Level 02 Award in Technical Understanding of Fire-Rated Cavity Barriers

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Seminar 1 – Regulations, Standards and Guidance, including the Building Regulations, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Building Safety Act 2022. The course will also introduce concepts from fire strategy guidance including, though not limited to, Approved Document B, BS 9999 and BS 9991. This seminar provides the learner with a grounding knowledge in regulations and standards relevant to cavity barriers.

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Seminar 2 – Cavity Barrier Classification, including key terms and definitions, the different types of cavity barrier and where they should be located in both internal cavities and external walls. This seminar provides the learner with comprehensive information about how cavity barriers are specified in a Fire Strategy, and the correct classification of materials intended to prevent unseen fire and smoke spread in cavities.

 

Seminar 3 – Cavity Barrier Testing and Specification, including the relevant testing standards for cavity barrier materials. This seminar gives the learner the opportunity to explore cavity barrier testing standards and to understand the theory behind how cavity barriers are classified, as well as their potential failure modes in a real fire scenario.

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Seminar 4 – Cavity Barrier Installation and Maintenance, including quality checking of installations, planning necessary remedial works and the key findings for a Fire Risk Assessment and/or Fire Risk Appraisal of External Wall (FRAEW) surveys. This seminar provides the learner with skills to identify compliance issues in cavity barriers and to review relevant source material to find information about installations.

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Note that this course is not intended to give competency in undertaking Fire Risk Assessments or FRAEW surveys, however may serve as a pathway towards the Level 03 in Intermediate Fire Risk Assessment or Level 04 in Advanced Fire Risk Assessment (which includes a Unit on external wall condition surveys).​​​