Determine fire risks

Description

Evaluate buildings, housing complexes, public places, and sites in order to discover fire risks.

Alternative labels

determine fire risk
monitor fire risks
assess fire risks
measure fire risks
identify fire risks
determining fire risk
evaluate fire risks
determining fire risks

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

cross-sector

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Determine fire risks is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Optional skill

Determine fire risks is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Construction safety manager: Construction safety managers inspect, enforce and control health and safety measures at construction sites. They also manage workplace accidents and take action to make sure that safety policies are correctly implemented.
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.

Construction safety inspector: Construction safety inspectors monitor construction sites and their conformity to health and safety regulations. They perform inspections, identify safety hazards and report on their findings.
Health and safety engineer: Health and safety engineers design objects and programs by combining engineering principles and health and safety requirements. They envision the protection and well-being of the people using designed objects or performing work under designed health and safety programs. They assess facilities and the risks that they might pose (e.g. contaminant materials, ergonomics, handling of dangerous substances, etc.) in order to design and improve health and safety measures.
Fire safety tester: Fire safety testers conduct a variety of tests on materials such as building, transportation and textiles materials, as well as on fire prevention and fire fighting systems. They measures, among other things, the flame resistance and behaviour of materials under extreme circumstances.

 


 

References

  1. Determine fire risks – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022