Fire Warden

About this course

The Fire Warden course provides participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the role of a Warden within an Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) structure. This course complies with the Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 and the Australian Standard (AS) 3745 2010 Planning for emergencies in facilities.

Participants will learn all aspects of emergency preparedness and understand human behaviours during emergencies to assess risk and effectively plan for all types of emergencies in the workplace.

Students will gain the skills and knowledge required to carry out:

  • Workplace reporting
  • Responding to the emergency, including raising the alarm
  • Varied workplace emergency responses.
  • Fire principles include fire triangle, classes of fires
  • Fire extinguisher training (including fire blankets) including types of extinguishers, maintenance and inspection, practical/simulated scenarios and spill kits (optional).
  • The emergency management plan and the roles/responsibilities and identification of the emergency control organisation
  • Facilitate the emergency management plan
  • Evacuation coordination
  • Post–evacuation activities
  • Practical evacuation scenarios

Units of competency

Upon completion of this course, the following unit(s) will be issued by ABC Licence Training Pty LTD – RTO 3399

To view full unit details please visit www.training.gov.au.

Course Details

Course delivery

This course is offered as a face-to-face course. Pre-course learning is required.

Course duration​

Face to face minimum duration is 1 day (8 hours).

Pre-requisites​

There are no formal prerequisite units required for entry into this course. Learners will require English language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) skills.

Training requirements​

Face to face training consists of theory presentations and range of practical learning activities and scenarios.

Assessment requirements​

Assessment activities will include a knowledge test and practical assessments including health and safety requirements, identifying hazards, the completion of reports, and a range of checklists relevant to the outcomes of the course. Students will also complete scenarios in a simulated environment which will include managing a small chemical spill and containing a small fire.

Course renewal requirements​

There is no renewal recommendation set by the industry for this course.

Course fees, payments and refunds

Information can be found in the Student Handbook on the ABC Student Resources page.

Student, support, complaints and appeals​

Information can be found in the Student Handbook on the ABC Student Resources page.

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