CPCSFS5014 — Conduct annual fire systems inspections
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27 assessable components: 3 elements (10 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for annual fire systems inspections.
- 1.1Schedule annual fire systems inspections in a timely manner and in consultation with relevant stakeholders, as required.
- 1.2Obtain and review current building plans and identify and note modifications made to the building since the last inspection.
- 1.3Review and use information regarding the current and historical legislation, codes and standards and fire engineered solutions applicable to fire systems to inform inspection planning.
- 1.4Review and use information regarding the validity of fire systems’ compliance documentation to inform inspection planning.
- 1.5Plan fire systems certification inspections to ensure efficient and comprehensive implementation.
2 Conduct annual fire systems inspections.
- 2.1Inspect and assess each aspect of each fire system for compliance with the applicable current and historical legislation, codes, standards, regulatory requirements and document findings.
- 2.2Assess and record the current performance level of each fire system.
3 Produce annual fire systems inspection reports and communicate findings.
- 3.1Analyse the findings of inspections and identify and record works required to address shortfalls in fire systems’ compliance or performance according to regulatory requirements.
- 3.2Produce and process reports according to regulatory requirements.
- 3.3Communicate the findings of the report to relevant stakeholders according to regulatory requirements, and carefully explain works required to rectify fire systems.
Performance evidence
- preparing for, conducting and reporting on annual fire systems inspections for four types of fire systems in buildings with different construction and modification histories, including: commercial building, factory, residential nursing home, high-rise building.
Knowledge evidence
- auditing processes and protocols
- compliance documentation: fire safety schedules, inspection and testing logbooks, maintenance, repair and replacement documentation
- roles and responsibilities of relevant professional personnel: fire engineer, fire brigade personnel, building surveyor or certifier, persons with regulatory authority, architect, structural engineer, fire systems’ designer
- computer software functions and operation: word processing, spreadsheet, email, internet
- drawings, plans, reports and specifications
- types of buildings, including: low-rise buildings, processing building applications, warehouse buildings under 13.7 m high, warehouse buildings over 13.7 m high, medium-rise buildings, high-rise buildings (over 25 metres), buildings over 50 metres in height
- relevant current and historical legislation, codes and standards: building Acts, building regulations, infrastructure supply regulations, the Building Code of Australia (BCA), National Construction Code (NCC), Australian standards for fire systems, international standards for fire systems, other fire system standards commonly required by building insurers, jurisdictional authorities in addition to the BCA and NCC
- protection requirements for different buildings
- fire systems’ technology and components: water-based systems, including: wet pipe sprinkler systems, deluge and drencher systems, dry pipe sprinkler systems, pre-action sprinkler systems, early suppression fast response (ESFR), hydrants, hose reels and monitors, water supply tanks, fire pump sets, hydrants, hose reels and monitors, water supply tanks, fire pump sets; detection and warning systems: occupant warning systems, emergency warning and intercommunications systems (EWIS), fire detection and alarm systems, smoke control systems, emergency lighting systems; special hazard fire systems: foam systems (low expansion, medium expansion and high expansion), gaseous agent systems (carbon dioxide, inert gas and halocarbon gases), water spray systems (deluge, medium/high velocity water spray and high-speed deluge), chemical powder systems, wet chemical systems
- characteristics and limitations of products and materials used in fire systems and issues relating to material compatibility
- interconnection of fire systems: cause and effect matrix, interface with other services
- passive fire safety elements: identification of passive elements, requirements for safeguarding the integrity of passive fire element performance where penetrations have been made
- basic principles of structural engineering
- characteristics of building materials
- construction industry terminology
- contractual processes
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- CPCSFS5001 — Define scope and hazard level of fire systems design projects
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- CPCSFS5003 — Develop plans and methodology for fire systems design projects
- CPCSFS5005 — Research and evaluate fire system technologies and components
- CPCSFS5006 — Create detailed designs for fire sprinkler systems
- CPCSFS5007 — Create detailed designs for hydrant and hose reel systems
- CPCSFS5008 — Create detailed designs for fire detection and warning systems
- CPCSFS5009 — Create detailed designs for fire systems' water supplies
- CPCSFS5010 — Provide documentation and support for fabrication of fire sprinkler systems
- CPCSFS5011 — Provide design documentation and review and support fire system installation processes
- CPCSFS5013 — Support commissioning processes and finalise fire systems design projects
- CPCSFS5015 — Prepare documentation for annual fire systems inspections
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