Level 02 Award in Technical Understanding of Structural Steel Fire Protection

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 structural steel fire protection.

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Seminar 2 – Elements of Structure Fire Ratings, including key terms and definitions, the different types of structural steel and the methods of applying fire resistance to steel. This seminar provides the learner with comprehensive information about how how to specify the correct fire resistance ratings, as well as common methods of application.

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Seminar 3 – Structural Fire Resistance Testing, including the relevant testing standards for elements of structure. This seminar gives the learner the opportunity to explore fire resistance testing standards under both the national and European classification and to understand the theory behind how structural fire resistance is specified, as well as the potential failure modes in a real fire scenario.

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Seminar 4 – Structural Steel Fire Protection Installation and Maintenance, including quality checking of installations, planning necessary remedial works and the key findings for a Fire Risk Assessment and/or Passive Fire/Compartmentation Survey. This seminar provides the learner with skills to identify compliance issues in existing structural steel fire installations and to review relevant source material to find information about required fire ratings.

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Note that this course is not intended to give competency in undertaking Fire Risk Assessments or Passive Fire/Compartmentation Surveys, however may serve as a pathway towards the Level 03 in Intermediate Fire Risk Assessment or the Level 03 in Inspection and Testing of Intumescent Coatings.