Building standards: professional competency framework for verifiers
The Building Standards Professional Competency Framework for Verifiers (the PCF) provides an overarching framework that sets out standardised job role profiles for the building standards profession and the associated level of competence required for each role.
Document Version Control
The professional competency framework for verifiers provides an overarching framework that sets out standardised job role profiles for the building standards profession and the associated level of competence required for each role. It provides a consistent national approach to the assessment of competency for building standards professionals.
Version 1.0
Date: 10/05/2021 - First publication
Version 2.0
Date: 29/08/2025 - Comprehensive revision to adopt streamlined job roles, refreshed competencies, behaviours and inclusion of the Interim Competency Assessment Process. New version aligns with the revised Competency Assessment System.
Contact
Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot