scope:

The purpose of this Technical Specification is to help members of the oil and gas industry develop, implement, maintain and improve their own competency management systems (CMS) for well operations personnel. This Technical Specification supports competency management general principles which can be applied to any operation within the industry.

The annexes to this Technical Specification list example competence profiles for positions responsible for well integrity. Annex A includes an example worksheet which can be used in performing a competency assessment, to help record the assessment results versus expectation, as well as the resulting action plan to address any gaps identified.

This Technical Specification is applicable to all operators, service companies and drilling contractors working on wells and well operations.