Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities related to inspections.

Terminal Competency:

Apply inspection principles.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify laws and regulations used to conduct an inspection.

2. Recognize agency policy and procedures.

3. Describe inspectional approaches.

4. Explain guidance documents.

5. Describe professional demeanor.

6. Describe the importance of situational awareness.

7. Give examples of how control measures mitigate risk.

8. Give examples of conflict management techniques.

9. Give examples of education and outreach.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities to determine regulatory authority.

Terminal Competency:

Cite regulatory authority.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Confirm regulatory authority.

2. Differentiate between agency roles.

3. Collaborate with other agencies. Inspection Tools

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities related to inspection tools.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss inspection tools.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Recognize inspection tools.

2. Discuss maintenance.

3. Discuss use.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities related to inspection preparation.

Terminal Competency:

Prepare for an inspection.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Select the inspectional approach.

2. Identify the role of the regulator(s).

3. Utilize information technology.

4. Review previous inspection documents.

5. Review resources associated with the inspection.

6. Select equipment needed for the inspection.

7. Verify equipment functionality.

8. Review safety procedures.

9. Select inspection forms.

10. Select outreach material.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Knowledge, skills, and ability of the inspection process.

Terminal Competency:

Conduct an inspection.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Demonstrate professional demeanor.

2. Demonstrate opening inspection activities.

3. Demonstrate interviewing techniques.

4. Determine inspection priorities.

5. Use critical thinking skills while performing an inspection.

6. Use observation skills.

7. Recognize personal safety hazards.

8. Collect evidence to support findings.

9. Discuss intervention strategies.

10. Utilize information technology.

11. Use resource materials.

12. Draft a report consistent with agency requirements.

13. Demonstrate an exit interview.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities to obtain compliance.

Terminal Competency:

Explain the compliance process.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify compliance options.

2. Recommend compliance strategies.

3. Recommend compliance time frames.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.