Suitably qualified and experienced people

Recruitment, training and development of technical personnel have to meet business needs to ensure that operations and maintenance departments are staffed with suitably qualified and experienced people, and to ensure that good technical advisors are available when required. 

Ultimately, all safety comes down to people doing the right things, which means that recruitment, training, and succession planning arrangements need to be reviewed and maintained from a safety perspective. Companies need to recruit, develop and retain suitably qualified and experienced people (sometimes known as SQEPs). 

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