Environmental Management and Engineering (ISO 14001)

Competency Name:
This competency definition refers to the ability of the individual to understand and implement Environmental Management System standards (ISO 14001 : 2004)
Broad Definition:
Criteria
E0
E1
E2
E3
E4
I Criteria for defining
proficiency vis--vis
knowledge & skills
Bachelor's degree in any stream
Should satisfy all requirements for Should satisfy all requirements for Should satisfy all
Should satisfy all requirements for
1.Precondition
E0 proficiency
E1 proficiency
requirements for E2
E3 proficiency
[ Expressed as a prerequisite proficiency
in terms of academic
Should have at least 2 years of
Should have at least 4 years of
qualification AND / OR
industry experience in Health
industry experience in Health
industry experience
Safety & Environment
Safety & Environment management
(whichever is applicable)
Management
AND / OR relevant
knowledge in any other
Should have satisfied at a
competency]
minimum all the criteria of E0
proficiency in Internal Auditing
Competency
Should have basic knowledge of
Should have a detailed knowledge
2. Knowledge
Environmental Management and
of ISO 14001 standard (including
[Expressed as Area of
Engineering such as awareness of
the intent of the clause/
knowledge and not skill,
Environmental Aspects, Impacts and
requirements)
includes knowledge of
hazards, workplace, Environmental
process, methodologies,
emergencies, Environmental control
concepts and tools.]
mesaures, Global warming, climate
change etc.

3. Experience
[Expressed as duration in
months / years wrt exposure,
including breadth & the depth
of assignments; also beyond
project experience]
NA
3.1 Type of project
experience
[Includes 'type' in the form of
implementation, end-to-end
project, support, roll outs,
upgrades, professional
services, consulting
engagements AND / OR the
Number of projects AND / OR
Time spent on the project (
for e.g.., 3 consulting projects
of minimum 6 months
duration ; 1 roll out project of
at least 18 months]

Should have implemented ISO

Should have conducted at least 6
14001 standard requirements in at audits of a facility/ project in
least one facility/ project
ensuring compliance to ISO
14001standard
OR
OR
Should have participated in at
least one audit of a facility/ project Should have participated in at least
as an observer/ auditor in
one gap analysis activity for iQMS
ensuring compliance to ISO 14001 documents w.r.t ISO 14001
standard

Should have participated Should have participated in at least

in at least 12 audits in
2 client consulting engagements
ensuring compliance to w.r.t ISO 14001
ISO 14001 standard
OR
OR
Should have conducted at least 2
Should have conducted external audits for customers as a
more than one gap
lead auditor for ISO 14001
analysis for iQMS
documents w.r.t ISO
14001 / revisions to
standards
OR
Should have participated
in at least one client
consulting engagement
w.r.t ISO 14001

3.2 Beyond project

development experience
[Includes
[1) Solutioning of proposals
2) Reviews done
3) No. of contributions made
to trainings/training material]

NA

Should have conducted at least 1 Should have conducted at least 5 Should have conducted
training session on Environmental training sessions on Environmental at least 10 training
Management and Engineering
Management and Engineering
sessions on
Environmental
OR
Management and
Engineering
Should have contributed to training
material/case studies on
OR
Environmental Management and
Engineering
Should have
independently
contributed to at least
one proposal towards
ISO 14001
OR

Should have conducted more than

10 training sessions on
Environmental Management and
Engineering
OR
Should have independently
contributed to more than one
proposal towards ISO 14001

4. Asset Creation
[Expressed as any reusable
and deployable assets
created in the knowledge
management system of the
organization]
NA
4.1 Process frameworks
defined
[Articulated as the process
improvement designed OR a
new process framework
designed]
NA
4.2 Tool creation
[Expressed as a system or
function tool designed OR
created towards improving
business delivery / learning]

NA

Should have contributed to at least Should have contributed Should have independently defined
one process definition/
to the definition/
or updated a new process that
improvement w.r.t ISO 14001
improvement of at least 4 complies to ISO 14001
processes w.r.t ISO
14001

NA

NA

NA

Should have contributed to one tool

creation w.r.t Environmental
Management and Engineering

NA

NA

Should have published at least 2

reusable assets w.r.t Environmental
Management and Engineering in
Knowmax

Should have published at

least 5 reusable assets
w.r.t Environmental
Management and
Engineering in Knowmax

Should have published more than

5 reusable assets w.r.t
Environmental Management and
Engineering in Knowmax

NA

NA

Should have created at

least 2 training
material/case studies
related to Environmental
Management and
Engineering

Should have created more than 5

training materials/ case studies
related to Environmental
Management and Engineering

4.3 Reusable & deployable

assets created
[Expressed as reusable and
deployable assets created
(like those in Mighty &
Knowmax]

OR
NA
No. of training material
created
[Expressed as the number of
relevant training material
created towards development
of a particular body of
knowledge or skill]

OR

5. Industry contribution
[Expressed as the
contributions made to the
industry. This criteria should
be measured by mechanisms
for e.g.: TCS GEMS]

NA
5.1 Recognized by Peers
[Expressed as the recognition
given by the peer community
and should be measured by
appropriate mechanism such
as TCS GEMS]

AND/OR
Recognized by a Parent
Body
[Expressed as the
contribution recognized by a
renowned and recognized
parent body]

NA

Should have received at least one

appreciation through TCS GEMS
application or any other appropriate
mechanism

NA

NA

NA

NA

Should have received

more than one
appreciation through
TCS GEMS application
or any other appropriate
mechanism

Should have been recognised as

an expert in Environmental
Management and Engineering (eg.
Knowmax, JustAsk)

Should have contributed/

presented at least one
paper on Environmental
Management and
Engineering in external
forums (eg: CII,
NASSCOM, IFMA etc.)

Should have presented more than

one paper on Environmental
Management and Engineering in
external forums (eg: CII,
NASSCOM, IFMA etc.)

NA

Should have been invited as a

speaker in any externally
recognized forum on
Environmental Management and
Engineering (eg: CII, IFMA etc.)

OR
NA

AND/OR
NA
Invited as Speakers
[Expressed as recognition
from an external body when it
extends an invitation to the
speaker to address a
recognized forum]

AND

II Assessment / Evaluation
Methodology vis--vis
Proficiency Level
1. Certification
[Expressed as achievement
of external programs certifying a part of the
proficiency level,
Achievement of internal
programs - internal trainings
attended]

Should have attended the ILT session

on HSE awareness @ TCS
OR
Should have completed the WBT
session on Environmental Management
@ TCS with required mastery score
OR
Should have completed Health Safety
Environmental Awareness at
TCS_Spanish - WBT (Applicable only
for LATAM assocaites)
OR
Should have completed the HSE
Awareness at UK - WBT (Applicable for
UK associates only)
OR
Should have completed the HSE
Awareness at Republic of Ireland - WBT
(Applicable for Ireland associates only)
OR
Should have completed the HSE
Awareness at Europe - WBT (Applicable
for Europe associates only)

Should have done a Self Assessment,

2. Evaluation Test
[Expressed as a certification followed by a Learning Object
the individual has to achieve
towards the said proficiency
level. (for eg.,Type of tests for
each proficiency should be
defined-like for E0 level it will
be only self assessment, for
E1 it should be panel review
etc)]

Should have attended the ILT

session on HSE MS Internal
auditors training

Should be a certified ISO 14001

internal auditor (external).

NA

Should be certified as a ISO 14001

Lead Auditor (External)

Should have done a Self

Assessment, followed by a
Learning Object, following by an
SME assessment (Corporate HSE
team)

Should have done a Self

Assessment, followed by
a Learning Object,
following by an SME
assessment (Corporate
HSE team)

Should have done a Self

Assessment, followed by a
Learning Object, following by an
SME assessment (Corporate HSE
team)

Date

Remarks

OR
Should have completed the WBT
on HSE MS Internal auditors
training

Should have done a Self

Assessment, followed by a
Learning Object, following by an
SME assessment
(Corporate HSE team)

Version History
Project Details:
Unit : Health Safety Environment Group
Parent Project: Corporate
Project Owner/GL: Aniruddhha Agnihotri (249486)
Amendment History:
Version

Defined By - Role & Group

Approved By - Role & Group

Facilitated By

Shruthi
Jagadeesh
(247506)
Shruthi
Jagadeesh
(247506)

HSE Corp group

Aniruddha Agnihotri (249486)

Head HSE

Ranjani Chandru (186403)

Executive RCM

13th Aug 2010

HSE Corp group

Aniruddha Agnihotri (249486)

Head HSE

Krishnaiah KC (153009)

29th Jan 2013

Richa C
Shah
(360060)

HSE Corp group

Aniruddha Agnihotri (249486)

Head HSE

Krishnaiah Kolluru (153009)

10th April 2015

I have added CAS assessment ,

HSE awareness @ TCS Spanish
and also removed SME
assessment at E0 level
Added Europe, UK, Ireland WBT
details at E0 competency level and
new WBT