Fire Emergency and Security Systems Technician Standard
Level: 3
Duration: Up to 4 years
Role Profile
Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Technicians design, install, commission, and maintain electronic systems in and outside simple and complex premises to protect individuals, homes and properties from risk and danger.
Systems include fire, security, and emergency systems to detect intrusion, provide surveillance, monitor, and control access to buildings, properties and sites or to detect fire and emergencies.
Skills include interconnection of equipment, programming, verifying performance/fault finding and testing and maintaining. Technicians will carry out planned jobs to install new systems, modify and maintain existing systems as well as respond to call-outs to repair faulty systems where they will utilise their problem-solving skills.
They will take a professional approach to customer service skills which include being presentable, tidy, and respectful as they can often find themselves working in and outside customers’ homes as well as in and outside business premises.
Entry requirements:
A minimum of four GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including English, Maths, Science and Technology.
Where will I study?
North West Training Council
How will I study?
Year 1 –1 day tech cert at NWTC
Year 2 –1 day tech cert at NWTC
Year 3 / 4 – 1 day tech cert / Workplace assessments
SPECIFIC SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
What will I learn?
Health and safety legislation, codes of practice and safe working practices.
electrical and electronic principles
installation and testing techniques for electrical and electronic components, equipment and control systems for fire, emergency, and security systems.
fundamental principles and quality processes associated with industry/company codes of practices.
fundamental design criteria, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire, emergency, security systems and components.
system technologies
how to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive data/information electronically in a digital form across a range of ICT applications
environmental principles
compliance to environmental legislation and the impact of processes and technologies associated with fire, emergency and security systems.
customer service and the needs of others
different communication styles, how to communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner and how to adapt communication style to suit different situations.
commercial awareness, risk and responsibilities
operate in a safe working manner by adhering to health and safety legislation, codes of practice and applying safe working practices.
core systems techniques
contribute to the application of design, planning, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, fault diagnosis, service and repair and electrical and electronic techniques on fire, emergency and security systems.
SPECIFIC SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
What skills and knowledge will I achieve?
After a period of foundation skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following:
The apprentice will be assessed, using formative and summative tutor marked assessments; developed to evaluate skills and knowledge within the core and one of the four distinct pathways, (listed below), chosen by the apprentice and employer jointly:
Apprentices undertake a structured programme of study in an employment setting and complete the on-programme training and assessment as part of a high-quality programme.
Fire Knowledge
Understand: the relationship of fire detection and alarms to the fire industry, the principles and features for design criteria, and the methods of surveying new and existing systems The Planning and project management for system installation, commissioning and handover. The preventative and corrective maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems, emergency systems and components.
Security Knowledge
Understand: the requirement and implementation of security risk assessments, the principles, functions and operation for design criteria. The planning and project management for system installation, commissioning and handover. The preventative and corrective maintenance of Intruder and hold up alarms, Access Control, video surveillance (CCTV) and other electronic security systems and components.
Fire and Emergency Lighting
Understand: The relationship of fire detection and alarms to the fire industry, the principles and features for design criteria, and the methods of surveying new and existing systems. The Planning and project management for system installation, commissioning and handover. The preventative and corrective maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems, emergency lighting, emergency systems and components.. The installation of electrical circuits, selecting correct protective devices, testing and certifying to current standards.
Fire and Security
Understand: the relationship of fire detection and security alarms to the fire & security industry and the requirement and implementation of security risk assessments, the principles, features, functions and operation for design criteria, and the methods of surveying new and existing systems. The Planning and project management for systems installation, commissioning and handover. The preventative and corrective maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems, emergency systems and components, Intruder and hold up alarms, Access Control, video surveillance (CCTV) and other electronic security systems and components.
End Point Assessment
ROLES FOR FIRE, EMERGENCY, SECURITY ENGINEERS
Alarm/Fire/Emergency/security systems installer
Installer/Maintainer/Engineer/Technician
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Fire Emergency and Security Systems Technician Apprenticeship