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Concepts related to worker competence have been part of standard IH/OHS management practices for decades but more so, in reference to required education and training. ISO 45001:2018 goes deeper where competence is defined as (3.23) the “ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended results” (61). As with earlier OHSMSs, ISO 45001 provides guidance on this, where it requires (§7.2) that the organization:

“…determine the necessary competence of workers that affects or can affect its OH&S performance; ensure that workers are competent (including the ability to identify hazards) on the basis of appropriate education, training or experience; where applicable, take actions to acquire and maintain the necessary competence, and evaluate the effectiveness of the actions taken; and, retain appropriate documented information as evidence of competence” (62).

An important point here is “maintain[ing] the necessary competence, and evaluat[ion] of the effectiveness of the actions taken.”