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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
September 19, 2018

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FIA adds Advanced Maintainer course to fire detection and alarm pathway

The Fire Industry Association (FIA) has launched the Advanced Maintainer unit of its qualification pathway for fire detection and alarm engineering.

The news comes one week after the Advanced Installer unit became available.

Engineers studying the Maintainer unit as part of the qualification pathway will be awarded the FIA AO Level 3 in Fire Detection and Alarm Maintenance, Theory, and Regulatory Requirements.

Learners must pass the following units – beginning with the foundation course, the rest in any order – to complete the pathway:

  • Foundation course
  • Health and Safety
  • Environmental
  • Advanced Maintainer

“As a not-for-profit organisation, our main aim for these new qualifications was to provide a high level of education for those in the industry, and to raise the bar and the standard of professionalism,” said FIA CEO Ian Moore.

“We’re giving end users more confidence in the skills they’re purchasing.” FIA CEO Ian Moore

“Overall, by giving our technicians and engineers the opportunity to study and walk away with a qualification, we are giving employers more knowledgeable staff, and end users more confidence in the skills they are purchasing.

“We’ve invested heavily into these courses with a range of new technology for the assessment and booking processes, and into the development of the courses themselves to suit the needs of learners and employers, and we are constantly reinvesting so that we stay at the forefront of development.”

The Advanced Maintainer unit covers legislative requirements, codes of practice like BS 5839, required documentation, maintenance methods, false alarm management and waste management.

“By studying with us, learners will gain an extensive knowledge and understanding of what they need to know as a fire detection and alarm systems maintainer,” continued Moore. “This unit builds on what learners will have been introduced to in the first unit of the qualification pathway, the Foundation unit.

“The Advanced Maintenance unit develops that knowledge and takes it further and deeper into the subject of maintaining a fire alarm system – discussing things like what you do to fix specific problems, how to test, and to understand a variety of common problems that may occur.”

The Advanced Maintenance unit is available to book now for anyone who has already passed the foundation unit.

Book your place on the Advanced Maintainer course

 

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