Practical Maintenance Training of all Forms of Fire Doors for Skilled Carpenters/Joiners
2-Day Classroom Course – £690
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ
Fire Door Maintenance & Repair Training Course
2-Day Classroom Course – £690
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ
Course Prerequisites
Delegates should have a CSCS Skilled Joinery Card or equivalent appropriate experience prior to undertaking this fire door maintenance training.
Practical Maintenance Training of all Forms of Fire Doors for Skilled Carpenters/Joiners Course Overview
This 2-day practical Fire Door Maintenance training course has been designed to provide the necessary training and fire repair and maintenance skills to fire door technicians or those with a CSCS skilled card (or other relevant/equivalent experience).
Covered on this course delegates will get the practical skills to be able to be able to repair and perform maintenance on a large range of fire doors to the required standards.
This training course for fire door maintenance will cover the key differences between a certified fire door set and a non-nominal fire, whether the door can be repaired, or whether the door can no longer be repaired to the manufacturer’s approved standard and a new fire door installation is required.
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This Fire Door Maintenance Training Course is spread over 2 days and can be conducted at either our specialist purpose-built fire door training rig at our specialist centre or request training on your site. (If requirements are met – for more information contact our knowledgeable support team).
Day 1 of the fire door repair training course will cover the underpinning knowledge required in a classroom environment. This includes:
- The use of Operation and Maintenance Manuals
- Understanding Fire Safety Regulations and Fire Door Regulations including BS8214 and BS9999.
- Gaining an understanding for planned maintenance and recording faults
- Learning about evidencing requirements for fire door alterations and maintenance.
Day 2 of this training course for maintaining fire doors is the practical element, using the purpose-built training rig. This will cover:
- Performing checks on pre-installed door sets using industry-standard checklists
- Perform required repairs, maintenance and manufacturer-approved adjustments.
Practical Maintenance Training of all Forms of Fire Doors for Skilled Carpenters/Joiners Course Aims
Over the 2 days, this Fire Door Maintenance and Repair training course will cover several training aims and learning outcomes including:
- The delegate will get an understanding of regulations and industry standards for fire door maintenance and repairs
- Gain an understanding of approved repair techniques and critical component replacement
- Be able to assess non-compliant repair work, recommend remedial works or even commend door sets
- Delegates will gain knowledge of the evidencing process, traceability, and looking at the right platform based on industry standards
- Learning about the correct paperwork & assessments to carry out repairs following legislation such as Health & Safety at Work Act (1974)
- Delegates will gain an understanding of good working practices for repairing fire doors
- Be able to practically assess fire doors and perform repairs to the required standard
- The delegate will get a broadened knowledge around fire stopping a fire door
- Be able to carry out the necessary evidencing of alterations made to a fire door
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Benefits of attendance for the employer
Upon attending this Fire Door Repair and Maintenance Training Course employers can be confident that the delegate will have gained the knowledge and skills to complete any repairs and maintenance of fire doors competently.
Benefits of attendance for the delegate
This training course will give the delegate skills to carry out repairs and maintenance per the manufacturer’s instructions and to British standards.
How is this Practical Maintenance Training of all Forms of Fire Doors for Skilled Carpenters/Joiners course delivered?
This is a 2-day classroom course that is split into 2 separate sections
Day 1:
This is the theory element of this course and is delivered in the form of explanations from the trainer, video, group discussion and practical classroom exercises
Day 2:
This is the hands-on practical part of this course. Using our specially built state-of-the-art dedicated training rig, delegates will learn and practice carrying out practical exercises and remedial works. Delegates will be required to bring all necessary PPE and tools to complete this practical element.
This course can be delivered on-site if the premises meet the required criteria. For more information, please fill out our free quotation request, book a meeting or give us a call and our friendly team of experts will be able to help.
Do I need to bring anything to this course?
Yes. For the practical element, you will be required to bring the necessary PPE and tools. Failure to bring these could see the delegate from being refused to complete the practical element.
PPE:
Safety Boots, Safety Glasses, Gloves, High Vis Vest
Tools:
Delegates will need to bring a full toolkit of hand and battery tools. This should include but not limited to:
- Battery Operated Tools
- Drill, Impact Driver, Saw, Jigsaw, Planer, Multi-tool, 16g/18g Nail Gun, 1/4 Router, Track Saw, Dust Extraction.
- This will need to be battery-platformed and should include all associated drill bits and consumables, including flat bits, countersinks, router bits, etc.
- Hand Operated Tools
- Pencil, Tape Measure, Combination Square, Hammer, Screwdrivers, Allen Keys, Hacksaw, Handsaw, Flat Bar, Spirt Levels, Knife, Chisels.
Course Information
- Delegates will cover the current regulatory standards that need to be met, including mapping out use, type, and ratings of fire door
- Delegates will gain an understanding of the need for planning repairs and maintenance
- Delegate will learn where to find O&M Manuals as well as current regulations
- Delegates will cover assessing the required repairs and maintenance needed
- This course will cover site-based working methods following HSA guidance when working on fire doors
- Delegates will gain an understanding by performing a small dynamic risk assessment based on the task about to be carried out.
- Covered by this Fire Door Maintenance training course the delegate will get a full breakdown of an operation and maintenance manual
- Delegates will gain an understanding of the work that can be carried out to a fire door following the manufacturer’s guidance
- In this course, guidance on repairing and maintaining a fire door with O&M, staying in accordance with British Standards is covered
- Delegates will gain an understanding of work that can be carried out to a fire door following BS8214
- As part of this Fire Door Maintenance and Repairs training course delegates will have a look into the most commonly found faults and remediation techniques
- Delegates will gain knowledge in the identification and rectification of common faults causing fire doors to become ineffective or non-compliant
- This Fire Door Maintenance Training Course covers how to inspect a pre-installed door set, be able to identify all remedial actions, as determined by the install guides coinciding with BS8214
- Delegates will gain experience in fault identification and remedial planning
- As part of this course, there is a practical element involving approved repair techniques, bringing the faulty/damaged installs compliant with current standards
- Delegates will get practical hands-on experience and the ability to display all essential remediation works
- This course goes over how to inspect and snag all doors, and then be able to perform any remedial works that may be required
- Delegates will build the knowledge to be able inspect and complete remedial competently
- This Fire Door Maintenance training course covers how to record all works that have been carried out on fire doors
- The delegate will also learn about the legal requirements including the golden thread principle using an appropriate sample platform
- Delegates will get to explore and gain an understanding of different software to evidence compliance
- The delegate will get an understanding of regulations and industry standards for fire door maintenance and repairs
- Gain an understanding of approved repair techniques and critical component replacement
- Be able to assess non-compliant repair work, recommend remedial works or even commend door sets
- Delegates will gain knowledge of the evidencing process, traceability, and looking at the right platform based on industry standards
- Learning about the correct paperwork & assessments to carry out repairs following legislation such as Health & Safety at Work Act (1974)
- Delegates will gain an understanding of good working practices for repairing fire doors
- Be able to practically assess fire doors and perform repairs to the required standard
- The delegate will get a broadened knowledge around fire stopping a fire door
- Be able to carry out the necessary evidencing of alterations made to a fire door
The assessment for this Fire Door Maintenance Training Course is in 2 parts
- Multiple choice question paper
- Practical Maintenance Assessment
