Price

£590 + vat per person on our NEBOSH fire conversion courses (Units FC1 and FC2). Next NEBOSH fire course starts 23rd February 2009. For further dates see our Training Dates. 

Please note, we limit our NEBOSH fire course groups to 12 persons, we have found that this size group allows maximum delegate participation and allows us to give each delegate individual attention during the NEBOSH fire course.

Please see below for the venue - not local to our venue? click here for a list of local hotels. The Course Venue - don’t worry if you don’t live near our venue - great county village accommodation nearby from £25 per night!

Price includes comprehensive course documentation and the NEBOSH Study Book for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management DK Guides (Second Edition). A valuable reference for researching day-to-day fire safety issues and undertaking fire risk assessments following the NEBOSH fire course.

The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate is a relatively new NEBOSH award developed by the highly regarded health and safety accrediting body. Organisations and individuals throughout the world know of NEBOSH, the words alone are sunominous with excellence and respect. The NEBOSH fire qualification provide evidence of real achievement and employers worldwide use NEBOSH fire course as a benchmark when employing staff in any capacity in which fire safety is crtitical.

Studies have also shown that all NEBOSH training helps significantly in the development of a ‘safety culture’ in the workplace. So rest assured undertaking the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management course is a decision you will not regret and which your employer - your clients - or your employees will thank you for.

The NEBOSH fire course was designed to build on the success of the NEBOSH National General Certificate, which has become an industry benchmark for competence throughout the world. Many countries have statutory requirements that require the management of fire safety risks within the workplace. An essential component any legal requirement is adequate training. The NEBOSH fire course will provide that essential training and must be considered as a vital step in preventing a fire starting in your workplace.

We can provide some guidance on materials to read before the NEBOSH fire course and discuss the content with you, however many people attend our NEBOSH fire courses without a detailed knowledge of health and safety. Enthusiasm and a willingness to work hard are as important as any prior knowledge. Experience is also very important, the experiences of our delegates are unique to each NEBOSH fire course, everyone can learn something from someone else!

The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate has been designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and those embarking on a role with fire safety responsibility. It is also suitable for qualified safety professionals who wish to build on their existing knowledge of fire safety and demonstrate a level of competence to enforcing authorities, insurers and employers.

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Who Should Attend the NEBOSH fire course

The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate is aimed at anyone who has an interest in fire safety. Our delegates come from all backgrounds and professions.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRFSO) 2005 requires that the ‘Responsible Person’ must appoint a sufficient number of competent persons to assist with undertaking the preventive and protective measures required by the RRFSO. The NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management is an excellent step to complying with the law.

Many delegates attend the NEBOSH fire course having been given responsibility for fire safety in the workplace, including the undertaking of fire risk assessments. In these circumstances the NEBOSH fire course is an excellent way of building a level of competence to enable the management and coordination of fire risk assessment.

Health and Safety Advisers/Managers can also benefit, as the NEBOSH fire course has a wider fire safety syllabus than the NEBOSH Diploma. For many Safety Advisers, including Chartered Professionals, fire safety is not an area that they have previously focused on and even where knowledge was previously good, they feel a reminder is worthwhile. So the NEBOSH fire course can help fill that training and competence gap. Many Chartered professionals attend the NEBOSH fire course to increase their competence and to demonstrate to external organisations such as Insurance Companies that they have a qualification specific to the undertaking of fire risk assessments.

The NEBOSH fire certificate course is also suitable for other professionals, such as engineers, architects, designers and scientists. As fire safety embraces all of these technical disciplines, everyone can benefit from the NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate.

Fire Wardens and Marshalls can also gain considerably from undertaking this NEBOSH fire course. Whatever method of emergency evacuation used in the workplace, fire wardens play a vital part in ensuring the safety of every person entering a building in the event of a fire. Fire can devastate a company so higher level training for fire wardens will ensure that they appreciate the dangers posed by fire and have the competence and ability to appreciate the issues and act accordingly.

The NEBOSH fire course is also used by UK Fire Authorities, HM Prison Service and HM Armed Forces to raise a level of competence for staff who are required to advise on or undertake fire risk assessments.

Delegates also attend a NEBOSH fire course for many other reasons. Redundancy or the desire to change career direction are common reasons. Many ex-fire service personal wishing to embark on new careers outside the service attend our NEBOSH fire courses and benefit considerably as a result. Many go on to take the NEBOSH National General Certificate and embark on employments which require competence in the management of health and safety and fire safety.

We recognise peoples career aspirations, and will do our utmost to help people make the right choices, develop their CV’s and to work toward the higher NEBOSH qualifications that will help them gain a worthwhile, interesting, varied and financially beneficial career in fire and general health and safety. 

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Objectives of the NEBOSH fire course

On completion of the NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate course, delegates should be able to:

1	Understand the legal framework relating to fire and health & safety.
2	Appreciate the purpose and procedures of investigating fires in the workplace.
3	Outline the principles behind ignition and spread of fire and explosion in work premises.
4	Identify the causes of fire and explosion and outline appropriate control measures to minimise fire risks.
5	Advise on the means of fire protection and prevention of fire spread within buildings.

The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate syllabus is based on National Occupational Standards in Fire Safety at level 3, which has common units with the UK Emergency Fire Services National Occupational Standards and is divided into two units:

NGC1: NEBOSH Management of health and safety; comprising of:

Element 1	Foundations in health and safety.
Element 2	Setting policy for health and safety.
Element 3	Organising for health and safety.
Element 4	Promoting a positive health and safety culture.
Element 5	Risk assessment.
Element 6	Principles of control.
Element 7	Monitoring, review and audit.
Element 8	Incident and accident investigation, recording and reporting.

FC1: NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management; comprising of:

Element 1	Managing fire safety.
Element 2	Principles of fire and explosion.
Element 3	Causes and prevention of fire.
Element 4	Fire protection in buildings.
Element 5	Safety of people in the event of a fire.
Element 6	Fire risk assessment.

FC2: NEBOSH Practical fire risk assessment:

This part of the NEBOSH fire course has no syllabus content associated with it. The aim of the NEBOSH fire ‘practical assessment’ is to test a candidate’s ability to complete a fire risk assessment of a workplace. In particular to:

	To identify the fire hazards and preventive and protective measures within a workplace,
	To carry out a fire risk assessment of a workplace using the pro-forma provided, evaluating the significant fire hazards present, deciding whether they are adequately controlled and, where necessary, suggesting appropriate and cost effective remedial action.
	To prepare a report that persuasively urges management to take appropriate action, explaining why such action is needed and identifying, with due consideration of reasonable practicability, the remedial measures that should be implemented

As part of the NEBOSH fire course we provide you with a training session devoted to the undertaking the NEBOSH fire practical assessment.

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Duration of Study for the NEBOSH fire course

The duration of study for the NEBOSH Fire Certificate course is a minimum of 70 hours plus private study and background reading. This is delivered as follows:

NEBOSH Week 1: NGC1 - 5 Days
NEBOSH Week 2: FC1 - 4 Days

NEBOSH Written and Practical Examinations take place immediately after the NEBOSH fire course.

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NEBOSH Fire Examination Information

Assessment is by examination for each of the two NEBOSH units NGC1 and FC1 and a NEBOSH practical assessment (FC2). 
 

Those delegates successfully completing the full programme (NEBOSH units NGC1 and FC1 and the NEBOSH practical assessment FC2), will be awarded a NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management.

Delegates successfully completing the shorter programme (unit FC1 and the relevant NEBOSH examination and the practical assessment FC2) will be awarded a NEBOSH Unit Certificate for each (which can then be upgraded to a full NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management. on the successful completion of the remaining unit (NGC1) and examination within five years).

The NEBOSH fire Course Venue

Holmewood Hall is an impressive Victorian mansion house, set among fourteen acres of parkland in the picturesque village of Holme in Cambridgeshire. The Hall is easy to find, just south of Peterborough off Junction 15 of the A1 with good road links north and south. Peterborough railway station is just 8 miles away situated on the East Coast mainline linking the north and south of the UK, with a 50-minute journey to London Kings Cross and Stanstead airport is only hours drive away.

The Hall provides an impressive backdrop for our NEBOSH courses, and a relaxing environment in which to learn. At almost every turn, you will find views over formal gardens with sweeping lawns and mature trees, leading on to a landscape of meadows and open countryside.



The Hall has an interesting history. The present day Hall was built by the distinguished Wells family, who made their fortune from shipbuilding in the 16th century, the Hall even gets a mention in Samuel Pepys’s Diary. The Hall also played a crucial role during the second world war, as the secret headquarters of the American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA) the Hall was used to train spies, who were dropped behind enemy lines to supply munitions. Unfortunately we do not train spies, but are more than happy to help you with your NEBOSH training!

The wildlife in the formal gardens delights our delegates. NEBOSH course groups often have fun during tea and lunch breaks, spotting green woodpeckers, watching deer graze and hedgehogs forage for food! Be warned after two weeks at the Hall you will be talking like Bill Oddie!

We have found that the environment in which people learn is critical to the success of our NEBOSH courses. Providing a stimulating learning environment where people are comfortable, relaxed and at ease with their surroundings encourages mindsets to evolve.

Oracle Safety Associates present the NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate as an ‘open course’ and ’in house’ course. If you have a number of people who wish to undertake the NEBOSH Fire Certificate course please contact us to discuss your requirments.