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2409~~Certificate IV in Environmental
Management
For information on this course please see the Diploma of
Environmental Management.
2 4 0 7 ~ Certificate ~ ~ 1V in Fire
Technology
Course aims and description
The Certificate IV in Fire Technology is designed to
rovide a broad grounding in generic workplace skills and
Rnowledge of fire industry operations covering the
principles of fire behaviour and fire protection.
Career potential
A graduate from the Certificate IV in Fire Technology
would be expected to provide assistance to practitioners in
fire safety, insurance and systems design.
Further studies recognition
Graduates from the Certificate IV in Fire Technology will
be granted seventeen compulsory module exemptions and
may be granted three elective module exemptions in the
Diploma of Fire Technology and the Advanced Diploma of
Fire Technology Management, depending on their
g-, outcome.
g Entry requirements
2 Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following
B competencies:
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3 reading and writing at a level that displays emerging
2. technical knowledge and vocabulary, a developing
" personal style, increasing complexity in language use
and a growing capacity to structure longer pieces of
a work;
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2 ability to participate in extended learning exchanges
- and exploratory discussions to solve problems;
3
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ability to use and analyse everyday data, relation and
pattern, number, measurement and shape.
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g Applicants unable to demonstrate these competencies may
be required to undertake reliminary bridging courses or
g. complete supplementary P earning materials.
Mature-a e applicants, particularly those with experience
in the inkstrv. will be considered favorablv. A~olicanrs
with VCE or higher studies in mathematiciand;iiences
subjects may gain exemption from some modules.
Operational Firefighters who have completed modules
from the . Fire . Services' National Modular Training System
may receive advanced standing.
Safety requirements
Appropriate personal protective equipment is required for
all laboratory subjects.
Course availability and duration
The course may be completed by one year of full-time
stud or approximately two ears part-time study, or a
comgination of both. Modu -l er are subject to availability
and demand.
Day and evening classes are available and off-campus
studies (Fleximode) are also available for some subjects. All
full-time students will undertake field placement as part of
the module Workplace Project.
Fleximode
Fleximode combines traditional correspondence study with
classroom teaching. Course notes are supplied, and the
student completes the work requirements in their own
time but at a predetermined rate. Students are required to
attend scheduled contact days. Additional assistance is also
provided through phone and mail contact with tutors. An
additional fee is charged for each fleximode subject.
Course structure
Students must complete:
(i) eighteen core modules (compulsory 561 hours for all
students);
(ii) and elective modules totalling a minimum of 110 hours.
Core subjects
AAA631 Scientific Spreadsheet Applications
AAA632 Scientific Database Applications
ABD701 Fire Industry Awareness
ABD702 Fire Characteristics
ABD703 Principles of Buildings: Structures and Material
ABD704 Building Plans
ABD705 Fire Protection Systems
ABD706 Fire Hazards in Buildings
ABD707 Hazardous Materials
ABD708 Occupational Health and Safety
ABD709 Mathematics A
ABD710 Workplace Project
NCS004 Work Team Communication
NCS006 Writing Workplace Documents
NMTS1.2* Computer Skills
NMTS3.2 Introduction to Law
NMTS3.09 Workplace Trainer Category 1
Elective modules
1. Fire Safety
ABD711 Human Behaviour in Fire Incidents
ABD712 Building Legislation
NMTS4.ZO'FFire Law
* Subject to accreditation by NFEPN
OR
2. Fire Protection
ABD713 Building Legislation
TEA061
TEA701
Engineering Graphics
Engineering Drawing (Detail)
OR
3. Approved Vocational Modules
An approved vocational module(s) required by the student
in the performance of their work could be considered as
appropriate elective(s). Approval would be granted by the
training provider in conjunction with the industry
reference group (National Fire Education Provider
Network). An application for such approval should include
full documentation of the accreditation, learning outcomes
and assessment methods and criteria for each of the
modules.