Mitigating Risk and Developing Supervisor Skills and Capabilities
Supervisors are the bridge between strategic direction and operational execution. They play a pivotal role in upholding safety, compliance and quality on-site. But how can you be confident that they have the competence, judgement and confidence to lead effectively in high-risk, high-pressure environments?
Cogniscoʼs Supervisor Competency Assessment: Leading with Confidence is designed to answer that question.
Developed in Collaboration with Industry Leaders
Working in partnership with leading UK infrastructure and civil engineering company Barhale, Cognisco have created a powerful Situational Judgement Test (SJT) tailored for the construction and utilities sectors.
"This assessment programme allows us to identify strengths, address skill gaps and support our supervisors in making confident, informed decisions. We believe this will have a real impact on workforce performance and risk mitigation."
Why Assess Supervisor Competency?
Supervisors have a direct impact on:
- Health & safety compliance
- Operational performance
- Team cohesion and communication
- Risk mitigation and regulatory alignment
A CV or qualification canʼt always confirm whether someone is ready to take on that responsibility in the field. The Leading with Confidence assessment helps you identify where support is needed and where excellence already exists.
How it Works
The diagnostic uses interactive, scenario-based questions to evaluate a supervisorʼs response to common and complex site-based challenges. These are aligned to:
- Industry regulations
- Organisational values
- Leadership behaviours
- Operational procedures
It can be deployed:
- As part of onboarding for new supervisors
- To benchmark existing staff
- As a targeted development intervention
- To support promotions or project mobilisation
Actionable Insights that Drive Improvement
Our reporting goes beyond pass/fail metrics. Youʼll receive:
- Competency scores across key capability areas
- Confidence ratings to show how assured supervisors are in their decisions
- Insight dashboards to spot trends, strengths, and risks
- Individual and team-level reports for tailored development planning
Supervisor Competency: Industry Report
Following our recent Construction & Utilities Roundtable, we have captured the current challenges, industry insights and key best practices in our latest report.
This report highlights the importance of a robust competency and behavioural diagnostic to mitigate risk and improve workforce performance.
Access this report now.
What are the benefits of SJT with Confidence rating?
Manage Risk
Evidence likely behaviour
Demonstrate ROI
Working with Enterprise Organisations
25 Years of Evidencing Competence & Risk
Cognisco are global leaders in business-critical competency management with 25 years of experience working with organisations to articulate what every employee needs to know, do and understand, in order to do their job competently and confidently and to mitigate risk.
Since 1998 Cognisco has worked with some of the worldʼs largest and complex organisations including BP, His Majestyʼs Civil Service, John Lewis, the NHS, Network Rail and Eurostar.
Ready to Strengthen your Supervisory Workforce?
Get in touch to learn more about how Cogniscoʼs Supervisor Competency Assessment: Leading with Confidence can help you reduce risk, improve workforce performance and build confident leaders from the ground up.
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