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BEng (Hons)

Fire Engineering

Fire Safety Engineer - Level 6

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

4 Years

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

Aiming for a senior role in fire safety? This could be the course for you. Fire Engineering impacts on all our lives whether we realise it or not. Find out more on our BEng (Hons) Fire Engineering degree apprenticeship.

A practical course that focuses on fire in the context of buildings and infrastructure, the technology for predicting fires, and designs for fire safety.

Fire and fire safety are key issues in building, infrastructure design and high-hazard industries. Our programme was developed in consultation with employers and professional bodies. Because of our established research base, the content is current and relevant.

The application of fire engineering in the real world is multidisciplinary and so is our course. You’ll carry out project work, liaising between fire engineers and other members of the design and management teams.

Why study with us

You’ll be working with fire safety engineering companies, all with the aim of boosting your engineering skills when you graduate.
You’ll be tutored by world-class academics with both industry and research experience.
Benefit from the latest high-quality equipment and facilities available in our new £35m Engineering Innovation Centre.

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Why choose a Degree Apprenticeship?

With a Degree Apprenticeship you get a great qualification and a career boost. It’s the perfect opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge through work-based learning, as you earn.

You’ll grow and nurture your talent through the businesses we collaborate with to offer a Degree Apprenticeship through us.

Who is this course for?

We are looking for motivated, high-calibre students. Those who are looking to develop skills, knowledge and exposure required by today’s industries.

Fire Engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles, Codes and guidance, understanding fire development and the effects of fire. The interaction of fire with buildings, people and the environment.

What you'll do

You will have hands on practical experience throughout the course. You'll also meet with industrial representatives, giving you a real-life aspect to the course.
Our Engineering Innovation Centre enables you to work on real-world projects with commercial partners in state-of-the-art facilities.
This course will equip you with a thorough understanding of fire engineering principles and practices. You will have access to a state-of-the-art laboratory and industry relevant software.

Module overview

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

During your studies with us you’ll benefit from our new £35 million EIC building which provides an integrated teaching space in state-of-the-art facilities.

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Future careers and job roles

As a Fire Engineering graduate, you’ll be able to enter many roles within the fire industry. You'll be able to work with:

Fire engineering companies
Fire safety engineering consultants
Fire safety officers within fire and rescue services or the wider public sector.

All apprentices sit an independent end-point assessment (EPA), assessing all the knowledge, skills and behaviours you’ve learnt throughout your apprenticeship.

It’s taken at the very end of the on-programme phase of training when your employer, or in some cases your training provider, is satisfied that you meet the “gateway” criteria to take the assessment.

End-point-assessments are graded and you’ll get an apprenticeship certificate after you’ve successfully completed your EPA. It’s a test that’s valued by current and future employers.

The University has many learning resources both on and off campus – including online access to other libraries and information services (which may be closer to you) through schemes such as Sconul Access and an Inter-Library Loans Service.

There’s also an information skills training programme, IT help and advice from LIS Customer Support.

And you’ll be able to remotely link to the university’s network account, the library's electronic resources and some core software applications.

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Information for employers

An apprentice is employed to do a real job while studying for a formal qualification.

This course meets Apprenticeship Standards and your apprentice will have the knowledge and skills to either succeed in their chosen career or progress to the next apprenticeship level.

Apprentices follow an approved study programme, which means they’ll gain a nationally-recognised qualification at the end of their apprenticeship.

They’ll study a broad range of skills and knowledge that can be applied to their professional practice.

This course provides an introduction to chemistry, and the fundamentals of combustion. An introduction to the legal systems relevant to the fire industry. Hands on practical analysis of the behaviour of materials in fire. Establishing fundamental mathematical skills. In the final year engineering design skills, critical thinking and problem solving will be developed.

Benefits to the employer

Successful graduates will have an increased ability and skill set within the sector, and enhance a company’s reputation with external consumers, through investing in their own workforce.
Apprenticeships can provide a way to develop your business and the leaders of tomorrow, while creating a more motivated and productive workforce.
Apprenticeships can provide a way to succession plan, enabling specific skill sets to be retained within your business.

This course is based in the School of Engineering located in the Faculty of Science and Technology

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at the University of Central Lancashire on our student contract page

Fire Engineering

Why study with us

Why choose a Degree Apprenticeship?

Who is this course for?

What you'll do

Module overview

Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

View the course facilities

Future careers and job roles

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Fees and funding

Learning and end point assessment

Information for employers

Benefits to the employer

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