Ark Workplace Risk launches industry-first Competency Toolkit following landmark event

Delegates at the event voiced a consistent concern: while legislation and guidance have made competence a central obligation, the industry lacked a practical, structured resource to help organisations operationalise it. Ark’s new Toolkit directly addresses that gap.

Raising the bar on organisational competence

The Competency Toolkit equips organisations with:

• A five-stage maturity model to benchmark current competence levels and plan improvements

• Role-based SKEB registers (Skills, Knowledge, Experience, Behaviour) to define and track capability

• Gap analysis, succession planning and third-party supply chain assessments

• A 10-point “Golden Thread of Competence” framework linking roles, Safety Case Reports, Resident Engagement Strategies and digital evidence management (via QUOODA®)

• A full suite of diagnostic templates to evidence competence to regulators, insurers, and residents

Competence as culture, not a tick-box

David Hills FRICS, FIIRSM, MIFireE, MSFPE, RSP – Ark’s Director of Regulatory, Technical & Technology – said:

“The Building Safety Act has made it clear that competence cannot be treated as a tick-box exercise. Organisations now need structured, demonstrable systems that link individual capability to organisational governance. This Toolkit provides exactly that – a practical framework to help the industry prove competence, not just claim it.”

The industry’s only toolkit of its kind

By combining strategic models, hands-on templates and integration with digital golden thread systems, Ark’s Competency Toolkit stands as the only comprehensive resource in the sector. It reflects Ark’s position as a founding member of the Building Safety Alliance and its reputation as the UK’s trusted partner for compliance, safety and competence.

The Toolkit is now available to download from Ark’s website here. Ark will also be exhibiting at the Leasehold Birmingham event on 17^th September. Visit their stand to pick up your printed copy.