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People · UK duty guide

Competency

Cleared for the task, or not.

  • On the file

    Whether the person is cleared for the task, who signed that, and any gap.

  • Duty

    MHSWR 1999 and CDM 2015

  • Where it is used

    Before the permit is opened, or the plant is used.

What the duty covers

  • The assessment, and who signed it.
  • Tied to the plant and the permit they are about to use.
  • A gap is visible. It is not found after they start.

On the file

  • The task
  • The assessment
  • Who signed it
  • The plant or the permit it is tied to
  • The gap, if there is one

How this duty should sit

These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.

  • Clearance is a record, not a conversation.
  • The permit will not name someone who is not cleared.

The duty

The UK law we work to, by name.

  • MHSWR 1999 and CDM 2015

    Competence for the work they are given.

  • Who uses it

    Signed by the person assessing them. The permit reads the record.

  • Sits with

    The training record, the permit, and the plant they are about to use.

  • What good looks like

    Clearance is a record. The permit does not name someone who is not cleared.