Compliance can be defined as 'acting in accordance with health & safety rules and legislation'. Compliance can also be seen as a legal requirement, whereby companies must seek to comply with the law in their own jurisdiction to avoid fines and damage to their brand. Compliance is a minimum requirement, while competence goes above and beyond that.
Competence develops over time. Individuals develop their competence through a mix of initial training, on-the-job learning, instruction, assessment and formal qualification. In the early stages of training and experience, individuals should be closely supervised. As competence develops, the need for direct supervision should be reduced.
The difference between compliance and competence can be shown using the example of passing your driving test. Once you pass your test and obtain your driving license you are compliant; you know how to drive and all the rules and theories of the road. But are you a competent driver? You are now on your own and putting the knowledge you have learned into practice. It takes weeks, and even months, of driving experience and testing that knowledge in the real world before you are truly competent.
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Originally Posted by wierox
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