IWA 30-1:2019

INTERNATIONAL IWA
WORKSHOP 30-1
AGREEMENT
First edition
2019-10
Competence of standards
professionals —
Part 1:
In companies
Reference number
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ISO 2019
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Tasks and competences . 2
4.1 Tasks. 2
4.2 Knowledge . 3
4.3 Skills . 4
4.4 Attributes . 4
5 Competence of standards professionals . 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Common competences . 5
5.2.1 Common knowledge . 5
5.2.2 Common skills . 6
5.2.3 Common attributes . 7
5.3 Competence for T1: “Standardization planning and evaluation” . 7
5.3.1 Description of T1 . 7
5.3.2 Knowledge for T1 . 8
5.3.3 Skills for T1 . 8
5.3.4 Attributes for T1 . 9
5.4 Competence for T2: “Standards development in companies” .10
5.4.1 Description of T2 .10
5.4.2 Knowledge for T2 .10
5.4.3 Skills for T2 .11
5.4.4 Attributes for T2 .11
5.5 Competence for T3: “Standards development in external standardization
organizations” .11
5.5.1 Description of T3 .11
5.5.2 Knowledge for T3 .12
5.5.3 Skills for T3 .12
5.5.4 Attributes for T3 .13
5.6 Competence for T4: “Applying company standards” .13
5.6.1 Description of T4 .13
5.6.2 Knowledge for T4 .14
5.6.3 Skills for T4 .15
5.6.4 Attributes for T4 .15
5.7 Competence for T5: “Applying standards developed by external standardization
organizations” .16
5.7.1 Description of T5 .16
5.7.2 Knowledge for T5 .16
5.7.3 Skills for T5 .17
5.7.4 Attributes for T5 .17
Annex A (informative) Survey questionnaire to identify the competence of standards
professionals in companies .18
Annex B (informative) Summary of ISO/IWA 30 survey results .21
Annex C (informative) Career roadmap for standards professionals in companies .24
Annex D (informative) Workshop contributors .25
Bibliography .27
Foreword
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Introduction
Competence development and education for people performing a job or tasks related to standardization
activities is naturally one of the key interests of national standards bodies, standards-developing
organizations and industries involved in standardization activities, as well as for education providers
such as universities, professional associations and consultancy firms. Effective competence
development should be based on the competence requirements of these companies and standards-
developing organizations.
This rationale is why efforts have been made to develop knowledge or skill sets and qualification
programmes for standards professionals at the international, regional and national levels. At the
international level, ISO created a task force team under the Technical Management Board (TMB)
to develop capability requirements for chairs, secretaries and project editors. At the regional level,
relevant projects and activities have been carried out with published results, such as APEC's Education
[25]
Guideline 5 and a research project undertaken by the European Commission (EC). At the national
or organizational level, several countries or organizations have already tried to define a knowledge
system, required skill sets and a qualification programme for standards professionals, including China,
Japan, Korea and the United States.
These efforts have presented a need for competence requirements for standards professionals.
To deliver objectivity in this document, a global survey was carried out to identify the common and
specific competences required and then recommended for standards professionals in companies and
[26]
standards-related organizations. This document is based on APEC's Education Guideline 6 , the
responses to the global survey and an analysis of the responses. It presents the tasks and the related
competences for standards professionals in two separate parts: in companies (this document) and in
standards-related organizations (ISO/IWA 30-2).
This document includes the following topics:
— the structure of tasks and sub-tasks of standards professionals in companies;
— the common competences for standards professionals in companies;
— the competences by task for standards professionals in companies;
— a career roadmap for standards professionals in companies.
This document does not cover the certification of persons or qualifications for personnel issues. Also,
this document in principle does not focus on comp
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