BackMohammed AlhabbarahHead of Learning & Capability Development
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Competency Management System (CMS)

A system that proves everyone in a safety-critical role can actually do the job — not just that they were trained — from framework to assessment, verification and improvement.

  • CAMCO · Riyadh Metro
  • May 2023 – May 2024
  • My role: Competence Management System Expert · Solution Owner
  • 100%

    assessment evidence secured with subcontractors

  • ORR · ROGS

    compliance guidelines followed

  • TGA

    formal validation by the Transport General Authority

Scope

  • Safety-critical and safety-related roles at CAMCO and its subcontractors.
  • Framework, procedure and policies — then assessment, verification and continuous improvement.

What I did

  • Solution Owner for CMS preparation, programming, implementation and standardisation.
  • Designed competency mapping and frameworks to improve performance and reduce risk.
  • Technical training matrices and assessor guidelines and standards for each directorate.
  • Worked with subcontractor heads and SMEs to secure 100% assessment-evidence completion.
  • Standardisation with the Internal Verifier, and policy updates as safety-critical activities changed.

Outcome

  • TMS and CMS formally validated by the Transport General Authority.
  • Skills-gap analysis against duty requirements to set training priorities.
  • Periodic CMS effectiveness reports to the client with improvement advice.
  • Accurate, current, audit-ready certification records for safety-critical roles.

An incident doesn’t begin the moment it happens… it begins the day we decide training alone is enough.

From a post on railway incidents · July 2026