Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Industry News Setting Standards Through Competency Ken Price, Managing Director of the Automatic Door Suppliers Association, outlines why ‘competency’ should have positive rather than negative connotations. competence /ˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ns/ noun: competency def: the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. When you think of competency, what are the first things that spring to mind? It is often a word preceded by something negative: ‘lack of’ or ‘basic’ but as the dictionary definition above points out, competency is the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. The need to prove or demonstrate competency is the basis of creating and maintaining standards around which industries are held to account. In the construction industry, this has never been more relevant than it is today. In September, the Competency Steering Group (CSG) Working Group 12 - Construction Products Competence, led by the Construction Products Association, produced a white paper ‘Built Environment - Proposed Construction Product Competence Standard’. This proposes that the industry unites behind a single approach to achieve a construction product competence standard. It highlights that radical change is needed by organisations and individuals who supply or work and have a need for proper assessment and assurance of competence. The white paper was a response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s report ‘Building A Safer Future’ following the Grenfell Tower Fire. This also led to the creation of the Building Safety Act.
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