Profession fire protection technician

Fire protection technicians install and maintain fire protection equipment, such as fire extinguishers, fire alarms, fire detection systems, or sprinkler systems in facilities to ensure compliance to safety standards and protection from fire hazards. They inspect the equipment to ensure its functionality, and perform repairs.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional
• Conventional / Realistic
• Enterprising / Realistic
• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Fire safety regulations

  The legal rules to be applied for fire safety and fire prevention in a facility.

• Fire-fighting systems

  The devices and systems used to extinguish fires; the classes and chemistry of fire.

• Health and safety regulations

  Necessary health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and legislation rules in the sector of particular activity.

• Fire prevention procedures

  The regulations concerning fire and explosion prevention, and the equipment, systems and methods used in it.

Skills

• Maintain safety systems

  Perform activities for the maintenance of fire fighting and related safety systems.

• Arrange equipment repairs

  Arrange for equipment repairs when necessary.

• Perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles

  Keep firefighting vehicles ready for use at any time. Maintain all aspects of firefighting vehicles and ensure that vehicles function correctly.

• Order equipment

  Source and order new equipment when necessary.

• Operate fire extinguishers

  Understand the operation of fire extinguishing equipment and fire extinguishing techniques.

• Inspect fire equipment

  Inspect fire equipment, such as fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, and fire vehicle systems, to ensure the equipment is functional and to assess its faults.

• Perform minor repairs to equipment

  Conduct routine maintenance on equipment. Recognise and identify minor defects in equipment and make repairs if appropriate.

• Estimate damage

  Estimate damage in case of accidents or natural disasters.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB