SFJ Awards Approved Centre
In April, the RSA Academy completed the first and vital stage of its intention to become the training provider uniquely focussed on serving the needs of the residential and domestic sprinkler industry.
SFJ Awards has confirmed that the RSA Academy is now an SFJ Awards Approved Centre. As a result, the RSA can offer a unique and dedicated programme of residential and domestic sprinkler installer training through the RSA Academy.
The RSA Academy will deliver the SFJ Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fire Sprinkler Installation (Domestic & Residential)
This qualification is aimed at both individuals who are newly employed in the fire sprinkler industry specialising in the residential and domestic sector as well as being able to confirm the competence of those experienced installers employed within the sector through an experienced worker route which recognises prior learning ie existing RSA Installer Certificate holders.
This nationally recognised qualification has been specially designed by the residential and domestic sector to serve the residential and domestic sprinkler industry, it will be delivered and assessed by qualified tutors and assessors who have many years of practical and professional experience in the residential and domestic sprinkler industry.
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Priority will be given to members wishing to book onto the course. Non-members of the RSA must either wait for a space or join…
Join here and reap the benefits of being a member of an association which is totally committed to listening to, working with and providing for the future of the UK’s residential and domestic fire sprinkler industry.
ABOUT… SFJ Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fire Sprinkler Installation (Domestic and Residential)
This qualification is to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to install fire sprinkler systems in domestic and residential settings. This qualification is intended for people employed in the mechanical fire protection sector installing fire sprinklers to develop the knowledge and competences necessary to meet the industry standards for the installation role.
The framework of the qualification will provide sufficient flexibility for the variations in different jobs and locations. All learners must hold a valid Health and Safety CSCS card.
About ... RSA Academy Course
This qualification requires the learner to complete three mandatory units dedicated to domestic & residential fire sprinkler installation, the 3 units are:
- Effective Communication and Working Relationships in the Workplace
- An Introduction to the Fire Sprinkler Industry
- Domestic and Residential Fire Sprinkler Installation.
This course has been designed to require just one day of classroom work followed by the completion of written answers to set questions to confirm knowledge and practical activities in the workplace to confirm competence. All evidence being gathered will create a portfolio of evidence this will be underpinned by professional discussions, question and answer sessions and work products providing the primary assessment method to identify a Pass or Fail outcome to the course. Experience workers will have previous learning recognised which will remove some of the required assessment activities.
Costs:
- £485.00 PP early bird discount available for the 1st 50 learners
- £595.00 PP full price
- £297.00 PP – RSA certified installers route - Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Only existing RSA installer certificate holders are eligible to register for this course.
- £850.00 PP Non Members, currently not running any courses. Please register your interest below.
RSA Academy vision of the future
• Level 3 Certificate in Residential Sprinkler System Design
• Level 3 Award in Commissioning, Servicing and Maintaining Sprinkler Systems
• Building control & inspector online CPD course
• Online H&S course specific for the Residential sector
• Develop online refresher training modules
• Canute hydraulic software training online
ABOUT… the RSA Academy Assessors
The RSA Academy Assessors are all RSA members and residential and sprinkler industry experts, and have demonstrated consistent application of the skills and the current supporting knowledge and understanding in the context of a recent role directly related to the qualification unit(s) they are assessing as a practitioner, trainer or manager. When the assessors are assessing knowledge-based qualifications, they must be occupationally knowledgeable in the sector they are assessing in… The RSA Assessors all possess considerable knowledge and experience within the domestic and residential sprinkler sector.
Assessors gather and judge evidence during normal work activities to determine whether the learner demonstrates their competence against the standards in the qualification unit(s). Competence should be demonstrated at a level appropriate to the qualification
About… Skills for Justice
SFJ Awards is part of the Workforce Development Trust group, together with Skills for Justice, Skills for Health and People 1st International. The Workforce Development Trust is a not-for-profit organisation helping employers to continually improve their workforce through increasing productivity, improving learning solutions and helping to boost the skills for staff across a wide range of industries throughout the UK and internationally. SFJ Awards is an independent Awarding Organisation, regulated by the UK qualifications regulators, including Ofqual, CCEA and Qualifications Wales, to assess, quality assure and certificate learners and employees, helping training providers and employers to continue developing a highly skilled workforce for the future.
Our values are ‘For Skills, For Flexibility and For Jobs’ and our work embodies the core charitable aims of the wider Workforce Development Trust group that ultimately supports better jobs.
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