CHSG - Diploma in Construction Fire Safety & Fire Risk Management Course

The course consists of 10 training days and two days of exams, followed by a minimum 8000-word dissertation. The course is aimed at those who undertake the role of Responsible Person, or who are being developed to undertake this role.

The Diploma teacher time is 10 days, and attendance is compulsory (please ensure delegates can attend all sessions before booking the course). The delegate is expected to dedicate adequate time to undertake regular private study in-between the units and to also undertake significant private study time in order to achieve the required level of understanding required to pass all of the exams along with the dissertation.

All units covered within this Diploma are related to the construction industry, and include the following:

• Unit 1 Legal Structures and the requirement for effective Management of Fire Safety
• Unit 2 The Chemistry of Combustion & Principles of Explosion
• Unit 3 Creating, Managing and Maintaining an Effective Means of Escape
• Unit 4 Building Control and Enforcement Lectures – The Storage and Handling of Flammable and Explosive Materials
• Unit 5 Fire Safety in Temporary Accommodation Units (TAU’s) and Fire Safety in Timber Construction
• Unit 6 Active Fire Safety Systems – Including Fixed Fire Suppression Systems, Fire Alarm Systems and Emergency Lighting
• Unit 7 Accident (Fire) Causation and Theory, Accident Investigation Process and Analysis
• Unit 8 Presentation Skills, Preparation, Presentation and Fire Load Calculations, Fire Modelling and Building Information Modelling – BIM
• Unit 9 Life safety, Persons at Risk, Human Organisational Factors, Fire Alarm Psychology and Evaluating Competence
• Unit 10 Fire Risk Assessment
• Unit 11 Exam Presentation
• Unit 12 Multiple Choice and Written Exams

On this course delegates will be involved in various teaching techniques involving presentations, case studies and group working.

Delegates will be expected to contribute to the group discussions and will already have a working awareness of health, safety, and fire legislation, ACOPs, JCOPs and other recent fire related documentation, especially related to the Construction and associated industries.

Delegates should also be aware, that there will be homework required to be undertaken in-between units.

Several of the course days also include specialist external speakers, who will provide greater in-depth knowledge and understanding in their particular fields.

Some of these also include additional CPD certificates, that delegates are able to include for their own CPD portfolio.

Each day will always start with a review from the previous day, to ensure full understanding and confidence regarding the previous units’ content (except of course Unit 1) and also a forum for all delegates to gain greater clarity and further information as and where required.

By the end of this course, delegates will have consolidated their learning on all units by having successfully completed the following:

• Attended all of the 12 units 
• Written examination 
• Multiple choice examination 
• Practical fire risk assessment
• Examination presentation
• Dissertation minimum 8,000 words (max of 8,500 words)

On successfully completing 60% or above in each exam, the delegate will have achieved the Diploma in Construction Fire Safety and Fire Risk Management and will receive a parchment and will be authorised to use the nominals – DCFsFRM.

Note: Delegates have three years to complete the Diploma course and examinations. All retakes do carry an additional charge.

If a candidate does not choose to undertake the exams at the end of the course, they have to have completed all of the required examinations within the three-year window and again all deferred examinations carry an additional examination charge.