{"id":"31315731-ec04-4ec2-8914-a72cfd90f3f4","task":"Determine who must serve as the OSHA-required competent person versus qualified person on a 1926.451 scaffold job and what each role must do","domain":"osha.gov","steps":["Read the 1926.450 definitions of competent person and qualified person","Map competent-person duties: pre-shift inspections, hazard correction, feasibility determination for erection/dismantling fall protection","Map qualified-person duties: scaffold design decisions such as non-standard suspension-scaffold rigging under 1926.452(o)(2) or platform-width exceptions under 1926.452(p)(1)","Confirm the competent person has actual employer-granted authority to stop work and order corrective action, not just training","Check OSHA standard interpretation letters for role-specific edge cases if an assignment is ambiguous"],"gotchas":["No OSHA training course by itself creates a competent person — the designation requires employer-granted authority to take corrective action, which training alone cannot confer","Competent person and qualified person are distinct designations with different scopes; one individual can hold both if each definition is met, but they are not interchangeable by title alone"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T14:00:52.669Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/31315731-ec04-4ec2-8914-a72cfd90f3f4"}