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Competence (Jargon Buster) G#1011 N#1030

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Competence Jargon Buster

Competence Jargon Buster
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Building or Product Competence is about complying with Directives, Regulations, Building Regulation, Approved Documents, Tertiary Documents, Codes of Practice, Standards.


Company Competence is about complying with ISO 9001 Quality management or FPC; ISO 14000 Environmental Management; Health and Safety management; ISO 26000 Corporate Social Management


DEMONSTRATION OF COMPETENCE:

Standards set requirements, e.g. materials, methods, sizes, tolerance,

Independent 3rd party testing and certification provides evidence of competence e.g. BSI Kitemarks, Agrément Certificates, European Technical Approvals, other technical certification e.g. timber stewardship, BWF Certifier, FIRAS, CARES, natureplus, FIRA, etc. CE marking, and potentially accredited installer application.

BSI Kitemarks confirm conformity to ALL the requirements of the standard, Kitemark is backed up by ISO 9000 so they meet all the requirements consistently

Standards can also set performance requirements e.g. 30 minute fire resistant door/sets

Test evidence or assessment by independent competent 3rd parties confirms compliance with the performance requirement

BBA Agrément Certificates brake the Regulations or Codes of Practice or Standards, make up their own rules, determine and sets out the outer limits of the new rules and confirm competence within them.

However many manufacturers choose an Agrément Certificate for normal products that could have used a BSI Kitemark

Specifications can set combinations of any requirement you like including compliance with standards or Agrément certificates or project materials or performance requirements

Declarations of Conformity (DoC) signed by contractors declare compliance with the specification.

BLP insure buildings and use Component Life Manuals to judge life expectancy

Compliance with standards with a BSI Kitemark or an BBA Agrément certificate gets the longest life expectancy = competency

Compliance with BWF Certifier by many component parts by many different accredited manufacturers and competent accredited installers means the fire performance of a fire door made my many or a fire doorset made by one will meet the specified fire performance.


© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
23 February 2013  – 26th December 2018

Competence Jargon Buster
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
23 February 2013 – 26th December 2018

Competence Jargon Buster
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GBE Jargon Buster

GBE Jargon Buster Initials, Abbreviations, Acronyms

  • BLP
  • BSI
  • BWF
  • CARES
  • DoC
  • ETA
  • FIRA
  • FIRAS
  • FPC

GBE Jargon Buster Entries

  • Accredited installer
  • Agrément Certificates
  • Approved Documents
  • BLP Component Life manuals to judge life expectancy
  • BSI Kitemark
  • Building Competence
  • Building Regulation
  • British Woodworking Federation (BWF)
  • BWF Certifier
  • CARES
  • CE marking
  • Codes of Practice
  • Company Competence
  • Competency
  • Declarations of conformity (DoC)
  • DEMONSTRATION OF COMPETENCE
  • Directive
  • European Technical Approvals (ETA)
  • Evidence of competence
  • Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA)
  • (FIRAS)
  • Factory Production Control (FPC)
  • Health and Safety Management
  • Independent 3rd party testing and certification
  • Independent competent 3rd parties
  • materials,
  • methods
  • natureplus
  • Performance requirements
  • Product Competence
  • Proper Materials
  • Regulations
  • Requirements
  • Sizes
  • Specification
  • Standard
  • Tertiary Documents
  • Test evidence or assessment
  • Timber stewardship
  • Tolerance

GBE Jargon Buster Numbers

  • ISO 9001 Quality management
  • ISO 14000 Environmental Management
  • ISO 26000 Corporate Social Responsibility Management

GBE Jargon Buster Theme


GBE CPD


© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
23 February 2013 – 26th December 2018

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