_____29. Individuals with assigned safety and health responsibilities have the necessary knowledge, skills, and timely information to perform their duties.

Attributes

• All personnel with program assignments are familiar with their responsibilities.
• Personnel with assigned safety and health responsibilities have had appropriate training or mentoring to enable them to understand and meet those responsibilities.
• Personnel understand the programs or process to which they have been assigned.
• Specific skills, knowledge, and information (for safety and health responsibilities) are documented to ensure that personnel assigned the responsibility have these needed qualities.

Discussion

Assessment of this element will follow from the assessment of Element 27, which establishes that assignment of responsibility for each safety and health task has been made and acknowledged. The intent of the present element is to determine if the responsible person knows how and when to perform the assigned task. This element considers three types of learning that are necessary for effective task performance.

• The term "knowledge" refers to understanding gained from study or experience. Knowledge relates to the "why" and "what if" issues associated with a task.
• The term "skill" means ability. It refers to the "how" and "do it" aspects of a task. Skill is usually obtained by practice to proficiency.
• The term "timely information" refers to advance data, instructions, alerts, warnings, or other communications that either trigger performance of a task or alter the way it should be performed. It relates primarily to the "when" aspects of task performance and is particularly important under hazardous or emergency conditions.

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