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Displaying records 10 through 10 of 2153
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Title:
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’Competency’ in engineering
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| Category: |
Technical papers from the Journal of Pipeline Engineering
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| Downloadable: |
Yes  |
| Catalog No.: |
2368s |
| Date
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2016-03-01 |
| Price: |
$25.00
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| Authors: |
Michelle Unger and Dr Phil Hopkins |
| Abstract: |
IN THE 1960s, David McClelland (an
American psychologist) showed that
traditional intelligence-quotient (IQ)
tests and personality assessments being
used by companies to hire new staff were
poor predictors of competency. He
proposed that these hiring decisions are
better based on ‘demonstrable
competencies’ relating specifically to
the position being filled.
‘Competence’ is ‘the ability to do
something well’, in particular, the
ability to undertake responsibilities,
and to perform activities to a recognized
standard.
Competency has long been a requirement in
engineering industries. The pipeline
industry is clear about the need for
competency; for example, the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers’ pipeline
standards state:
‘... the Code is not a design
handbook; it does not eliminate the need
for the designer or for competent
engineering judgment’,
and the International Standard
for pipelines (ISO 13623) states:
‘... the design, construction,
testing, operation, maintenance and
abandonment of the pipeline system shall
be carried out by suitably qualified and
competent persons’.
Consequently, pipeline-
regulatory bodies can justifiably ask
operators to demonstrate the competency
of any or all of their staff,
particularly after a pipeline failure.
This paper explains what ‘competency’ is,
and gives its key elements. It also
describes competency ‘standards’ and
‘frameworks’, and also explains how to
assess competencies, to allow companies
to say that their staff are
‘demonstrably’ competent.
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