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1 The Occupational Health and Safety Professional capability framework A Global framework for Practice22 Citation of this document: INSHPO (International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations) (2017). The Occupational Health and Safety Professional capability framework : A global framework for practice. International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Or-ganisations (INSHPO). Park Ridge, IL, USA. While the term Occupational Health and Safety or OHS is used in this document, it should be considered inter-changeable with Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) or Work Health and Safety (WHS).Contents3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS4 FOREWORD5 WHAT IS THE SINGAPORE ACCORD?81. Definition of capability The OHS Professional capability framework An overview102.

2 CLARIFYING OHS OHS Professional and OHS The OHS The OHS Scope of practice in the context of other professionals and OHS and other functional OHS roles in organizations of different OHS maturity153. POSITION PROFILES224. Activities285. Knowledge matrix366. Skills matrix447. HAZARD TYPES MANAGED46 APPENDIX: OHS roles and cultural maturityList of Figures and Tables8 Figure 1: A Global framework for Practice11 Table 1: Comparison of OHS Professional and OHS Practitioner roles16 Table 2: Position profiles for OHS Practitioners19 Table 3: Position profiles for OHS Professionals23 Table 4: Activity matrix for OHS Practitioners and OHS Professionals30 Table 5: Knowledge matrix for OHS Practitioners and OHS Professionals37 Table 6: Skills matrix for OHS Practitioners and OHS Professionals45 Table 7.

3 OHS hazard types 3 AcknowledgmentsThe Board of Directors of the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) initiated the development of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) capability framework . With the edito-rial support of Laura Clements at the American Society of Safety Engineers and research support from Bradley Turner, the framework was developed by a small work-ing party consisting of: Pam Pryor, Registrar of the Australian OHS Educa-tion Accreditation Board (AOHSEAB) Andrew Hale, Professor Emeritus, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and Chair of HASTAM in the UK Dennis Hudson, CEO, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)The INSHPO Board of Directors supported the develop-ment of the framework by providing documentation, access to national experts and critical reviews of the emerging results.

4 They provided these reviews by seeking comments from their respective member organizations. Thanks are due to the following past and present Board members and supporters: Giancarlo Bianchi, AIAS (Italy) Tom Cecich, ASSE (USA) Terrie Norris, ASSE (USA) Ron Durdle, BCRSP (Canada) John Hollohan, BCRSP(Canada) Dan Lyons, BCRSP (Canada) Nicola Wright, BCRSP (Canada) Carl Heinlein, BCSP (USA) Richard Pollock, BCSP (USA) Treasa Turnbeaugh, BCSP (USA) Andrew Cooper, CSSE (Canada) Wayne Glover, CSSE (Canada) Eldeen Pozniak, CSSE (Canada) Martin Ralph, IFAP (Australia) Andrew Stanbury, IFAP (Australia) Vincent McNeilly, IOSH (UK) Philippe Lai Choo, IOSHM (Mauritius) Bae Gye-Wan, KOSHA (South Korea) Kim BoKyoung KOSHA (South Korea) Kim Dong-Chan, KOSHA (South Korea) Nikolay Novikov, NACOT (Russia) Paul Jarvie, NZISM (New Zealand) David Clarke, SIA (Australia)

5 Phil Lovelock, SIA (Australia) Patrick Murphy, SIA (Australia) Seet Choh San, SISO (Singapore) Isabella Yeo, SISO (Singapore) Andrew Tan, SISO (Singapore) Teresa Budworth NEBOSH (UK) Stuart Naylor, NEBOSH (UK) Barry Wilkes, NEBOSH (UK)The working party collected and reviewed the docu-mentation from national Professional associations and certification bodies, including that already analyzed by ENSHPO in the EUSafe project,1 to define the role, functions and competencies of OHS practitioners and professionals. Given the great diversity of approaches across countries, the working party developed a new overarching structure designed to encompass all approaches. The draft framework document was subject to critical review, both through INSHPO s own channels and at in-ternational conferences and presentations, including the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014 in Frankfurt and the 7th International Conference of the Working on Safety Network (wosnet2014) in Scotland.

6 The framework has been further enhanced through a collaborative project with the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on OHS capability in the mining and metals industry. Dr. David Borys, adjunct associate professor at RMIT University, Australia was a member of the working group on the mining project and has made a significant contribution to the capability framework overall. The working party first developed two parallel frame-works, one for the OHS Professional2 and one for the OHS Practitioner. On the advice of the reviewers, the two roles have been compared and presented in this single document, with this final version being endorsed by the INSHPO Board of See First published online in October 2015.

7 The single framework document is superseded by this document, which addresses both Professional and Practitioner would you define what an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Professional /practitioner does for a living? If you re a hiring/recruitment manager, how would you know that they re capable of keeping your workers safe? This Global OHS capability framework document was created by the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) to provide greater clarity around the generalist OHS positions by defining levels of practice, roles, and what capabilities, knowledge and skills they would require to be effective. INSHPO began this project during a work-shop in Istanbul in 2011 held in conjunction with the 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

8 Built upon global comparative research and using the Australia OHS Body of Knowledge project as an inspira-tion, INSHPO investigated international qualification equivalencies, processes for accrediting OHS Professional education, the various roles and tasks carried out by generalist OHS professionals and practitioners, various Continuing Professional Development (CPD) require-ments for maintaining certifications, and the different learning outcome requirements for OHS education pro-grams in different countries. With complex differences across countries in their respective approaches to OHS practice and recognition of OHS education and profes-sional status, it was determined that rather than adopt a compromise, the variation in the structure and underly-ing organizing principles of the approaches by various countries lent itself to the creation of a new structure drawing on each country s strengths.

9 The INSHPO Board of Directors accordingly initiated the development of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) capability framework . The framework provides a foundation piece for the de-velopment of international standards for OHS practice. It promotes a high standard of capability among OHS Professionals and Practitioners, and in turn, informs em-ployers and regulators of their roles and capabilities. The sections on knowledge and skills provide benchmarks for education and training bodies and OHS Professional associations as they develop educational programs, con-tinuing Professional development and certification and designation schemes. I would like to acknowledge and congratulate all the INSHPO membership organizations and individuals who have worked with this project to promote a high standard of capability and support the global OHS profession.

10 Member organizations participated in work-ing parties, accessed national experts for comments and performed critical reviews. The American Society of Safety Engineers provided strong editorial support. The framework has been further enhanced through a collab-orative project with the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on OHS capability in the mining and metals industry. I believe that the Global OHS capability framework represents the most significant step for the Occupational Health and Safety field in the international arena, where for the first time Professional Safety organizations from around the world have come together to agree on a com-mon framework for the range of OHS roles within an organization wherever that organization may be.