Enhancing competence of fire safety professionals
Level 5 Diploma: Fire Engineering Design
Target audience
This qualification is suitable for those who assess and design fire engineered buildings e.g:
- Regulators – fire services, registered building control approvers (RBCA’s) and registered building inspectors (RBI’s)
- Assessors – fire risk assessors and fire safety professionals
- Designers – designers and architects of new buildings and alterations to existing
Courses
Three courses form this qualification, these are:
- Fire Engineering Design 1course
- Fire Engineering Design 2course
- Fire Engineering Design 3course
- Principles of Fire Development and Spread self-study
Note: Evidence in addition to course work is required to complete this qualification.
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Educational development and study
These courses and qualification enable attendees to develop an understanding of fire engineering design. It is a natural progression from achieving qualification: Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety (Fire Inspectors) or an equivalent qualification or experience.
To complete this qualification you are committing to a programme of study of 230 GLH (Guided Learning Hours) which consists of a wide variety of activities:
- Attending courses
- Self-study and research:
- Reading course reference material
- Viewing online videos
- Application of learning and writing assignments
The programme consists of 100 hours attending courses with the remainder being from self-study, research, application of learning and written assignments.
Prior learning
Delegates must have an in-depth working knowledge of fire safety guidance documents such as Approved Document B (Volume 2) and BS 9999 fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings.
Installation, design, hazard review and checking sprinkler systems
Ensuring buildings, occupants and businesses are safe from fire
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Courses
Fire Safety courses
In-house – which can be designed to customer requirements. We offer free training needs analysis and quote in-house enquiry
Open – Xact offers courses at various locations. For more information open courses
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Qualifications
Xact provides Level 2, 3, 4 and 5 qualifications via national awarding bodies. Follow link for more details qualifications
These fire safety qualifications are suitable for those who are:
- Sprinkler professionals: installers, designers and commissioning engineers
- Managers: Fire safety managers, Fire marshals, employees, owners and occupiers
- Assessors: Fire risk assessors and fire safety professionals
- Regulators: Fire services, registered building control approvers (RBCA’s) and registered building inspectors (RBI’s)
- Designers: Architects and those involved in designing new and extensions to existing buildings
National Occupational Standards (NOS)
Courses are designed to requirements of National Occupational Standards: NOS
Continual Professional Development
All delegates receive CPD certificates on course completion. All courses are designed and assessed to approved centre standards which are, in turn, regulated by national awarding bodies and OFQUAL.
Course format
Courses will normally consist of following phases:
- Learning: Acquiring knowledge, understanding and skills
- Practising learning: Using real-life and virtual reality reconstructions
- Debrief: Confirmation of learning
- Workplace application: Applying learning in workplace
Delegates receive support, guidance and tutoring throughout courses.
Tutors
Our tutors have decades of hands-on, top level experience in fire engineering, fire risk assessment, auditing and investigation. Our dedicated and enthusiastic team will strive to provide the best possible service.
Legislation, British Standards and Technical Guidance
Delegates have access to a wide range of Technical Guidance, British Standards, best practice and reference material on courses. Hard copies for classroom work and on-line versions for distance learning, study programmes and project work are available.
Note: Online versions of documents which are copyrighted are not available e.g. British Standards.
