Summary of joint commitment from Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) and Trading Standards Institute (TSI)
15 April 2011
In order to provide continuity and peer network support to Trading Standards and Environmental Health practitioners at this time of considerable change, CIEH, LBRO and TSI jointly commit, in collaboration with local government and its existing frameworks, to:
• Develop, endorse and embed a common competency framework, supported by CIEH and TSI knowledge based qualification and training, to ensure that Trading Standards and Environmental Health practitioners continue to deliver to desired outcomes sought by local, devolved and national governments;
• Offer joint governance for the Home Authority scheme via TSI as database hosts, enabling greater coherence with Primary Authority;
• Support and simplify where appropriate and in full consultation with others those existing networks and advisory groups where we are best placed to do so; and
• Ensure that advice and guidance produced by these groups is widely accessible to all regulatory professionals, businesses and governments.
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