M-15 Competency assessment

M-15 Competency assessment refers to regulation 9 and must be read in conjunction with regulations 5 and 6.

Purpose

To ensure employees and contractors are capable of carrying out building controls functions.

To ensure (organisation’s name) has adequate arrangements to address any identified technical limitations.

Context

A robust competency assessment process will support building consent authorities to:

• identify, and provide an objective view of, their capability
• identify if they require additional expertise
• make good decisions about allocation of work to employees and/or contractors
• identify gaps within their current workforce
• recognise where best to invest their training budgets
• comply with accreditation standards and criteria
• provide good records for audit purposes.  

Roles and responsibilities

• (TBA)
  The (TBA) is responsible for:
  • assessing the competence and proficiency of all building consent authority employees who perform tasks that could affect building control functions
  • updating the building consent authority’s skills matrices.

Procedure

Please refer to the competency assessment section of the Building Consent Authority Accreditation Preparation and Self-Assessment Guide.

(Example Only)

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