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Fire safety engineer

Level 6 · DegreeConstruction and the built environment 5 yr typical
About this apprenticeship

What it involves

A Fire Safety Engineer apprenticeship is a degree-level professional qualification training you to apply engineering principles to analyse fire risks in complex buildings and design fire safety solutions beyond prescriptive codes. You will use fire modelling, structural fire analysis, and human behaviour science to ensure that large or unusual buildings achieve the required levels of life safety and property protection. This standard prepares you for chartered engineering status and senior professional roles in the built environment.

On the job

What you’ll learn

Fire dynamics, smoke movement, and fire modelling techniques
Structural response to fire and material behaviour
Performance-based fire safety design and codes
Human behaviour and evacuation modelling
Fire safety engineering project management
Relevant legislation, approved documents, and British Standards
Technical report writing and presenting to stakeholders
On the job

What you’ll do day to day

Conduct fire engineering assessments for complex or novel buildings
Apply computational fire and evacuation modelling tools
Design or review fire safety strategies and systems
Advise design teams on fire safety during construction projects
Liaise with building control, fire authorities, and clients
Prepare detailed technical fire engineering reports
Contribute to research and development in fire safety
The deal

How this apprenticeship works

You earn a wage from day one. You are a paid employee, not a student. There are no tuition fees - the training is funded by your employer and the government.
About 20% is “off-the-job” training. Roughly a day a week is spent learning away from your normal duties - at a college, training provider, or online - working towards a recognised qualification.
It ends with an end-point assessment (EPA). Near the end, an independent assessor checks you can do the job to the national standard - through tests, a project, a portfolio or an interview. Pass it and you are fully qualified.
How to get there

What you need to start

Level 6 (Degree) - roughly Bachelor’s-degree level. Usually needs A-levels or a Level 3 qualification (employers set UCAS-point targets). You earn a full degree while you work - with no tuition fees to pay.
What’s next: Leads into professional roles, sometimes with a Level 7 (Master’s) apprenticeship after.

Entry requirements are set by each employer and can vary - always check the specific vacancy.

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