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Cogent Skills Solutions

Established in 2002 and TRUSTED by the world’s leading industrial and science companies, we’re an independent, not-for-profit strategic skills body.

We develop, design and deliver specialist skills solutions, training standards and best practice guidelines – to improve employee competencies, business efficiencies, operational performance, safety and compliance.

Competence and Compliance solutions for worldwide high hazard industries and process sites include:

· Consultancy. Management Systems Review and Development (Human Factors, Competence and Process Safety)

· Courses. Process Safety Management programmes, based on regulatory requirements and best practice guidelines for COMAH / Seveso III sites

All solutions include industry guidance and training standards - collaboratively developed with regulators and industry employers.

Our Process Safety courses can help lead to a 'reduction in scope or depth of a regulator inspection' as all content is based on industry regulatory requirements and best practice guidelines for COMAH / Seveso III sites.

www.cogentskills.solutions

As an organisation with charitable status, all investment is entirely focused on delivering industrial safety, skills and training standards development, along with supporting the skills needs and ambitions of individual employers and their employees
We produce high quality, competency assurance, culture change and process safety programmes which meet regulatory requirements and make a positive impact within organisations. 
Cogent Skills Solutions – The Benefits:

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· Competence Specialists. Extensive understanding of delivering Process Safety Management and competency assessments to high hazard industries – to improve safety, compliance and business efficiencies.
· Compliance Specialists. Custodian of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive’s recognised <a href=\"https://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/guidance/examples-operator-activities.pdf\">Process Safety Management industry training standards</a> (listed in Understanding COMAH: Performance and Recognition Framework)
· Exclusive Content Providers. Our courses are the only ones accepted by the industry led Process Safety Competence Management Programme Board (PSCMPB) as meeting the HSE recognised Process Safety Management Standards
· Global Reach and Experience. Experienced within global multi-sector, Major Accident Hazards safety-critical industries - including Life and Industrial Sciences, Utilities and Nuclear
· Publisher and owner of Competency Management Systems <a href=\"https://www.cogentskills.solutions/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CMS_Guidelines_COMAH_sites.pdf\">Best Practice Competency Management Guidelines for COMAH sites</a> (2012)
· PSM Competence Board. Initiator, facilitator and Voice of the <a href=\"https://www.cogentskills.solutions/psmcpb/\">Process Safety Management Competence Programme Board - d</a>evelopers of PSM guidance and standards.
· The Leading Voice of Science Industry Skills
About Cogent Skills\' Courses 
Our Process Safety courses can help lead to a \'reduction in scope or depth of a regulator inspection\' as all content is based on industry regulatory requirements and best practice guidelines for COMAH / Seveso III sites.
 All courses are:
 Benchmarked to the Process Safety Management Competence Programme Board (PSM CPB) industry training Standards

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