OSHA Guidelines for Instructor Competency
OSHA's safety and health regulations often use precise terms to categorize workers who are subject to specific training requirements.
A competent person has broad knowledge of worksite safety and health issues.
- Certified Person: This individual has successfully completed specialized training, with the training certified in writing by a professional organization.
- Designated Person: This person has received extensive training in a specific task and is assigned by the employer to perform that task in particular operations.
- Authorized Person: An employer permits this individual to be in a regulated area or assigns them to perform a specific task or to be in a certain location at a jobsite. Example: Only authorized employees are allowed to perform lockout/tagout procedures.
- Competent Person: Someone with extensive knowledge of worksite safety and health, capable of identifying both existing and predictable hazards, and has the authority from management to control these hazards. For instance: Only a competent person can supervise the erecting, moving, or dismantling of scaffolds at a worksite.
- Qualified Person: An individual who, through training and professional experience, has demonstrated problem-solving skills specific to a task or process. Example: A person may be qualified to perform electrical circuit tests but not hydraulic pressure tests.
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4-5. Which person has received extensive training and is assigned by the employer to perform a particular task?
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