TSA Insight Magazine Issue 18 - Magazine - Page 30
Pro昀椀ciency – Four Levels
Three performance levels were
agreed by the committee and shared
with the TSA Members:
John Reynolds: A Pro昀椀le
I am the founder and MD, setting the
pathway of Reynolds Training, with
the support of the team, which is
growing and is a team I value greatly
as we continue to expand our horizons
within the changing environment of
Bulk Storage Operations and Energy
Infrastructure Industries. My role
covers Training Delivery, Assessment
of
Learners,
Internal
Quality
Assurance and Course Developer.
As a fully qualified assessor and IQA,
I deploy my skills across a range of
core Bulk Storage Operations and
Process Safety courses.
1: Awareness
This is the foundational level of
competence where an individual has
a basic understanding or familiarity
with the subject.
2: Intermediate
At this level of competence, a person
can apply the knowledge or skills to
familiar situations. They can handle
simpler tasks independently.
3: Advanced
This represents a high level of
competence and proficiency. An
individual at this level has a deep
understanding of the subject and
can apply their knowledge or skills
in new and complex situations. They
can also adapt and find solutions to
unforeseen problems.
Industrial experience:
10 years in the Armed Forces,
developing my logistic and training
skills as well self discipline.
The committee then agreed to add a
fourth level of Proficiency specifically
for those who supervise or manage
the operators with the first three
levels of Proficiency.
15 years as MD of Reynolds Training,
developing and delivering technical
operational,
occupational
and
process safety training.
4: Manages
At this level of competence, an
individual has a good understanding
and can apply their knowledge and
experience to manage others that
carry out the task.
A Proficient Manager needs to
manage activities with the same
competence as the people beneath
them. With these levels agreed, they
were then mapped to the roles, for
example:
30
20 years working in the Bulk Liquid
and Gas Storage sector, at all levels of
operations within upper-tier COMAH
sites.
To summarise
This work provides a base line for
our sector to move forward and
continue to develop this structure
building on the National Occupational
Standards and the success of the
apprenticeship, route for a Bulk
Storage Terminal Technician, which
has 60 clear modules supported by
relevant assessment criteria. This will
promote clearer career and pathway
control for those joining our sector, at
whatever level!
I N S I G H T
M AG A Z I N E
Reynolds are proud to be an associate
member of the Tank Storage
Association and can be seen at the
annual TSA conference which we
have always supported.
What motivates me:
Driving Reynolds Training Services
forward and, with that, to being the
leading provider within the Bulk
Storage Operations and Energy
Infrastructure Industries developing
career pathways that will drive us
through the energy transition.
