G Behavioural competence HF-D10.4-001 transversal 9 skills
Safety awareness
Continuously watches for unsafe situations and actions at work, addresses others about them and chooses the safe working method even under time pressure.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Situational Judgement Test · rho 0.12 (SD 0.11)
- hrmforce instrument
- Big Fifty, Competency Check
- Competency (50-framework)
- Discipline
- Trainability
- medium
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
Scenario with response options, scored on knowledge or behavioural tendency.
This is a selection criterion, not a short-term development goal. Do not put a three-month development plan on it.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Follows the safety rules of the workplace and checks back when in doubt about an operation. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Recognises unsafe situations in own process, intervenes and addresses colleagues without bringing the work to a halt. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Sets the safety standard for the organisation, makes safety discussable at every level and steers behaviour and culture. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Addressing an unsafe situation Safety intervention | Addresses a colleague or third party directly when they work unsafely and names the risk concretely. | rising |
| G | Following safety rules under time pressure Safety compliance | Keeps following the prescribed method even in a hurry and does not take the faster but unsafe route. | rising |
| G | Stopping work when in danger Stop work authority | Stops the work when a situation is unsafe and reports this to management or the client. | rising |
| G | Contributing to a toolbox meeting Toolbox meeting | Brings own experiences and risks into a toolbox meeting and links these to the work of that week. | stable |
| K | Applying VCA safety requirements VCA · SCC | Works according to the contractor safety checklist requirements for tasks, permits and personal protection. | stable |
| V | Observing safety behaviour on the shop floor Behavioural safety observation | Walks an observation round, discusses what stands out in behaviour and records findings without names. | rising |
| V | Giving a safety briefing at the workplace Safety briefing | Gives new staff or third parties an instruction on risks, rules and emergency provisions at the location. | stable |
| K | Recognising safety signage Safety signage | Recognises prohibition, warning and mandatory signs and pictograms and acts as the sign prescribes. | stable |
| G | Reporting an unsafe act Unsafe act reporting | Reports an unsafe act or situation in the reporting system so the organisation can take measures on it. | rising |