Profession fire prevention and protection engineer
Fire prevention and protection engineers study, design, and developed innovative solutions aimed to the prevention of fire and the protection of people, natural sites, and urban areas. They propose suitable materials for construction, clothing, or other applications and they design detection systems aiming to prevent fire or the propagation of it.
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Personality Type
- Investigative / Realistic
- Realistic / Investigative
Knowledge
- Technical drawings
Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.
- Engineering principles
The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects.
- Environmental legislation
The environmental policies and legislation applicable in a certain domain.
- Fire protection engineering
Application of engineering principles for the design and production of fire detection, prevention and suppression systems that range from the conception of fire alarms to space planning and building design.
- Fire prevention procedures
The regulations concerning fire and explosion prevention, and the equipment, systems and methods used in it.
- Fire-fighting systems
The devices and systems used to extinguish fires; the classes and chemistry of fire.
- Engineering processes
The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.
- Safety engineering
The engineering discipline used to ensure that systems, machines and equipment work according to the set safety standards and laws, such as environmental law.
- Fire safety regulations
The legal rules to be applied for fire safety and fire prevention in a facility.
Skills
- Conduct fire tests
Conduct tests on a variety of materials such as building or transportation materials in order to determine their physical properties against fire such as flame resistance, surface burning characteristics, oxygen concentration or smoke generation.
- Approve engineering design
Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.
- Perform scientific research
Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations.
- Adjust engineering designs
Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements.