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The NPPF indicates: ?Competent person (to prepare site investigation information): A person with a recognised relevant qualification, sufficient experience in dealing with the type(s) of pollution or land instability, and membership of a relevant professional organisation.? And The UK Specification for Ground Investigation, 2nd Edition, published by Thomas Telford Ltd 2012 has onward reference to the qualifications for geotechnical and environmental personnel grades: e.g Graduate Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Contractor with at least 3 years of relevant experience since graduation Chartered Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Contractor with at least 5 years of relevant experience Principal chartered Engineer/Geologist/ Environmental Contractor with at least 10 years of relevant experience* So there are standards against which this can be judged ultimately. I would be in favour of a more strict definition - but only if it is allied to a qualification (such as SiLC or MCIWEM) and there is a system of audit on an annual basis (e.g anonomised reports) to demonstrate ongoing compliance. James Clay Partner Friars Bridge Court, 41-45 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NZ Tel +44 (0)20 7340 1700 www.campbellreith.com If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify the sender by email and delete it and any attachments from your system. This email has been sent from CampbellReith, which is the trading name of Campbell Reith Hill LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales. Registered number, OC300082. Registered address: Friars Bridge Court, 41-45 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NZ. No employee or agent is authorised to conclude any binding agreement(s) on behalf of Campbell Reith Hill LLP with any other party by email unless it is an attachment on headed paper. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this email and any attachments which do not relate to the official business of Campbell Reith Hill LLP are neither given or endorsed by it. Please note that email traffic and content may be monitored. As this e-mail has been transmitted over a public network the accuracy, completeness and virus status of the transmitted information is not secure and cannot be guaranteed. If verification is required please telephone the sender of the email. This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com