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Well clearly it's essential that we have the right people with the right
attributes working at the right time within our built environment. But I think
there are two important points I'd like to make. Firstly whilst I agree that
established and proven competencies are a key element of those attributes I
don't think that that is necessarily the whole story. Being able to demonstrate
and having desired competencies isn't necessarily enough. I think we also need
to demonstrate professionalism and by that I mean being part of a professional
body, signing up to a code of conduct, and operating in an ethical manner. Secondly
I have concerns over trying to define and then single out high risk buildings.
What are high risk buildings? Are they buildings where the chance of fire
initiating is greater? Are they actually buildings where the incidence of fire
could potentially have higher consequence. And why do we only need
competent people working in those buildings? Surely we need appropriately
qualified and professional individuals working with all our buildings?