Course Duration: 30+ minutes
Accountable Persons (APs) and Principal Accountable Persons (PAPs) will understand how to assess, monitor and evidence competence under the Building Safety Act 2022, in themselves and in those they appoint.
Through the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours (SKEB) framework and a fire door case study, learners see what to check, when to refuse an appointment and what to record.
| Course Duration | 30+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | IIRSM |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
This course is for anyone who holds, supports or oversees Accountable Person duties in occupied higher-risk buildings, including:
Understand competence in terms of SKEB, why it is role-specific and what the law expects of APs and PAPs.
Learn how to review and develop your own competence using PAS 8673, the British Standards Institution (BSI) Publicly Available Specification.
Understand how to check firms and individuals at each stage from tender to site and when to refuse an appointment.
Learn how annual reviews, central records and reassessment after role changes or incidents keep competence under review.
Identify what the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) may ask to see and how competence records link to the golden thread and safety case report.
Follow a 22-storey refurbishment where many new fire doors fail inspection because a trusted contractor was appointed without a competence check.
Disclaimer: This course provides awareness of specific duties under the Building Safety Act 2022. Completion does not constitute a formal assessment of competence to undertake statutory dutyholder responsibilities.
This course helps learners:
The course certificate includes:
An IIRSM-approved course certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete a final theory test before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
The Building Safety Act 2022 requires APs and PAPs to take all reasonable steps to manage building safety risks in occupied higher-risk buildings. Regulations made under the Act require them to ensure that anyone responsible for or assisting with those duties has the relevant competence. They can appoint others to carry out duties on their behalf, but they cannot delegate their legal obligations.
Competence is hard to verify in practice. A certificate shows that someone has been trained, but not necessarily that they have the experience or safe behaviours a specific task needs. A familiar contractor may be appointed without a formal check, then subcontract safety-critical work to people nobody has assessed. Competence confirmed at appointment can also fall out of date without regular review.
Where an AP fails to ensure the people they rely on are competent, the BSR can issue a compliance notice setting a deadline to put it right. Failing to comply with the notice without reasonable excuse is an offence. So is any breach of duty, without reasonable excuse, that places people at significant risk of death or serious injury. On conviction in the Crown Court, each offence carries up to two years’ imprisonment, a fine or both.
This training helps your organisation:
Do the people who appoint contractors, assessors and specialists for your higher-risk buildings know how to check competence first? Enrol them on Competency Management for Accountable Persons and Principal Accountable Persons.
Training is fully online, so learners can complete it at their own pace on any device.
