Fire Safety Engineer - Level 6 Apprenticeship - Birmingham
Arup
Solihull, Birmingham, B90 8AE
Closes on Friday 21 February
Posted on 2 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Our apprenticeships allow you to study for an academic qualification while working and learning alongside respected, technical professionals. As an apprentice, you'll study at a local college on day release, and combine this experience with real responsibilities in the workplace.
- Annual wage
- Competitive
- Training course
- Fire safety engineer (level 6)
- Hours
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Shift to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 3 September
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Our apprenticeships allow you to study for an academic qualification while working and learning alongside respected, technical professionals. As an apprentice, you'll study at a local college on day release, and combine this experience with real responsibilities in the workplace.
Where you’ll work
Blythe Gate
Blythe Valley Park
Solihull, Birmingham
B90 8AE
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Your training course
Fire safety engineer (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
- Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
- Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
- Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
- Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
- Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
- Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
- Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
- Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
- Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
- Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
- Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
- Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.
- Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
- Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
- Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
- Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
- Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
- Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
- Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
- Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
- Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
- Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
- Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
- Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.
Your training plan
- L6 Fire safety engineer Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4/5)
- Maths (grade B/5/6)
- Science (grade C/4/5)
A Level in:
- or equivalent in at least 2 STEM Subjects (grade C/4/5)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this company
Arup is a global firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical experts. We use our skills to make a positive difference in the world. This is a brilliant opportunity to build a creative career designing and delivering exciting work in infrastructure, building design and specialist technical services.
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Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
When joining us as one of our apprentices, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to study for a paid, professionally-recognised qualification in a discipline that will help you further your career.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll have access to our online network. You’ll also take internal courses. These cover technical aspects of the business, such as software, but also vital ‘soft’ skills such as report writing and working effectively.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293735.
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Closes on Friday 21 February
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