The phrase "are considered competent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the assessment or evaluation of someone's skills or abilities in a particular context.
Example: "In our organization, employees who consistently meet their targets are considered competent in their roles."
Alternatives: "are deemed proficient" or "are regarded as capable".
The ministers are considered competent, but Mr. Atmar's ministry played an unsavory role in the disputed presidential election and Mr. Wardak's son has secured lucrative defense contracts.
While jurors are considered competent to award millions of dollars and to properly weigh the evidence in the process, they are considered incompetent to decide what evidence should be admissible.
"Apparently none of these scientists publishing all these papers are considered competent," Vom Saal said, referring to his own place on that list.
The investigators concluded, "AACS officer in charge of the observers consider them high type individuals fully qualified both mentally and physically for control tower duty: they are considered competent, reliable observers psychologically stable [sic]." Having established the credibility of the airmen, investigators then looked to the object.
Potential peers, who are considered competent in the management of their conditions will be identified by the cardiologist and subsequently trained by the researchers.
The State Supreme Court has asked the Legislature to draw up guidelines for determining when mentally ill convicts should be considered competent to be executed.
Likewise, if a group is seen as ambitious, intelligent and skillful, it is considered competent; if it is seen as lacking those qualities, it is considered incompetent.
And even: Can someone who may soon be anesthetized from the waist down for a Caesarean section be considered competent to run the state at that point?
Even if a so called "clinical equipoise" status applies, denying a control group vaccination would be problematic because vaccination is considered "competent care" and withholding vaccination could substantially increase patients' risk for influenza and its complications.
Its Xperia line of phones for years were considered competent — I owned a few myself — and arguably industry-leading in the camera department.
