I think one of the most important considerations is being a member of an appropriate professional body. The reason for this is because they all have rules of conduct. There is almost certainly a requirement for CPD to be undertaken to keep up to date (a lot of “incompetence” is actually due to ignorance!).
The Inst of Civil Engineers’ Rules of Professional Conduct - No 2 states “All members shall only undertake work that they are competent to do”. I would imagine other bodies have similar rules (and if not they should have!).
They also have complaints procedures if members break the rules.
None of it is a cast iron guarantee of competency – but we do not need yet another accreditation system. SiLC, RoGEP, etc are all sufficient for what is required.
Steve Wilson,
UK Registered Ground Engineering Adviser
Technical Director
on behalf of EPG
Tel 07971 277869
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From: Contaminated Land Management Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Clay
Sent: 07 May 2014 07:56
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Subject: Re: NPPF - Competent Person?
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.
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