{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-761/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-761/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/761",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/761 of 16 February 2018 establishing common safety methods for supervision by national safety authorities after the issue of a single safety certificate or a safety authorisation pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1077/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-761",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Competence of the staff involved in supervision",
  "text": "1. The national safety authorities shall ensure that staff involved in supervision have the following competencies:\n(a) knowledge of the relevant regulatory framework as it applies to supervision;\n(b) knowledge of the functioning of the railway system;\n(c) appropriate level of critical analysis;\n(d) experience in the supervision of a safety or similar management system in the railway sector, or a safety management system in a sector with equivalent operational and technical challenges;\n(e) knowledge of and experience in interviewing skills;\n(f) problem solving, communication and teamworking.\n2. In the case of teamwork, the competencies may be shared amongst the team members.\n3. With a view to ensuring the correct application of paragraph 1, the national safety authorities shall put in place a competence management system which shall include:\n(a) the development of competence profiles for each job, position or role;\n(b) the recruitment of staff in accordance with the established competence profiles;\n(c) the maintenance, development and assessment of staff competence in accordance with the established competence profiles.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/761/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:07.894071+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}