FireQual Seeks Industry Input For Fire Safety Qualification

FireQual is developing a qualification that will look to provide the underpinning knowledge and the skills required by those who work within the area of fire door installation.

In addition, reflecting on the core messages of the reports, Building a Safer Future – Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety (May 2018) and Setting the Bar (2020), FireQual will be looking at how core practical competencies of individuals can be accurately and consistently assessed.

FireQual to form a development Group

Following FireQual’s aim to provide industry-led qualifications, they will be forming a development group made up of representatives from the sector and training organizations, to establish qualifications that both meet the needs of the industry and are deliverable across the United Kingdom (UK).

Nic Preston, the Director of Qualifications at FireQual, said "During Fire Door Safety Week, we thought it was pertinent to announce the development of this qualification. Fire doors form an important part of passive fire protection helping to protect escape routes, slowing the spread of fire and smoke, and providing areas of relative safety."

Provision of high-quality goods

Nic Preston adds, "The provision of high-quality qualifications to support the development of the knowledge and skills of those technicians who install fire doors helps contribute to the raising of best practice within the fire safety sector."

As part of this development work, FireQual is now actively requesting industry input. For those who would like to offer their thoughts for the development group to review, they can do the survey provided online. It should take no more than 15 minutes to complete the survey.