V Skill HF-D9.10-002 sector-specific 10 skills
Carrying out enforcement and inspection
Checks whether citizens and businesses comply with rules, establishes violations, chooses a fitting instrument and records findings so they hold up legally.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Work sample test, Knowledge test (client-specific)
- Competency (50-framework)
- Integrity
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- stable
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Carries out an inspection under guidance using a checklist and records the findings factually in the report. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Independently assesses a violation, chooses between warning and sanction and substantiates that choice in the file. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Sets the enforcement policy and intervention strategy and accounts for the effects to the authority and to society. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Carrying out an enforcement visit Compliance inspection | Visits a location, tests compliance against regulations, records the findings and discusses them with the party involved. | stable |
| K | Applying special investigating officer powers Special investigating officer | Acts within the powers of a special investigating officer when stopping persons, demanding data and drafting documents. | stable |
| V | Drafting an enforcement report Enforcement report | Drafts a report with factual observations, timeline and legal qualification that serves as basis for a decision. | stable |
| V | Drawing up an official report Official report | Draws up an official report with time, place, offence, legal basis and statement in the person own words. | stable |
| V | Preparing an order subject to a penalty Enforcement order | Prepares an order subject to a penalty or administrative coercion with grace period, amount and substantiation. | stable |
| V | Issuing an administrative penalty Administrative penalty | Issues an administrative penalty or fine for an offence and informs the person involved about how to object. | stable |
| V | Setting an inspection plan and frequency Risk based inspection | Determines on a risk basis which objects are inspected how often and records this in an inspection plan. | rising |
| V | Recording evidence with photos and notes Evidence recording | Records an offence with photo, measurement, sketch and notes so the evidence holds up later. | stable |
| V | Checking permit conditions Permit compliance check | Tests whether a permit holder complies with the conditions and records the finding per condition. | stable |
| V | Handling a request for enforcement Enforcement request | Handles a third party request to enforce, investigates the report and informs the requester about the decision. | stable |