The Electrotechnical Assessment Specification for use by Certification and Registration Bodies (which seems to setout the requirements of CPS providers) document EAS 21-478, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) states;
“In accordance with Section 16.1, the Assessed Enterprise shall be required to hold records as appropriate to the range, scale, geographical spread and categories of the Electrotechnical work undertaken”, along with . . .
This Appendix should be used proportionately when considering the Enterprise, not only in terms of its scope of activity, size, the number of Employed Persons and geographical spread, but also considering its management structure, processes and supervision arrangements. – Source
… it goes on to say,
An Enterprise shall be required to:
- determine the roles, responsibilities and authorities of all Employed Persons. This could be demonstrated through the use of relevant documented information, e.g. job descriptions, work instructions, duty statements, organisation charts, company manuals and/or procedures.
- maintain appropriate records of qualifications, training (including Continuing Professional Development) and experience. This could be demonstrated through personnel records, training matrices, contractor records and assessment procedures or other documented records as appropriate for the Enterprise.
- determine the necessary competence and degree of risk for all Employed Persons performing Electrotechnical work as described in Appendix 10
- carry out and record appropriate and proportionate ongoing observations of Employed Persons’ skills, knowledge and experience, to determine that work carried out by them complies with the requirements of BS 7671 as amended.
NOTE: An Enterprise may choose to engage an external organisation to provide supplementary observations of the ability, knowledge and skill of Employed Persons. A Certification or
Registration Body may provide this service in addition to Assessment of the Enterprise.
The full document EAS 21-478 (revised October 2021) from the IET can be found here, additional information on this subject can be found by performing a search on the IET website.
