The competence required can vary depending on the work or workplace involved. To find competence-related guidance for a specific industry, task or working environment, please select from the alphabetical list below.
If you cannot find what you are looking for here, try the drop-down menus for Topics or Industries on the HSE Home page.
Information on standards for different industries can also be found on the following websites:
- National Occupational Standards (NOS)[1]
- Alliance of Sector Skills Councils
HSE competence-related guidance
- Confined spaces: Safe Working in Confined Spaces Regulations 1997[2]
- Construction (Design and management) Regulations 2015[3]
- Diving qualifications[4]
- Driver competence[5]
- Driver recruitment[6]
- Electrical safety at work[7]
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (memorandum of guidance)[8]
- Gas safety: Safety in the installation and use of gas systems and appliances[9]
- Human factors: Training and competence[10]
- Lift truck training[11]
- Pressure systems: Safety of pressure systems[12]
- Safety related systems: Managing competence for safety-related systems (Part one – Key guidance) (PDF) [13]
- Safety related systems: Managing competence for safety-related systems (Part two – Supplementary material) (PDF) [14]
- Quarries: Competence (general)[15]
- Radiation : Radiation protection advisers[16]
- Vehicles at work[17]
- Woodworking: Safe use of woodworking machinery[18]
- Work equipment and machinery: Training and competence[19]