Building-safety regulators have announced a three-month extension to the deadline for building inspectors to prove their competence – in a bid to avoid the system grinding to a halt.
Building-control professionals in England who are registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) at class one and enrolled in one of three approved competency schemes to obtain class two, three or four registrations can now continue to carry out their roles until 6 July.
BSR head Philip White wrote to the sector this afternoon (14 march) to announce the transitional period. In his letter, published in full below, White wrote: “This must not be seen as an opportunity to delay – there will be no extension to these arrangements.”
After 6 July, inspectors who are registered at class one will only be able to carry out building-control work under supervision.
No external competence assessment is required to register at class one, with government guidance saying the class is designed to be “suitable for anyone new to the profession who is undergoing training”.
Under the transitional arrangements, building inspectors who have been failed twice by an approved competency assessor in their attempt to qualify for class two or above are not allowed to carry out building-control work without supervision.