Training, Certification & Skills Compliance worked example

Training Gap Score with severity if the skill gap causes a defect or safety event of 3 score: a worked example

Suppose severity if the skill gap causes a defect or safety event falls to 3 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate training gap for training, certification and skills compliance using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if the skill gap causes a defect or safety event: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood the untrained worker actually hits the gap: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Ability to catch the gap before it reaches product: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Training gap risk score = training gap severity score × training gap occurrence score × training gap detection score.
  • Training gap risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Training gap severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Training gap occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Training gap detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if the skill gap causes a defect or safety event sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence and detection scores for a single training gap to produce one comparable risk priority number. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Training gap risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Training gap severity score: 3 score
  • Training gap occurrence score: 4 score
  • Training gap detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Training Gap Score calculator, set severity if the skill gap causes a defect or safety event to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.