Concern for Safety
Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others.
Level 1 Introductory: Demonstrates introductory understanding and ability and, with guidance, applies the competency in a few, simple situations. Can direct people to the appropriate source for further information.
BEHAVIORS
- Applies health and safety regulations and policies that relate to their own position.
- Maintains/updates knowledge of safety issues.
- Reports unsafe working situations to appropriate authorities.
QUESTIONS
- Describe a time when you applied a health and safety regulation to some aspect of your job.
Probing Questions
* What were the circumstances?
* What were the regulations that you applied to?
* Why did you intervene?
* What actions did you take?
* What was the outcome?
- What have you done to keep current with health and safety issues in your workplace?
Probing Questions
* What do you see as emerging issues in health and safety?
* What did you do to maintain currency in the field?
* Where did you get the most current information?
* How did you apply this information?
Level 2 Basic: Demonstrates basic knowledge and ability and, with guidance, can apply the competency in common situations that present limited difficulties.
BEHAVIORS
- Makes recommendations to improve workplace safety and promote a healthy environment.
- Identifies potentially unsafe conditions and hazards in the workplace.
- Corrects unsafe conditions in the workplace.
QUESTIONS
- Tell me about a time when you determined that there was a need or an opportunity for improvements to the existing safety procedures.
Probing Questions
* What were the circumstances surrounding the situation?
* How did you identify the need or opportunity for improvements?
* What needed improvement?
* What recommendations did you make?
* What was the outcome?
- Tell us about a time when you ever conducted an analysis of health and safety issues and identified potential hazards.
Probing Questions
* How was the analysis conducted?
* What were the standards against which you were conducting this analysis?
* What did you determine?
* What were your recommendations?
* What was the outcome?
Level 3 Intermediate: Demonstrates solid knowledge and ability, and can apply the competency, with minimal or no guidance, in the full range of typical situations. Would require guidance to handle novel or more complex situations.
BEHAVIORS
- Promotes a safe and healthy work environment.
- Identifies potentially hazardous situations that are not apparent to others.
- Enforces safety procedures in compliance with health and safety regulations.
QUESTIONS
- Describe a time when you took action to actively promote a working environment that was sensitive to and conscious of safety issues.
Probing Questions
* What were your role and responsibilities?
* What was the reaction of the employees or your colleagues?
* What Effect did your actions have on safety?
* What were the impacts on the working environment?
- Describe a time when you ever noticed a potentially dangerous or hazardous situation that just did not seem obvious to others?
Probing Questions
* What was the dangerous situation?
* Why was it not obvious to others?
* What did you do about it?
* What was the outcome?
Level 4 Advanced: Demonstrates advanced knowledge and ability and can apply the competency in new or complex situations. Guides other professionals.
BEHAVIORS
- Takes corrective action to address identified unsafe or potentially hazardous elements within work systems and procedures.
- Leads efforts to promote the importance of health and safety issues in the workplace.
- Implement health and safety policies and procedures.
QUESTIONS
- Describe a time when you took action to correct unsafe or potentially hazardous work systems or procedures.
Probing Questions
* What was the unsafe practice or hazard that you identified?
* How did you identify the unsafe or potentially hazardous situation?
* What actions did you take to correct this situation?
* How were your actions received by employees and colleagues?
* What was the final outcome?
- Describe how you have conveyed the importance of health and safety issues to others in your workplace.
Probing Questions
* What were the circumstances surrounding the situation?
* What was your role?
* How did you communicate the importance of the issue?
* How was your message received?
* What was the outcome?
Level 5 Expert: Demonstrates expert knowledge and ability, and can apply the competency in the most complex situations. Develops new approaches, methods, or policies in the area. Is recognized as an expert, internally and/or externally.
BEHAVIORS
- Develops safety standards and programs on an organization-wide basis.
- Oversees the implementation of health and safety policies and procedures.
- Takes health and safety and environmental issues into consideration when evaluating new initiatives.
- Leads the development of preventive and contingency plans to maintain organizational safety.
QUESTIONS
- Describe an occasion when you were responsible for the implementation of a safety standard or a safety program that would have an effect across the entire organization.
Probing Questions
* What were your role and responsibilities?
* What was the safety standard or program that you implemented?
* What factors did you consider as you prepared for implementation?
* How did you ensure successful implementation?
* What was the result?
- Describe a time when you were evaluating a new initiative and while doing so, you considered related health, safety or environmental issues.
Probing Questions
* What were your role and responsibilities?
* What was the scope of the initiative that you were evaluating?
* How were health, safety and environmental issues integrated into the evaluation?
* How did your considerations affect your overall evaluation of the initiative?
* What was the result?