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I agree with you Simon and I repeat the comment I made earlier following the video article on fire risk assessors. Just like gas safe plumbers there needs to be national accreditation but may I make the following points to consider. there are many (mostly ex fire service fire safety officers) who meet the competency council criteria but are not third party accredited. Here is a scenario; so you leave the fire service or from another fire safety field of work and provide fire risk assessments for small companies say the local factory or leisure centre? for best practice you keep up to date by… Read more »
(the other post that Mister Littlebit refers to is on this article here: https://www.ifsecglobal.com/author.asp?section_id=414&doc_id=560163 )
Competence amongst FRA’s is not a simple issue, to answer your question my own view is of course not. Competence, as defined by the model used by many, including the IFE, is the mix of Education (Qualification), Training and Experience, and no single one of those defines competence – it must be a mix of all 3. However, is it possible that someone with lots of experience but no qualification is still able to do the job? Technically speaking yes, but in the eyes of the law they may not be “competent” as they have no qualification. The misunderstandings often… Read more »