The phrase "alert and competent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is both attentive and skilled in their tasks or responsibilities.
Example: "The team was composed of alert and competent individuals who handled the crisis effectively."
Alternatives: "vigilant and capable" or "attentive and skilled."
Even if the airport defenders had been alert and competent, they would have only a few minutes' warning... ...... Another Entebbe expert said that Mossad, with British help, had gained details of the specifications of the radar system at Entebbe and therefore knew the precise approach to "blind" its air traffic control.
"Everybody was impressed with his longevity," said Dr. Ronald B. Miller, a clinical professor of medicine emeritus at UC Irvine, "and he remained mentally astute and alert and competent". In 1970, Tobis joined the UCI medical school faculty as a professor and founding chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
A totally alert and conceptually competent RD patient sincerely believes that (a) she is having a pain experience, and that (b) her pain experience is not painful at all.
"I find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent and lucid," the judge said.
"I find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent and lucid," said the judge, Marianne B Bowler, according to a transcript of the hearing.
Tsarnaev is said to be heavily sedated and breathing through a ventilator, although US Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler found him to be "alert, mentally competent and lucid".
The magistrate, Marianne B. Bowler, said toward the end of the short proceedings, "I find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent and lucid.
Judge Bowler said, "Let the record reflect that I believe the defendant has said, 'No.' " At the end of the session, Judge Bowler said: "At this time, at the conclusion of the initial appearance, I find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent, and lucid.
Although still in a serious condition, the magistrate concluded, "I find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent and lucid".
"They took someone who was not homeless and made him a homeless man". White Memorial Medical Center spokeswoman Alicia Gonzalez said she couldn't go into details but said that patient safety is the hospital's "No. 1 priority" and that Bravo was competent and alert and agreed to go to the center.
As much as she eviscerates governments and the development industry, Wilentz is alert to competent, dedicated individuals working within the established system.
