{"id":607376,"date":"2023-02-12T23:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T05:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/new-fire-safety-accredited-apprenticeship-will-confirm-quality-control\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T05:49:18","slug":"new-fire-safety-accredited-apprenticeship-will-confirm-quality-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/new-fire-safety-accredited-apprenticeship-will-confirm-quality-control\/","title":{"rendered":"New fire safety-accredited apprenticeship will \u2018confirm quality control\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new apprenticeship accreditation set up by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) will focus on \u201cquality control\u201d, the organisation\u2019s chief executive has said.<\/p>\n

The scheme, set up in conjunction with the Fire Service College, will involve an \u201cend-point assessment\u201d focusing on occupational competence and capability, designed to put fire-safety competency at the heart of training, IFE chief executive Steve Hamm told Construction News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the groundwork is done, that endpoint assessment can be a pathway into professional bodies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Legally there is no compulsion for firms to accredit their fire assessor or engineer apprenticeships with the IFE or the government, but\u00a0Hamm argued that accredited apprenticeships would increase competency across the industry.<\/p>\n

The assessment is what \u201creally distinguishes\u201d the new apprenticeship model from traditional apprenticeships in the construction industry, he said. Apprentices who successfully complete the assessment will be eligible to apply for Technician grade membership, earning the post nominals TIFireE.<\/p>\n

Anyone undertaking an IFE-accredited apprenticeship will also be able to get free membership of the institution.<\/p>\n

Significant changes outlined in the Building Safety Act mean that assessing buildings for fire safety has become \u201cquite complex\u201d, Hamm said, meaning that more training is needed to make sure that the required competencies are covered.<\/p>\n

An investigation by CN <\/em>into professional indemnity insurance in construction last year showed that there could be as few as 100 fire assessors in the UK<\/a> with the right competence and experience to carry out work for the industry.<\/p>\n

The apprenticeship accreditation would go some way to increasing the number of competent fire engineers and assessors in the UK, Hamm said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incentive should come from the market itself,\u201d he added. As time goes on and the accredited apprenticeship gets used more widely, Hamm\u2019s hope is that \u201cone of the immediate things\u201d clients will do when recruiting fire assessors is check they are registered with a body like the IFE.<\/p>\n

The idea is, said Hamm, that \u201cif you haven\u2019t got the credentials, perhaps you won\u2019t get the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Companies would need to accredit their apprenticeships with the IFE so graduates would automatically gain recognition of their training after they passed the assessment.<\/p>\n

The accreditation could also help boost a fire assessor\u2019s credentials, and that of their firm, if their ability to make decisions about fire safety are ever questioned, Hamm added.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in a far stronger position as an individual organisation, if you can say, \u2018I\u2019m a member of this professional body. I professionally registered and I\u2019ve been deemed to be competent in this field, and I maintain my professional development and here\u2019s the evidence of that.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that whole thing about employer organisational risk can be mitigated to quite a substantial degree by fire and construction professionals being members of professional bodies,\u201d Hamm said.<\/p>\n

The accreditation was announced as part of National Apprenticeship Week, which ends today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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