Er bod rhai o’r ymatebwyr i’r ymgynghoriad wedi awgrymu cymwysterau eraill y dylid eu hystyried i’w cynnwys yn y rheoliadau, nid oedd cefnogaeth amlwg i gymwysterau eraill. Mae’r cymwysterau eraill hyn a gynigiwyd gan ymatebwyr yn amrywio o ran pa mor berthnasol ydynt i’r sector. Awgrymodd rhai ymatebwyr hefyd y dylid ystyried profiad mewn rôl clerc. Er fy mod yn cydnabod ac yn gwerthfawrogi’r profiad hwn, nid wyf o’r farn y gellid ei fesur mewn modd gwrthrychol er mwyn sicrhau bod clercod yn gymwys i gefnogi cyngor i arfer y pŵer cymhwysedd cyffredinol.
While some respondents to the consultation put forward alternative qualifications for consideration for inclusion in the regulations, there was no significant support for other qualifications.  The extent to which the content of the other qualifications put forward by respondents would be applicable to the sector would vary.  A number of respondents to the consultation also suggested that experience in a clerk role should be taken into account.  While I acknowledge and value this experience, I am not persuaded that it can be objectively measured to provide assurance that a clerk is suitably equipped to support a council in exercising the general power of competence.