BESA SKEB Toolkit: Industrial And Commercial Ventilation Hygiene

This document forms part of BESA’s Practical SKEB Toolkit, a growing series of guides designed to support individuals and organisations in the building engineering services sector to better understand, evidence, and apply the principles of Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours in practice.

This guide focuses on Air Hygiene Operatives, Grease Hygiene Operatives, Air Hygiene Technicians, and Grease Hygiene Technicians. Developed by BESA in collaboration with industry experts, it aligns with current best practice and provides immediate, practical support for demonstrating competence within industrial and commercial ventilation hygiene.

It is intended to help employers, supervisors, operatives, and technicians take a more structured and consistent approach to competence. The guide explains what is expected in practice and how competence can be evidenced across key ventilation hygiene roles, including skills, knowledge, experience, behaviours, and organisational competence management.

Key Features:

• The Skills, Knowledge, and Experience required for safe and compliant ventilation hygiene work
• The professional Behaviours expected of operatives and technicians on site
• Practical guidance on evidencing competence for individuals and employers
• Reference to recognised training and qualification pathways
• Support for a more consistent and structured approach to competence across the sector

This guide complements BESA’s wider competence and building safety guidance library.

Published Date: 01/07/2025
Number of Pages: 8
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