FireNet Community

FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Chunty on April 09, 2008, 12:17:16 PM

Title: Fire Safety development
Post by: Chunty on April 09, 2008, 12:17:16 PM

Can anyone give a good indication of a suitable development track for a person about to undertake a role as Fire Safety Officer within a complex multi-hazard/process industry?

Title: Fire Safety development
Post by: nearlythere on April 09, 2008, 12:24:47 PM

Quote from: Chunty

Can anyone give a good indication of a suitable development track for a person about to undertake a role as Fire Safety Officer within a complex multi-hazard/process industry?

What is your development track at present?

Title: Fire Safety development
Post by: Chunty on April 10, 2008, 10:25:57 PM

Totally 'intervention' up until now.

Title: Fire Safety development
Post by: kurnal on April 10, 2008, 10:57:00 PM

Your employers will take for granted that you will have expertise to  cover the following areas

Life safety
Property Protection
Business continuity
Process fire risk.

All treated as different disciplines in the intervention business.

I would suggest NEBOSH general certificate, a fire risk assessment course, perhaps you may need a DSEAR competence depending on the industry, perhaps a sprinkler awareness course. The IFE examinations will do you no harm at all.