Fire Safety Engineering Degree Apprentice

Summary

As a Fire Safety Engineering Apprentice, you will have the opportunity to achieve an academic qualification (BEng) whilst gaining work-based skills and experience. By combining work and study, you will accelerate your professional development and enhance your career prospects.

Annual wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Fire safety engineer (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 5 years
Positions available: 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

We understand that candidates looking at degree programmes by their nature are likely to be less familiar with the fire engineering industry. Your 4 years between The University of Central Lancashire and Design Fire Consultants will give you a sound knowledge and understanding of: fire dynamics; scientific and engineering principles; codes, guidance and Regulations; materials science; and more that you will need to be a great fire engineer. For now, all you need is an interest in STEM studies, an analytical and inquisitive mindset; proficient written and verbal communication skills in English and a proactive attitude to learning.

In our experience, the best candidates will:

Have a burgeoning interest in the fire engineering industry and the built environment
Be problem solvers, willing to explore new ideas and question the ‘norm’
Be able to work collaboratively with colleagues
Be willing to continuously learn and develop
Take pride and responsibility in their own work
Be organised and able to manage their own tasks
Be happy to ask for help
Be adaptable and able to multitask

Where you’ll work

2 THE CALLS

LEEDS

LS2 7JU

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

Training will be block release, 2 weeks every 3 months
Training location University of Central Lancashire Preston Campus

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

An interview will be offered to successful applicants at the SPARK event. This event will be held on our Preston Campus on 27th March 2025. You must be registered for this event, with an approved application and be available to attend on this day. Click here for further details https://www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listing/spark. Please note places are limited at the event.

About this company

Design Fire Consultants Ltd. (DFC) is one of the U.K’s leading independent fire engineering consultancies, who are passionate about engineering, service delivery and enjoying our work. We see success as the values we bring to each project, and in the relationships we develop with clients, architects and other designers. It is from these relationships that we are not shy of interesting projects Being independent, we are able to set our own priorities, which include: • Deliver a consistently high quality, high value service to our clients on every project. • Form proactive relationships with clients, design teams and other key stakeholders. • Develop, support and reward our staff and create an enjoyable working environment. • Engage with academia and industry to ensure we are at the forefront of our discipline. Our aim is to provide any fire safety engineering service that our clients need during design, construction and operation in the built environment. Design Fire Consultants is an independent company who are passionate about engineering, service delivery and enjoying our work. Being independent, we are able to set our own priorities, which are to: -Deliver a consistently high quality, high value service to our clients on every project. -Remove fire related constraints and enable architectural intent and good design. -Form proactive relationships with clients, design teams and other key stakeholders. -Develop, support and reward our staff and create an enjoyable working environment. -Innovate and solve technical challenges. -Engage with academia and industry to ensure we are at the forefront of our discipline.

https://www.dfc.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

A full range of benefits upon successful completion of the probation period, including; Full IT Package Cycle to Work Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Company Pension

After this apprenticeship

Fire safety engineer within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

ams@uclan.ac.uk

01772 895500

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296439.

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Closes on Friday 28 February

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Company’s application instructions

An interview will be offered to successful applicants at the SPARK event. This event will be held on our Preston Campus on 27th March 2025. You must be registered for this event, with an approved application and be available to attend on this day.

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