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**What is PAS 8671 - Competence of individual Principal Designers about?**

PAS 8671:2022 is part of BSI’s Built Environment Competence Standards (BECS) programme, to provide an agreed, common approach for industry to embed building safety competence for design, construction and building management.

PAS 8671 establishes and agrees the competence requirements for the role of Principal Designer following the framework set out in BSI Flex 8670.

**Who is PAS 8671 - Competence of individual Principal Designers for?**

Anyone interested in understanding the competence thresholds for managing the duty-holder functions of the Principal Designer duty-holder role. This includes people in the UK’s legislatures with devolved powers and in countries outside the UK.

Additionally, this PAS is for persons assessing Principal Designer competence, including:

Awarding bodies
Professional institutions
Education and training providers
Certification bodies

PAS 8671 may also be used by:

Built environment designer organizations to evaluate staff members
Individual designers to understand their own competence to work as a Principal Designer

PAS 8671 may also be used by those connected to the delivery and governance of the built environment, including:

Clients and other duty holders
The Building Safety Regulator and other enforcing authorities
Relevant accreditation bodies
Relevant government departments
Insurers

**What does PAS 8671 - Competence of individual Principal Designers cover?**

PAS 8671 specifies the Principal Designer duty holder’s areas of competence as:

Behavioural competence
Legislative and regulatory framework for compliance
Management of design work compliance and
Technical framework for compliance

PAS 8671 also specifies:

The minimum competence thresholds needed by Principal Designers to manage Principal Designer duty holder functions
The additional competence thresholds needed to work on HRBs

Annex A includes information and guidance for competence assessors and awarding bodies, and for reviewing existing competence. Annex B sets out how the PAS maps to BSI Flex 8670.

NOTE: This PAS does not cover:

Guidance about how to comply with or interpret legislation related to the Principal Designer duty holder role
The competence thresholds for the CDM Principal Designer duty holder role
Requirements for the organizational capability that Organization Principal Designers need to fulfil the Principal Designer duty holder role
Learning pathways for individuals to meet the minimum competence thresholds
Systems for assessing competence
Individuals’ required prior learning, or eligibility criteria in the form of qualifications

**Why should you use PAS 8671 - Competence of individual Principal Designers?**

It can help those who are assessing Principal Designer competence to create or adapt relevant domain-specific (i.e. sector-, discipline- or role-specific) competence frameworks in a way that matches the needs of their particular cohorts
It can strengthen risk management and increase confidence in the competence of Principal Designers

PAS 8671 forms part of the Built Environment Competence Standards programme led by BSI, find out more about the programme here

PAS 8671:2022

Built environment. Framework for competence of individual Principal Designers. Specification

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Published:

31 Jul 2022