Strategic Focus: Identifying And Closing Safety Competency Gaps
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Executive Summary
Making certain that all workers have a sufficient level of safety competency is paramount in ensuring compliance and preventing incidents. Safety managers can leverage a combination of complementary processes and technologies to identify and close competency gaps that may emerge, especially as the composition of workforces and workflows changes over time. This report highlights priority areas of the workforce for assessments of competency gaps and examines the processes and technologies that can close such gaps.Assessing the workforce for safety competency gaps will highlight intervention areas
Continuous processes must be implemented to address safety competency gaps
Technologies play a pivotal role in identifying and closing competency gaps
About the Authors
Moses Makin
Industry Analyst
Moses is an Industry Analyst specializing in contractor management and the application of AI to safety management. He advises technology vendors and practitioners on real-worl...
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Bill Pennington
VP Research
Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps ...
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