2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide
2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide
2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide
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Fire Technology<br />
<strong>Course</strong> title<br />
Diploma of Fire Technology<br />
Certificate IV in Fire Technology<br />
Duration<br />
Diploma: two years full-time or equivalent parttime.<br />
Certificate: one year full-time or equivalent parttime.<br />
Day <strong>and</strong> evening classes are available. Offcampus<br />
study (flexible delivery) is also available<br />
for some subjects.<br />
Location<br />
Hawthorn.<br />
Entry requirements<br />
There are no formal prerequisites required,<br />
however, applicants should be able to<br />
demonstrate the following competencies: reading<br />
<strong>and</strong> writing at a level that displays emerging<br />
technical knowledge <strong>and</strong> vocabulary, ability to<br />
participate in extended learning exchanges <strong>and</strong><br />
exploratory discussions to solve problems, ability<br />
to use <strong>and</strong> analyse everyday data, relation <strong>and</strong><br />
pattern, number, measurement <strong>and</strong> shape.<br />
Application procedure<br />
VTAC (full-time) or direct to <strong>Swinburne</strong> for the<br />
certificate part-time <strong>and</strong> mid-year intake.<br />
VTAC code: 77631<br />
<strong>Course</strong> overview<br />
The Diploma is designed to develop technical<br />
skills <strong>and</strong> knowledge <strong>and</strong> to train practitioners<br />
<strong>and</strong> designers to work with engineers <strong>and</strong> related<br />
professionals in the development, commissioning,<br />
monitoring <strong>and</strong> assessment of fire safety<br />
systems, practices <strong>and</strong> products <strong>and</strong> investigation<br />
of fire emergency incidents. The course allows for<br />
specialisation in three main streams: fire safety<br />
management, fire protection design <strong>and</strong> fire<br />
investigation.<br />
The Certificate provides a broad grounding in<br />
generic workplace skills <strong>and</strong> knowledge of fire<br />
industry operations covering the principles of fire<br />
behaviour <strong>and</strong> fire protection. Major studies<br />
include: [Include a max of 5 major study areas<br />
specific to the course level]<br />
Flexible delivery combines traditional<br />
correspondence study with teacher-contact<br />
support. <strong>Course</strong> notes are supplied, <strong>and</strong> students<br />
complete the work requirements in their own<br />
time but at a predetermined rate. Additional<br />
assistance is also provided through phone <strong>and</strong><br />
mail contact with tutors. An additional fee is<br />
charged for each flexible delivery module.<br />
Career opportunities<br />
Diploma: practitioners in fire safety, insurance or<br />
systems design.<br />
Certificate: assistants to practitioners in fire<br />
safety, insurance <strong>and</strong> systems design.<br />
Further information<br />
Tel: 1300 368 777 (general enquiries)<br />
Industrial Science Department<br />
Tel: (03) 9214 5161<br />
http: //www.swin.edu.au/tafe/els/indsci/<br />
indsci-htm<br />
Cameron Reed<br />
I’ve never been much of a person for theory work<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> Engineering Fabrication<br />
student Cameron Reed has struck gold. In<br />
September 1998 he won the prestigious<br />
gold medal in the Melbourne Regional<br />
Work Skill welding competition, <strong>and</strong> will<br />
go on to the national competition in<br />
March. This is a three-day event<br />
organised as part of the national<br />
Engineering Expo.<br />
Melbourne-born Cameron is a third year<br />
apprentice boilermaker at Kvaerner<br />
Process Systems in Bayswater, part of<br />
the multinational Kvaerner Group, making<br />
gas processing equipment.<br />
He started his apprenticeship in January<br />
1996, when he was 17. Kvaerner had had<br />
several other apprentices go through the<br />
Certificate in Engineering Fabrication<br />
course at <strong>Swinburne</strong>’s Hawthorn campus,<br />
<strong>and</strong> felt that the program was well<br />
designed to coincide with what they did.<br />
Cameron completed the course by<br />
spending one day a week at <strong>Swinburne</strong>.<br />
‘The course teaches you welding <strong>and</strong><br />
fabrication techniques – I’ve got four<br />
welding tickets for different processes –<br />
plus occupational health <strong>and</strong> safety <strong>and</strong><br />
so on. The practical work was OK, but<br />
I’ve never been much of a person for<br />
theory work, so that was a bit harder. The<br />
Certificate in Engineering Fabrication<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> staff were very good <strong>and</strong> I<br />
was able to go over a lot of my school<br />
work in my workplace.’<br />
‘The facilities at <strong>Swinburne</strong> in the new<br />
buildings are really good – they have a lot<br />
of machinery so you get a good go.’<br />
Outside work Cameron is a busy man. He<br />
is a champion speedway racer, starting<br />
when he was only twelve <strong>and</strong> building his<br />
own car when he was sixteen. From<br />
September to June weekend race<br />
meetings can see him travelling from<br />
Broken Hill to Mildura to Bairnsdale. He<br />
also spends time trailbike riding, camping<br />
<strong>and</strong> making working quarter-scale<br />
models of steam traction engines.<br />
Cameron has one year to go to complete<br />
his apprenticeship <strong>and</strong> become a<br />
qualified boilermaker <strong>and</strong> welder. He is<br />
interested in the possibility of a more<br />
specialised job offshore, on the oil rigs, or<br />
in the gas fields. But that’s a way off. For<br />
the moment he has more medals to win.<br />
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