workplace design tools and processes naming conventions for design drawings and drawing register fire science, including: fire behaviour and dynamics impact of fire on structures and materials products of combustion fire control strategies fire retardants fire detection technologies fire suppression technologies fire containment fire engineering principles, including: engineered solutions innovative fire systems fire modelling proprietary fire engineering and modelling programs parametric modelling of services coordination using proprietary software, such as Navis-Works or MEP-REVIT computer software functions and operation, including: word processing spreadsheet email internet proprietary project management software proprietary hydraulic calculation software proprietary estimating software relevant current legislation, codes and standards, including: building Acts building regulations infrastructure supply regulations the Building Code of Australia Australian standards for fire systems international standards for fire systems other fire system standards commonly required by building insurers protection requirements for different buildings, including the existence of special zones, the egress requirements of occupants, and the construction materials used passive fire safety elements, including: identification of passive elements impact of fire systems design on passive elements specifications required to safeguard integrity of passive fire element performance where penetrations are necessitated by the fire systems design fire systems' technology and components, including: water-based systems, including: wet pipe sprinkler systems deluge and drencher systems dry pipe sprinkler systems pre-action sprinkler systems early suppression fast response (ESFR) hydrants, hose reels and monitors water supply tanks fire pump sets detection and warning systems, including: emergency warning and intercommunications systems (EWIS) fire detection and alarm systems smoke control systems emergency lighting systems special hazard fire systems, including: foam systems (low expansion, medium expansion and high expansion) gaseous agent systems (carbon dioxide, inert gas and halocarbon gases) water spray systems (deluge, medium/high velocity water spray and high speed deluge) chemical systems, including: powder wet chemical purpose and operation of fire systems, including: layout special products and hazards system operation performance requirements maintenance standards system activation and operation characteristics and limitations of products and materials used in fire systems and issues relating to material capability interconnection of fire systems, including: cause and effect matrix interface with other services instruments used in commissioning and measuring fire system performance basic principles of structural engineering characteristics of building materials construction industry terminology roles and responsibilities of relevant building project personnel, including: architect lead contractor mechanical engineer hydraulic engineer electrical engineer on-site issues that can arise during the construction phase and impose changes to the designs of fire systems and other services installation methods, including: access requirements health and safety requirements water supplies, including: common water sources conservation requirements in-ground reticulation booster configurations fluid mechanics and hydraulics relating to: water supply pressure pump selection tank selection pressure vessels pipe range sustainability requirements and ratings, including: energy conservation water conservation pipe fabrication methods and constraints mathematic principles, equations and calculation methods, including: financial calculations, for example to assess cost-effectiveness of fire systems trigonometry, for example to amend dimensions of pipe allowing for fittings flow calculations, including: area of operations discharge rates and quantities discharge times pressure gain and loss K-factors pressure, temperature and volume relationship Hazen-Williams equation Darcy Weisbach equation computational fluid dynamics electrical calculations (alarm systems), including: voltage drops battery sizes battery back-up power supplies cabling range system calculations for gas or special hazard fire systems principles of organic and inorganic chemistry, including basic chemical substances and reactions principles of basic physics, including an understanding of: Boyle's Law Charles' Law Dalton's Law Henry's Law principles of thermodynamics, including: effects of heat stratification of gases smoke and heat dynamics electrical and electronics theory, including: units used to measure current (AC and DC), power, capacitance, inductance and sound attenuation effects of AC and DC current in series and parallel circuit paths that includes resistive, inductive and capacitive loads relationship between voltage drops around a circuit and applied voltage definition of voltage ratings as defined in communication and electrical safety regulations, including extra low voltage, low voltage and hazardous voltages layout of electrical wiring systems to meet communication and electrical safety regulations applicable to fire detection and warning systems basic operation of common electronic and electrical components used in fire detection and warning systems basic operation of communication protocols on addressable systems, peripheral devices (printers) and high-level interfaces to other communication devices used in fire detection and warning systems acoustics and speech intelligibility for occupant warning systems human psychology, especially fire avoidance behaviour organisational frameworks and functions, including: industry associations enterprises government bodies financial management, including: budgeting cost-effectiveness contractual processes |