North Stalker
Well-Known Member
Certification comes down to accountability.
You want to drive a car, you need a licence
Want to drive another type of vehicle (Motorbike, HGV) you need another licence, the list could go on.
Having a bit of paper does not make you any better than the person who has none, but in today's society of blame culture, if you have a certificate or licence to carryout an activity. It takes the accountability away from the person that gives the authorization.
What I have found is that someone looking for "X" and stating that they must have "X" this and "X" that narrows down the accountability for an incident by proving competency, albeit to a minimum standard needed to get the 'Bit of paper" needed.
Would you want your car built by HR Manager? Nothing wrong with HR Managers, they are very good at what they do. Would you want your house built by a HGV driver? Again, very good at what they do. You cant get your CORGI card without having proved your worthy of it, doesn't mean accidents don't happen. Society is a blame culture, by having documentation to show competency gives the person asking for whatever piece of mind that they have reduced to likelihood to ALARP.
I have paid for plenty bits of paper, but I know some who have none and they are better operators of some equipment or whatever the "Bit of paper" provides. But if it came down to it, an employer or individual would take the "Bit of paper" holder over the NO "Bit of paper" holder due to accountability.
I recently had to do a test of competency, during the test, the topic of a high seat was mentioned. To use a high seat, that has ladder access and egress, I would have to to a ladder course. If I then fell during access, use of or egress, then this would be my fault as I have done the training of how access, use and egress.
Just my pennies worth.
You want to drive a car, you need a licence
Want to drive another type of vehicle (Motorbike, HGV) you need another licence, the list could go on.
Having a bit of paper does not make you any better than the person who has none, but in today's society of blame culture, if you have a certificate or licence to carryout an activity. It takes the accountability away from the person that gives the authorization.
What I have found is that someone looking for "X" and stating that they must have "X" this and "X" that narrows down the accountability for an incident by proving competency, albeit to a minimum standard needed to get the 'Bit of paper" needed.
Would you want your car built by HR Manager? Nothing wrong with HR Managers, they are very good at what they do. Would you want your house built by a HGV driver? Again, very good at what they do. You cant get your CORGI card without having proved your worthy of it, doesn't mean accidents don't happen. Society is a blame culture, by having documentation to show competency gives the person asking for whatever piece of mind that they have reduced to likelihood to ALARP.
I have paid for plenty bits of paper, but I know some who have none and they are better operators of some equipment or whatever the "Bit of paper" provides. But if it came down to it, an employer or individual would take the "Bit of paper" holder over the NO "Bit of paper" holder due to accountability.
I recently had to do a test of competency, during the test, the topic of a high seat was mentioned. To use a high seat, that has ladder access and egress, I would have to to a ladder course. If I then fell during access, use of or egress, then this would be my fault as I have done the training of how access, use and egress.
Just my pennies worth.
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