The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Portable fire extinguisher types include: | cartridge rechargeable and non-rechargeable reversible stored pressure. |
Extinguishants may include: | carbon dioxide foam powder vaporising liquid water wet chemical. |
Expellants may include: | carbon dioxide dry air nitrogen. |
Wheeled fire extinguisher types include: | cartridge stored pressure. |
Fire hose reel types may include: | swing-hinged vehicle-mounted wall-mounted. |
Delivery lay flat fire hoses may include: | percolating and non-percolating low, medium and high classes range of different hose diameters. |
Delivery lay flat fire hose couplings may include: | British instantaneous couplings (BIC) Storz system couplings threaded. |
Fire blanket containers may include: | metal tubes plastic and vinyl covers. |
Major components of fire hydrant systems may include: | backflow prevention valves external hydrant valves fire brigade booster connections internal hydrant valves: points landing valves outlets pressure reducing valves (ratio valves) reticulating pipework town main reticulated hydrant ‘street’ valves water supply system, including: tanks pumpsets. |
Fire door sets may include: | automatic closing one-hour or two-hour fire rated assemblies self-closing or sliding. |
Smoke door sets may include: | automatic closing self-closing or sliding solid core or fire-resistance rated. |
Service penetration products may include: | fire-rated gap-fillers, such as: mortars grouts sealants caulks putties fire-rated pillows fire stop collars. |
Fire pumpsets may include: | dedicated pumpset driven by an electric or diesel motor combination of both motors that supply fire systems, such as hydrants and sprinklers. |
Automatic sprinkler alarm systems may include: | standard sprinkler systems that use: concealed sprinklers conventional sprinklers dry pendant, dry sidewall and dry upright sprinklers enlarged orifice sprinklers fast response sprinklers flush sprinklers large, extra large and very large orifice sprinklers recessed sprinklers sidewall sprinklers spray or pendant sprinklers special sprinkler systems that use: early suppression fast response (ESFR) sprinklers extended coverage sprinklers, including enhanced protection extended coverage (EPEC) sprinklers large drop sprinklers residential sprinklers sealed water mist nozzles. |
Pre-engineered fire-suppression systems may include: | ducting used for extraction of fumes or particles electrical equipment installed in a cabinet exhaust ducting large mining vehicles mobile and transportable equipment, such as systems installed for the protection of cooking equipment major components, including: alarm system devices automatic fire detection devices linked to automatic release mechanism containers of extinguishant agent manual release mechanism nozzles connected to pipework or tubing pipework or tubing connected to extinguishant containers. |
Gaseous fire-suppression systems may include: | total flood systems using a variety of extinguishing agents: inert gaseous fire-extinguishing agents local application systems using mainly carbon dioxide synthetic gaseous fire-extinguishing agents – extinguishing agent handling licences (EAHL) required major components, including: alarm system devices automatic fire detection devices containers of extinguishant agent local control stations nozzles connected to pipework pipework connected to extinguishant containers warning devices and signs at entry points to protected space. |
Automatic fire detection and alarm systems may include: | flame detectors, including: infra-red ultraviolet combination of both gas sensing fire detectors, including semiconductor and catalytic element types heat detectors, including point and linear types smoke detectors, including ionisation, photoelectric and air sampling warning devices, such as bells, speakers and lights. |
Smoke alarms and heat alarms may include: | fixed temperature ionisation photoelectric. |
Sound systems for emergency purposes may include: | warning devices, such as speakers and lights independently operated by control and indicating equipment (CIE) fit for purpose. |
Intercom systems for emergency purposes may include: | warden intercommunication points, such as telephones, distributed throughout a building and independently operated by CIE fit for purpose and separate from all other communication equipment. |
Emergency exits and lighting may include: | central systems consisting of emergency luminaires powered by a battery bank with battery charger supply self-contained emergency luminaires combination of self-contained emergency luminaires and house artificial lighting emergency exit luminaire signs. |
Communication may include: | email messages facsimiles multimedia messages (MMS) online reporting system pager messages SMS text messages verbal reports written reports. |
Relevant persons may include: | colleagues, including those in other organisations customers licensing and regulatory bodies managers supervisors system and component manufacturers and suppliers team leaders trades people and contractors. |