to ri

sk a

sses

smen

t

• R

ead

Trev

or K

letz

boo

k:

Plan

t Des

ign

for S

afet

y5

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Ass

ocia

te m

embe

r of

prof

essi

onal

bod

y in

clud

ing

expe

rienc

e un

dert

akin

g de

sign

saf

ety

activ

ities

in a

de

sign

/ te

chni

cal s

afet

y ro

le

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. In

here

nt s

afet

y in

des

ign

and

oper

atio

n de

velo

pmen

t

2. C

onse

quen

ce m

odel

ling

tech

niqu

es

3. A

rea

clas

sific

atio

n

4. G

as e

xplo

sion

haz

ards

on

LNG

faci

litie

s

5. G

as e

xplo

sion

haz

ards

on

offsh

ore

and

onsh

ore

faci

litie

s

6. H

AZO

P

7. L

OPA

8. M

anag

ing

the

haza

rds

of fl

are

syst

ems

9. P

ress

ure

relie

f: p

rote

ctin

g eq

uipm

ent a

nd p

erso

nnel

fr

om o

verp

ress

ure

10. S

IL d

eter

min

atio

n an

d ha

zard

ass

essm

ent/

SIL

dete

rmin

atio

n an

d IE

C

6150

8/61

511

Skill

ed p

lus…

• C

hart

ered

mem

ber o

f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal b

ody

incl

udin

g ex

tens

ive

expe

rienc

e un

dert

akin

g de

sign

saf

ety

activ

ities

or i

n a

desi

gn /

tech

nica

l sa

fety

role

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. H

AZO

P st

udy

lead

ersh

ip a

nd

man

agem

ent

2. C

ompr

ehen

sive

exp

losi

on s

cien

ce

3. E

xper

t haz

ard

awar

enes

s

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: ed

ucat

ion/

Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n

• U

nder

take

bas

ic tr

aini

ng in

Pr

oces

s sa

fety

• G

radu

ate

engi

neer

or s

cien

tist

Aw

aren

ess

plus

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. F

unda

men

tals

of p

roce

ss s

afet

y

2. H

azar

d id

entifi

catio

n te

chni

ques

3. H

azar

d st

udy

awar

enes

s

4. I

ntro

duct

ion

to ri

sk a

sses

smen

t

• R

ead

Trev

or K

letz

boo

k:

Plan

t Des

ign

for S

afet

y5

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Ass

ocia

te m

embe

r of

prof

essi

onal

bod

y in

clud

ing

expe

rienc

e un

dert

akin

g de

sign

saf

ety

activ

ities

in a

de

sign

/ te

chni

cal s

afet

y ro

le

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. In

here

nt s

afet

y in

des

ign

and

oper

atio

n de

velo

pmen

t

2. C

onse

quen

ce m

odel

ling

tech

niqu

es

3. A

rea

clas

sific

atio

n

4. G

as e

xplo

sion

haz

ards

on

LNG

faci

litie

s

5. G

as e

xplo

sion

haz

ards

on

offsh

ore

and

onsh

ore

faci

litie

s

6. H

AZO

P

7. L

OPA

8. M

anag

ing

the

haza

rds

of fl

are

syst

ems

9. P

ress

ure

relie

f: p

rote

ctin

g eq

uipm

ent a

nd p

erso

nnel

fr

om o

verp

ress

ure

10. S

IL d

eter

min

atio

n an

d ha

zard

ass

essm

ent/

SIL

dete

rmin

atio

n an

d IE

C

6150

8/61

511

Skill

ed p

lus…

• C

hart

ered

mem

ber o

f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal b

ody

incl

udin

g ex

tens

ive

expe

rienc

e un

dert

akin

g de

sign

saf

ety

activ

ities

or i

n a

desi

gn /

tech

nica

l sa

fety

role

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. H

AZO

P st

udy

lead

ersh

ip a

nd

man

agem

ent

2. C

ompr

ehen

sive

exp

losi

on s

cien

ce

3. E

xper

t haz

ard

awar

enes

s

Asset Integrity

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Com

pet

ency

d

efini

tion

• A

war

e th

at S

CE

requ

ire

insp

ectio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce to

en

sure

inte

grity

• A

war

e of

whi

ch S

CE

form

cr

itica

l con

trol

s

• Su

ppor

ts c

ondi

tion

mon

itorin

g re

gim

es

• A

war

e of

saf

ety

criti

cal t

asks

an

d th

e lik

ely

effec

ts s

houl

d th

ese

not b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t

• A

ble

to tr

ack

and

repo

rt

perf

orm

ance

crit

eria

and

iden

tify

whe

n SC

E ar

e no

t mee

ting

crite

ria

• U

nder

stan

ds/c

an e

xpla

in

relia

bilit

y, a

vaila

bilit

y an

d m

aint

aina

bilit

y (R

AM

) stu

dy

met

rics

• M

onito

rs re

liabi

lity

of S

CE

• R

evie

ws

mai

nten

ance

and

in

spec

tion

resu

lts a

nd tr

ends

• D

evel

ops

prot

ocol

s fo

r in

-fiel

d pe

rfor

man

ce

mea

sure

men

t

• C

ondu

cts

perio

dic

perf

orm

ance

revi

ews

of S

CE

• Pr

omot

es a

sset

inte

grity

• Id

entifi

es p

oten

tial f

ailu

re

mod

es o

f crit

ical

ele

men

ts

• A

sses

ses

failu

re e

ffect

s an

d de

term

ines

crit

ical

ity

• Id

entifi

es ri

sks

to a

sset

inte

grity

• D

efine

s m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

insp

ectio

n re

gim

e

• D

efine

s sp

ecifi

c m

aint

enan

ce

and

insp

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

and

sp

ecifi

catio

ns

• A

utho

rises

life

ext

ensi

ons

or c

hang

es to

insp

ectio

n pr

ogra

mm

es

• D

eter

min

es p

erfo

rman

ce

stan

dard

s of

SC

E

• C

ondu

cts

form

al re

view

of S

CE

and

Ass

et In

tegr

ity p

roce

sses

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thou

gh

exp

erie

nce

• R

ead

and

unde

rsta

nd th

e de

finiti

on o

f SC

E

• Le

arn

whi

ch e

quip

men

t or

activ

ities

are

saf

ety

criti

cal a

nd

why

• R

ead

a sa

fety

cas

e an

d se

ek to

un

ders

tand

the

cont

ribut

ion

of S

CE

to p

reve

nt m

ajor

ha

zard

eve

nts

from

occ

urrin

g;

unde

rsta

nd th

e po

tent

ial

cons

eque

nces

of t

heir

failu

re

• R

ead

and

unde

rsta

nd

perf

orm

ance

sta

ndar

ds fo

r a

few

SC

E

• K

now

wha

t ass

uran

ce a

ctiv

ities

(in

clud

ing

insp

ectio

ns,

mai

nten

ance

, saf

ety

criti

cal

task

s, e

tc) a

re a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

SCE

and

the

Key

Per

form

ance

In

dica

tors

(KPI

s) th

at re

flect

th

eir h

ealth

• A

s a

team

mem

ber,

carr

y ou

t ve

rifica

tion

test

ing,

revi

ews

or

audi

ts a

gain

st p

ass/

fail

crite

ria

base

d on

per

form

ance

sta

ndar

ds

for S

CE

• A

s a

team

mem

ber,

insp

ect S

CE

and

anal

yse

insp

ectio

n fin

ding

s to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

SC

E m

eet

thei

r per

form

ance

sta

ndar

ds

• A

pply

or u

tilis

e th

e re

sults

of

relia

bilit

y, a

vaila

bilit

y an

d m

aint

aina

bilit

y (R

AM

) stu

dies

for

SCE

• G

ain

a cl

ear u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

regu

latio

ns a

nd c

odes

per

tain

ing

to S

CE,

with

in o

wn

indu

stry

, and

op

erat

ing

coun

try

• R

evie

w a

nd tr

end

the

resu

lts o

f ins

pect

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

task

s to

de

term

ine

reco

mm

enda

tions

fo

r im

prov

emen

t

• C

ontr

ibut

e to

iden

tifica

tion

of S

CE,

thei

r pot

entia

l fai

lure

m

odes

and

crit

ical

ity in

a

varie

ty o

f haz

ard

and

risk

stud

ies

• C

ontr

ibut

e to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f SC

E pe

rfor

man

ce s

tand

ards

• R

evie

w S

CE

perf

orm

ance

to

dete

rmin

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

safe

ty m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

re

quire

men

ts

• W

rite

tech

nica

l spe

cific

atio

ns

and

assu

ranc

e an

d ve

rifica

tion

activ

ities

for S

CE

• D

emon

stra

te le

ader

ship

thro

ugh

com

mun

icat

ion

and

actio

ns in

as

set i

nteg

rity

with

in a

maj

or

proj

ect o

r you

r com

pany

• Se

t int

erna

l sta

ndar

d fo

r de

finiti

on a

nd m

anag

emen

t of

SCE

• D

evel

op m

ultip

le p

erfo

rman

ce

stan

dard

s fo

r SC

E

• Se

t int

erna

l sta

ndar

d fo

r ass

et

inte

grity

incl

udin

g m

aint

enan

ce

and

insp

ectio

ns re

gim

e

• M

onito

r and

ada

pt b

est p

ract

ice

from

indu

stry

into

com

pany

ass

et

inte

grity

sta

ndar

ds

• R

evie

w o

utco

mes

of a

utho

rised

de

viat

ions

from

mai

nten

ance

and

in

spec

tion

rout

ines

to d

eter

min

e po

tent

ial r

isks

to a

sset

inte

grity

• A

naly

se ro

ot c

ause

s or

und

erly

ing

issu

es le

adin

g to

SC

E fa

ilure

an

d re

com

men

d so

lutio

ns to

pr

oble

ms

iden

tified

• D

evel

op K

PIs

for p

roce

ss s

afet

y w

ith e

mph

asis

on

SCE

refle

ctin

g bo

th le

adin

g an

d la

ggin

g m

etric

s

• Le

ad p

erfo

rman

ce m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

aud

its w

ith e

mph

asis

on

SC

E an

d pr

epar

e de

brie

fs

for s

enio

r man

agem

ent o

n SC

E pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd im

prov

emen

ts

requ

ired

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng f

rom

ot

hers

• A

tten

d pr

oces

s sa

fety

re

late

d H

azar

d St

udie

s su

ch

as H

AZI

D, H

AZO

P, L

OPA

, R

isk

Ass

essm

ents

, Bow

tie

Wor

ksho

ps

• O

bser

ve o

r find

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

sup

port

test

ing,

insp

ectio

n or

mon

itorin

g of

SC

E

• D

urin

g si

te v

isits

, see

k to

di

scus

s SC

E m

aint

enan

ce w

ith

site

per

sonn

el

Aw

aren

ess

plus

• Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

pro

cess

saf

ety

rela

ted

haza

rd s

tudi

es

• D

iscu

ss p

erfo

rman

ce o

f SC

E w

ith

rele

vant

dis

cipl

ine

expe

rts

to

iden

tify

wea

knes

ses,

tren

ds a

nd

impr

ovem

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

• Su

ppor

t jun

ior t

eam

mem

bers

in

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e fo

unda

tions

as

soci

ated

with

ass

et in

tegr

ity

and

SCE

• Id

entif

y an

d jo

in re

leva

nt o

nlin

e di

scus

sion

foru

ms,

new

slet

ters

an

d co

mpa

ny p

ostin

g in

form

atio

n re

leva

nt to

SC

E

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Att

end

indu

stry

foru

ms

and

prov

ides

feed

back

on

SC

E pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd

impr

ovem

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

• C

oach

or t

rain

oth

ers

in th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

ass

et in

tegr

ity

• Pr

epar

e an

d de

liver

inte

rnal

pr

esen

tatio

ns o

n a

rele

vant

as

set i

nteg

rity

topi

c

• Sh

are

less

ons

lear

nt fr

om

SCE

perf

orm

ance

with

sen

ior

man

agem

ent r

espo

nsib

le fo

r op

erat

iona

l ris

k

Skill

ed p

lus…

• M

aint

ain

conn

ectio

ns w

ith

indu

stry

bod

ies

that

dev

elop

an

d m

aint

ain

stan

dard

s. P

rovi

de

feed

back

and

inpu

t to

stan

dard

am

endm

ents

to m

aint

ain

curr

ency

• Pr

esen

t at c

onfe

renc

es o

r In

dust

ry a

nd V

endo

r for

ums

on p

erfo

rman

ce o

f SC

E an

d m

etho

ds o

f det

ectin

g w

eakn

esse

s th

roug

h K

PIs

and

othe

r met

rics

• Pr

esen

t gen

eral

find

ings

from

as

set i

nteg

rity

prog

ram

mes

to

othe

r sub

ject

mat

ter e

xper

ts

with

in y

our o

rgan

isat

ion

• Es

tabl

ish

and/

or a

ctiv

ely

cont

ribut

e to

pro

fess

iona

l co

mm

uniti

es w

ithin

org

anis

atio

n an

d in

dust

ry

• G

uide

and

sup

port

ope

ratio

nal

pers

onne

l in

asse

t int

egrit

y ac

tiviti

es

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n

• U

nder

take

bas

ic tr

aini

ng in

Pr

oces

s sa

fety

• G

radu

ate

engi

neer

or s

cien

tist

• A

tten

d co

urse

s in

Haz

ard

Ana

lysi

s te

chni

ques

(eg

HA

ZOP,

LO

PA, F

MEA

etc

.)

Aw

aren

ess

plus

• A

tten

d ad

vanc

ed c

ours

es

spec

ific

to a

rea

of p

ract

ice

in

unde

rsta

ndin

g fa

ilure

mod

es,

eg d

amag

e m

echa

nism

s, fi

tnes

s fo

r ser

vice

, adv

ance

d pr

oces

s co

ntro

l, TU

V c

ertifi

catio

n, e

tc

Cou

rses

off

ered

by

IChe

mE:

1. F

unda

men

tals

of p

roce

ss s

afet

y

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

A

ssoc

iate

mem

ber o

f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal b

ody

Not

e: A

larg

e pa

rt o

f thi

s is

se

lf- le

arni

ng v

ia o

wn

wor

k or

rese

arch

. Thi

s ed

ucat

ion/

trai

ning

may

not

be

form

ally

av

aila

ble

Skill

ed p

lus…

Cha

rter

ed m

embe

r of a

n ap

prop

riate

pro

fess

iona

l bod

y

Not

e: th

ere

is li

mite

d op

port

unity

fo

r fur

ther

dev

elop

men

t by

form

al

educ

atio

n at

this

com

pete

ncy

leve

l, w

hich

wou

ld in

stea

d be

exp

ecte

d to

de

liver

edu

catio

n

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Com

pet

ency

d

efini

tion

• A

war

e of

the

inci

dent

repo

rtin

g re

quire

men

ts a

nd k

now

s ho

w

to re

port

an

inci

dent

• A

war

e of

why

inci

dent

s ar

e in

vest

igat

ed

• A

war

e of

med

ia p

olic

ies

and

proc

edur

es (f

or m

ajor

or

prom

inen

t inc

iden

ts)

• U

nder

stan

ds w

hat a

pro

cess

sa

fety

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dent

is

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ontr

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inci

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proc

ess

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nder

stan

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port

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of

pres

erva

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of s

ite a

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vide

nce

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ans

inve

stig

atio

n of

in

cide

nt

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ads

basi

c in

vest

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ion

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naly

ses

and

uses

root

cau

se

anal

ysis

to im

prov

e sy

stem

s pe

rfor

man

ce

• Id

entifi

es p

oten

tial

cons

eque

nces

of i

ncid

ents

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ads

maj

or in

cide

nt

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stig

atio

ns

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emon

stra

tes

cons

iste

nt a

nd

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ble

lead

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ip in

sup

port

ing

the

repo

rtin

g an

d in

vest

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of in

cide

nts

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naly

ses

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dent

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s to

pr

edic

t tre

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s le

arni

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cide

nt

inve

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ns a

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ojec

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Incident reporting and investigation

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

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elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

exp

erie

nce

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tten

d in

tern

al tr

aini

ng o

r un

dert

ake

wor

k ac

tiviti

es to

id

entif

y th

e ne

ed to

repo

rt

inci

dent

and

how

that

in

form

atio

n is

use

d to

sto

p fu

ture

inci

dent

s

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evie

w y

our c

ompa

ny

stan

dard

s/pr

oces

ses

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a sa

mpl

e in

cide

nt in

vest

igat

ion

repo

rt

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aren

ess

plus

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ontr

ibut

e to

an

inve

stig

atio

n by

pr

ovid

ing

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

and

test

imon

y

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arat

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stag

e of

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inve

stig

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ite a

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nce

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am m

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r in

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cide

nt in

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ion

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ssis

t in

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plet

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ctio

ns re

sulti

ng fr

om

inve

stig

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ns

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ss re

sults

and

re

com

men

datio

ns o

f in

vest

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with

dis

cipl

ine

expe

rts

with

in y

our c

ompa

ny o

r si

te

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

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ist l

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inve

stig

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in

a co

nsid

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umbe

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stig

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gres

s to

a

lead

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stig

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role

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op p

lans

for e

xecu

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of in

vest

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ions

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entif

y ap

prop

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team

st

ruct

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for u

nder

taki

ng

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stig

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ns

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llow

an

inte

rnal

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try

stru

ctur

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ppro

ach

to

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tilis

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root

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se

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vest

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ions

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r inv

estig

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n re

port

s in

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clea

r re

com

men

datio

ns b

ased

on

root

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se a

naly

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w in

vest

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rts

deve

lope

d by

pee

rs

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w in

tern

al in

vest

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ion

proc

esse

s an

d pr

ovid

e re

com

men

datio

ns fo

r im

prov

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ts

Skill

ed p

lus…

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t Int

erna

l Sta

ndar

ds fo

r un

dert

akin

g in

vest

igat

ions

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evel

op in

tern

al in

cide

nt

repo

rtin

g an

d in

vest

igat

ion

tech

niqu

es

• M

onito

r effe

ctiv

enes

s of

in

vest

igat

ion

proc

ess

and

sugg

est i

mpr

ovem

ents

• A

naly

se u

nder

lyin

g ca

uses

to

deve

lop

a m

ultil

ayer

sol

utio

n to

th

e pr

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m

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ad m

ajor

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stig

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ns,

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a s

truc

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etho

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roug

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aini

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st

ruct

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app

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for

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port

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agem

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n fin

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d un

derly

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es fr

om

inve

stig

atio

ns

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng f

rom

ot

hers

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iscu

ss a

n in

cide

nt

inve

stig

atio

n re

port

and

the

proc

ess

invo

lved

with

you

r su

perv

isor

/tea

m m

embe

rs

Aw

aren

ess

plus

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arn

durin

g ap

plic

atio

n fr

om

inve

stig

atio

n le

ader

and

oth

er

team

mem

bers

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ento

r or c

oach

a ju

nior

pr

ofes

sion

al to

hel

p th

em

unde

rsta

nd re

quire

men

ts

of in

cide

nt re

port

ing

and

inve

stig

atio

n

• Jo

in in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal o

nlin

e pr

ofes

sion

al c

omm

uniti

es re

late

d to

pro

cess

saf

ety

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ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

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tor j

unio

r sta

ff in

ap

plic

atio

n of

inve

stig

atio

n te

chni

ques

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iscu

ssio

ns w

ith le

ad

inci

dent

inve

stig

ator

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evie

w in

vest

igat

ion

repo

rts

and

inci

dent

repo

rt

data

to d

eter

min

e in

cide

nt

cons

eque

nce

clas

sific

atio

n

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are

case

stu

dies

and

le

sson

s le

arne

d re

latin

g to

inci

dent

inve

stig

atio

ns

with

in y

our o

rgan

isat

ion

and

indu

stry

Skill

ed p

lus…

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ento

r oth

ers,

incl

udin

g se

nior

pe

rson

nel,

in a

pplic

atio

n of

in

vest

igat

ion

tech

niqu

es

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rtic

ipat

es in

indu

stry

foru

ms

on

this

sub

ject

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aint

ain

conn

ectio

ns w

ith

indu

stry

bod

ies

that

dev

elop

and

m

aint

ain

stan

dard

s

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ovid

e fe

edba

ck a

nd in

put

to s

tand

ard

amen

dmen

ts to

m

aint

ain

curr

ency

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esen

t at a

con

fere

nce

or

indu

stry

mee

ting

on in

cide

nt

inve

stig

atio

n im

prov

emen

ts

with

in y

our c

ompa

ny fo

r the

be

nefit

of o

ther

s

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esen

t gen

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find

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from

in

vest

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to o

ther

sub

ject

m

atte

r exp

erts

with

in y

our

orga

nisa

tion

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n

• In

trod

uced

thro

ugh

initi

al

job

trai

ning

mat

eria

l suc

h as

In

duct

ion

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war

e of

inci

dent

inve

stig

atio

n pr

oces

ses

and

its p

urpo

se

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oces

s Sa

fety

sec

tion

in O

HS

Bod

y of

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wle

dge6

Aw

aren

ess

plus

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dust

ry a

ccre

dite

d in

cide

nt

inve

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n co

urse

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nder

take

inte

rnal

inci

dent

m

anag

emen

t tra

inin

g

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

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ocia

te m

embe

r of

prof

essi

onal

bod

y

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dust

ry a

ccre

dite

d or

in

tern

al L

ead

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stig

ator

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ualifi

ed L

ead

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stig

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lus…

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hart

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mem

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f an

appr

opria

te p

rofe

ssio

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ody

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ofes

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ns in

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re

late

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bjec

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Dev

elop

men

t (C

PD)

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

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plic

atio

n/p

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cien

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omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

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pet

ency

d

efini

tion

• A

war

e th

ere

is a

n as

sura

nce

proc

ess

and

be a

ble

to

desc

ribe

assu

ranc

e ac

tiviti

es

rele

vant

to th

eir a

rea

• O

bser

ves

or c

ontr

ibut

es to

as

sura

nce

activ

ities

whe

re

requ

ired

Aw

aren

ess

plus

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nder

stan

d w

hy th

ere

are

assu

ranc

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oces

ses

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rtic

ipat

es in

exe

cutin

g as

sura

nce

activ

ities

and

aud

its

unde

r sup

ervi

sion

Bas

ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

Und

erta

kes

lead

role

in

assu

ranc

e ac

tiviti

es s

uch

as a

udits

and

man

agem

ent

revi

ews

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rtic

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es in

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of a

ssur

ance

pl

ans

Skill

ed p

lus…

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an a

ssur

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str

ateg

ies

on th

e ba

sis

of ri

sk

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naly

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assu

ranc

e fin

ding

s to

dev

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org

anis

atio

n-w

ide

resp

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s to

em

ergi

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ends

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rives

pro

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saf

ety

gove

rnan

ce th

roug

h th

e go

vern

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fram

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k an

d as

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activ

ities

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s th

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gani

satio

n in

eff

ectiv

e im

plem

enta

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of

cont

inuo

us im

prov

emen

t in

itiat

ives

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n

• In

trod

uced

thro

ugh

initi

al

job

trai

ning

mat

eria

l suc

h as

In

duct

ion

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war

e of

inci

dent

inve

stig

atio

n pr

oces

ses

and

its p

urpo

se

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oces

s Sa

fety

sec

tion

in O

HS

Bod

y of

Kno

wle

dge6

Aw

aren

ess

plus

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dust

ry a

ccre

dite

d in

cide

nt

inve

stig

atio

n co

urse

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nder

take

inte

rnal

inci

dent

m

anag

emen

t tra

inin

g

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ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

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ocia

te m

embe

r of

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essi

onal

bod

y

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dust

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ccre

dite

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tern

al L

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stig

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ed L

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stig

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lus…

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hart

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late

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prop

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men

t (C

PD)

Audit, assurance, management review and intervention

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Com

pet

ency

leve

l 1 –

awar

enes

sC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

bas

ic a

pp

licat

ion

Com

pet

ency

leve

l 3 –

ski

lled

ap

plic

atio

n/p

rofi

cien

tC

omp

eten

cy le

vel 4

– m

aste

ry/

exp

ert

Dev

elop

men

t ac

tivi

ties

: Le

arni

ng

thro

ugh

exp

erie

nce

• R

evie

w y

our c

ompa

ny

stan

dard

s/pr

oces

ses

and

appl

icab

le d

ocum

enta

tion

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ting

to in

tern

al a

ssur

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s pr

oces

ses

Aw

aren

ess

plus

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ontr

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prep

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stag

e of

ass

uran

ce a

ctiv

ities

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op d

raft

term

s of

refe

renc

e fo

r ass

uran

ce a

ctiv

ities

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rtic

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e in

ass

essm

ent o

f pe

rfor

man

ce d

urin

g lo

cal

assu

ranc

e ac

tiviti

es

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ctiv

ely

part

icip

ate

as a

team

m

embe

r in

a nu

mbe

r of a

udits

• A

ssis

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plet

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sulti

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om

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t find

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ss a

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with

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ciat

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nce

activ

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our

com

pany

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afet

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ic a

pplic

atio

n pl

us…

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k w

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reco

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elop

pla

ns

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ac

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d th

e im

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nce

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esse

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w in

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al s

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d pr

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to

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d pr

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e re

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men

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ns fo

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ts

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r and

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ities

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satio

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to b

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le in

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n in

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g or

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nce

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and

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Com

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Com

pet

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leve

l 1 –

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omp

eten

cy le

vel 2

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licat

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