{"id":4661,"date":"2018-01-13T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2018-01-13T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T19:08:39","slug":"qualified-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4661","title":{"rendered":"Qualified Person"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edgar Allan Poe<\/p><\/div>\n

In the construction trades and probably everywhere people perform tangible physical work, there is a term used when safety is being defined. It is the \u201cQualified Person\u201d. There is no one definition of the term as it is used in a very broad sense. OSHA defines it as:<\/p>\n

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) CFR Regulation 1910 defines a \u201cqualified person\u201d as \u201cone with a recognized degree or professional certificate and extensive knowledge and experience in the subject field who is capable of design, analysis, evaluation, and specifications in the subject work, project, or product.\u201d OSHA CFR Regulation 1926 defines it as \u201cone who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated his ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In my real world experience<\/u> the Regulation 1910 is the Over Qualified Person<\/strong> (not in a demeaning sense) while Regulation 1926 is more real world where on-the-job experience can create the qualified person.<\/p>\n

The point is it requires some effort to be qualified at anything. It is earned over time through study and experience. Both regulations state: \u201c \u2026extensive knowledge (training,) and experience<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

People defined a \u201cprofessionals\u201d can be assumed to be qualified persons, but perhaps not in everything in their profession. The same for professional tradespeople.<\/p>\n

Reading a safety manual can make one knowledgeable, but does not make (by definition) a Qualified Person. The missing qualification is experience.<\/p>\n

The OSHA regulations take knowledge and experience one step farther. It requires demonstration of the qualification. Weldors (the person) are welders who demonstrate they can perform a proper electric arc weld. Pilots are qualified when they show flying skills to an examiner. Lawyers are qualified when they pass the bar exam. Doctors serve an internship. Point made.<\/p>\n

The ability to buy something, doesn\u2019t automatically make one qualified to use it. Buying a car doesn\u2019t make one a qualified driver. Buying a 3D printer doesn\u2019t make one a qualified operator.<\/p>\n

(You knew I would get around to 3D printers\u2026)<\/p>\n

In the free world of the Internet, and most of today\u2019s \u201cMedia Sources\u201d, un-qualified persons often post \u201copinions\u201d. Everyone else needs to decide if it has value or is simply expressed ignorance. Sometimes it may be outright purposeful deceit.  <\/p>\n

My point is anything presented by non-qualified person should be regarded as an unqualified opinion. Opinions are always a point of view and don\u2019t necessarily qualify as indisputable truth. It could be truth to the presenter, sometimes called \u201can honest mistake\u201d if there was no deceit or malice intended.<\/p>\n

A Qualified Person also has opinions, based on their qualifications and therefore closer to the truth. Not saying they couldn\u2019t be adding spin or telling lies.<\/p>\n

Eye witnesses to an accident seldom get all the facts correct when seeing something for which they are not a qualified person. People go to prison because the eyewitness got it all wrong. Seeing is not always believing, or the truth.<\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe once penned, \u201cBelieve nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.\u201d Even this is of course, not absolutely true. But it is humor not fact, and makes the point.<\/p>\n

In my honest opinion, ahem\u2026 I don\u2019t take opinions at face value. I want to know if they are coming from a \u201cqualified person\u201d with no hidden agenda. I am careful to sort opinion from fact. Many stated \u201cfacts\u201d are opinions or may be a \u201cspin\u201d version of the facts.<\/p>\n

Where have all the qualified people gone? Graveyards everyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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