Competency Registers

  • Principal Designers as defined by the CDM2015 Regulations, the Building Safety Act 2022 and conforming to PAS 8671:2022
  • Principal Contractors as defined by the CDM2015 Regulations and conforming to PAS 8672:2022
  • Building Safety Managers as per the Building Safety Act 2022 and conforming to PAS8673:2022

To conform with the objectives of PAS 8671/2/3, these registers will be subject to BS EN ISO/IEC 17024 assessment and certification.

The registers will have different grades based on the competency levels as set out in the PAS criteria, e.g. CDM2015 Principal Designer, CDM2015+ Principal Designer and Higher Risk Building Principal Designer, in the case of PAS 8671.

The registration application process will have a matrix to identify knowledge / skills gap which will be communicated to the applicant. We undertake to work with the applicant to in-fill competency areas.

To allow persons operating in the built environment industry an opportunity to support their claim to competence by being independently assessed by the IDM against the PAS8671/2/3 standards.

To allow Clients, Responsible Persons (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) Principal Accountable Persons (building safety act 2022) and other interested parties to check individuals’ claim to competency by their being on the relevant ACDM register.

To create a Training Faculty to assist those persons with identified competency / knowledge gaps by using ASPL materials and collaborating with leading H&S training providers.

This will give ACDM access to a wide range of accredited courses, CPD and other appropriate  training materials, on an immediate and minimal effort basis to provide a leaning platform to support people to achieve their desired competencies on an incremental and progressive basis.

Where there are identified gaps, to create unique training courses to bridge fknowledge and competency gaps in the provision of suitable and targeted training courses.

For instance, the development of principal designer NVQ diploma courses, levels 3, 4, 5 and 6.

To add conferences, webinars and other information-disseminating resources, including blogs.

To collaborate with other leaders in the industry to assist in their and the ACDM’s objective of conforming to the Hackitt reports’ objectives.