Competent

Person
for Construction
What is a competent
person?
Capable of identifying
Existing and predictable hazards
Unsanitary, hazardous, dangerous
conditions

Authorized to take corrective

measures

1a
Why use a competent
person?
Standards explicitly require

Employer to
train employees

Safetyand
health aspects
2a
Other OSHA standards
Employers responsibility to
limit

Jobassignments
to employees

2b
Other OSHA standards
Certified, competent, or
qualified

Special previous
training

2c
OSHA believes
Training is an essential part

Safetyand
health program

2d
Competent person
plays a role
1926.20,General safety and
health provisions

1926.53, Ionizing
radiation

3a
Competent person
plays a role
1926.62, Lead

1926.101,
Hearing Protection

3b
Competent person
plays a role
1926.251,Rigging equipment for
material handling

1926.354, Welding,
cutting, and
heating in way
of preservative
coatings
3c
Competent person
plays a role
1926.404,Wiring design and
protection
1926.451,
Scaffolds
1926.454,
Scaffolds, Training
requirements
3d
Competent person
plays a role
1926.500, Fall Protections,
Scope, application, and
definitions applicable
to this subpart

3e
Competent person
plays a role
1926.502,
Fall protection
systems criteria and practices

1926 Subpart M App C, Personal

Fall Arrest Systems - Non-
Mandatory Guidelines for
Complying with 1926.502(d)

3f
Competent person
plays a role
1926 Subpart M App E, Sample
Fall Protection Plan - Non-
Mandatory Guidelines
for Complying with
1926.502(k)

3g
Competent person
plays a role
1926.503,Fall Protection,
Training Requirements

1926.550,
Cranes
and
derricks

3h
Competent person
plays a role
1926.552,Material hoists,
personnel hoists, and elevators

1926Subpart P
App A,
Excavations,
Soil
Classification
3i
Competent person
plays a role
1926Subpart P App B,
Excavations, Sloping and
Benching

3j
Competent person
plays a role
1926.651,
Specific Excavation
Requirements
1926.651,
Specific Excavation
Requirements

3k
Competent person
plays a role
1926.705, Concrete and
Masonry Construction,
Requirements
for lift-slab
operations

3l
Competent person
plays a role
1926.752, Steel Erection,
Bolting, riveting,
fitting-up, and
plumbing-up

3m
Competent person
plays a role
1926.800,Underground
Construction

1926.803,Underground
Construction, Caissons,
Cofferdams, and Compressed
Air, Compressed air

3n
Competent person
plays a role
1926.850, Demolition,
Preparatory operations

1926.859, Mechanical
demolition

3o
Competent person
plays a role
1926.900,Blasting and the Use
of Explosives

1926.1053, Ladders

3p
Competent person
plays a role
1926.1060, Stairways and
Ladders, Training requirements

1926.1101,
Asbestos

3q
Competent person
plays a role
1926.1101 App F, Work
practices and engineering
controls for Class I
Asbestos
Operations
non-mandatory

3r
Competent person
plays a role
1926.1127, Cadmium

3s