Level 3 Award in Fire Door Safety

This qualification is for those individuals who wish to develop their knowledge, understanding and awareness in the principles of safely installing timber fire door sets and assemblies to ensure fire door safety.Candidates most suited to this course will ideally be qualified carpenters and joiners with experience of hanging doors or subject specialists involved in fire door related quality and compliance.

Candidates must be aged 16 or above and should be capable of achieving a Level 3 qualification. As a minimum you must meet at least one of the below criteria:Maths and English at GCSE grade 3 or the equivalentAchievement of a Level 2 qualificationExperienced carpenterExperienced joiner

During this three-day course you will cover the following:Introduction, Certification and the Regulatory ReformDoor Sets, Assemblies and RegulationsPassive Fire ProtectionFire Doors and the Building RegulationsPre-Installation - FD30 or FD20 Fire Doors?Pre-Installation Glazing ChecksPre-Installation Fire IntumescentInstallation of Fire Door Frames and LiningsInstallation of HardwareInstallation of the DoorPost-Installation Safety ChecksPost-Installation MaintenanceFire Doors in Houses of Multipl

The delivery of the course will be face to face in the classroom.All teaching resources will be available via padlet and Microsoft Teams: you will be given access at the start of the course.While we make every endeavour to run programmes as advertised, we reserve the right to cancel those which do not enrol sufficient numbers to make them viable.

As the course is primarily theory based, in the classroom you will require:Notebook and penA memory stick if you wish to receive the course content electronically

On completion of the learning phase there will be an online 40-question multiple choice exam, which is broken down into four topic areas:1.    Fundamental principles of fire door assemblies and door sets2.    Fundamental principles of fire door assemblies and door sets3.    Principles of installing timber fire door sets and assemblies4.    Fundamental post-installation requirements for timber fire door sets and assembliesYou will receive ten questions on each of the above topics and will require

The holder of this qualification will be able to hang fire doors in compliance with the building regulations and will be able to inspect and advise on existing fire doors.This qualification can be used to support the Gateway knowledge requirements of the Level 3 Advanced Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship. (ST0263).

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