Competent vs. qualified person
ASP video lesson, 6:39. ASP Domain 8: Training, Education, and Communication
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Learn how OSHA's construction rules define competent, qualified, authorized and designated persons, and the exam traps that confuse them, for the ASP exam.
Included with every ASP pass, with captions, chapters and the full transcript. Every rule and number is cited on screen to its primary source.
What this lesson covers
In this lesson, you'll learn to: define a competent person under 1926.32(f), define a qualified person and what it rests on, separate authorized and designated persons, and apply shall versus should, and the employer's training duty. A competent person has two required elements, both in 1926.32(f): a capability and an authorization.
- Intro
- Learning objectives
- Competent person
- Qualified person
- Side by side
- Authorized and designated
- Shall vs. should
- Employer training duty
- On the job
- Common exam traps
- Recap quiz
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