Fire Door Inspection Training – Competency Development
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Course Duration: Approximately 11 hours
This RoSPA-assured Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development training course combines theory and practical training to give you the competency to inspect and certify fire doors.
All training content aligns with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which requires duty holders to inspect fire doors regularly to ensure they’re in safe working order. This course comes with a free e-Checklist, which takes users step-by-step through the fire door inspection process while ensuring it’s recorded.
Approximately 11 hours (3 hours theory + 8 hours practical)
Approval body
RoSPA, CPD, NAFDI
Format
Fully online
Assessment
Multiple choice
Certification
Same-day digital certificate
Certificate Valid For
3 years
Choose Your Training Pathway
Fire Door Inspection
Our Fire Door Inspection course covers relevant fire door inspection theory and procedures. This course is for trainees who want a professional understanding of the fire door inspection process.
What you get with Fire Door Inspection:
Gain awareness of the pass/fail criteria for fire doors during inspection
Understand fire door components and how they relate to fire safety
Learn the inspection procedures for different types of fire doors
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development combines theory and skills progression. This enhanced version of the course is for trainees who want to develop and prove competency.
What you get with Competency Development:
Develop practical abilities through a series of hands-on assessments
Verify your job-ready skills with assessments marked by fire safety experts
Prove your competency to inspect and certify fire doors to an approved standard
Testing, Assessment and Certification of Fire Doors
Why Fire Doors are Necessary
Types of Fire Doors
Frame and Leaf
Door Seals
Door Gaps
Door Hinges
Door Closing and Opening
Glazing
Other Features
Inspection Preparation
Door Identification
Inspecting a Fire Door
Steel Fire Doors
Composite Fire Doors
Steel Shutter Doors
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development
Three Modules
Approximately 11 hours (3 hours theory + 8 hours practical)
How the Competency Development Course Combines Theory + Practical
You complete all Fire Door Inspection theory modules to develop the necessary understanding of fire door inspections.
You apply your knowledge in a series of practical assessments that build and demonstrate job-ready skills. The assessments require you to record videos of yourself completing each step of a fire door inspection and upload the footage to the Human Focus app or system.
An independent fire safety expert reviews your practical assessments and provides feedback.
Once you’ve built sufficient evidence of your practical work, the fire safety expert will sign off on your skills and you’ll receive your Competency Development Qualification.
This is a really easy way for you to prove your ability to inspect fire doors to an approved standard – all reviewed by an independent fire safety expert.
What You Will Learn
Fire door regulations and legal requirements
Components of a fire door and how they relate to fire safety
Why fire doors fail and the consequences of failure
Pass/fail criteria for fire doors during inspection
Inspection procedures for different types of fire doors
How to conduct a full fire door inspection, reviewed by a fire safety expert
Available in 13 Languages
Course subtitles are available in multiple languages, including:
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development gives you access to a certificate of inspection template, which can be used to give building managers or employers evidence their fire doors have passed inspection.
You can also use the template to create custom certificates specific to your business or organisation.
Note – this offer is for one certificate of inspection template per trainee who completes Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development
Fire Door Inspection e-Checklist
Both versions of the Fire Door Inspection course come with a free e-Checklist to support your fire door inspections.
The e-Checklist lets you:
Evidence each step of the inspection and its outcome
Digitally record multiple inspections
Easily organise and access digital records with QR code functionality
Note – this offer is for one fire door inspection e-Checklist licence per trainee who completes Fire Door Inspection or Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development.
Terms and conditions apply – access to this e-Checklist is for 12 months from purchase.
Customer Feedback
Why is Fire Door Inspection Training Important?
Fire doors are a critical part of every building’s fire safety. They provide passive fire protection in an emergency and limit the spread of smoke and flames, creating safe evacuation and access routes.
Despite their importance, fire doors are routinely neglected by fire safety duty holders. A survey conducted by the Fire Door Inspection Scheme found that 75% of fire doors failed their inspections, meaning they would be unable to function properly in a fire emergency.
Evidence such as this highlights why inspections are vital. Faults can occur at every stage of a fire door’s lifecycle – from manufacture to installation – and these faults are easily overlooked during ‘tick box’ inspections or those carried out by untrained individuals.
Having a fire door in place is not enough to protect people and property. Regular inspection by competent individuals is essential to make sure it will work in an emergency.
About Fire Door Inspection Training
Fire doors must be inspected regularly to ensure they are adequately maintained. Anyone who wants to inspect and certify fire doors must be competent. This means they have suitable skills, knowledge and training to do the job.
Fire Door Inspection
Our Fire Door Inspection course covers theory only and awards trainees with a RoSPA-assured certificate that proves an in-depth understanding of fire door inspections. The certificate doesn’t demonstrate your ability to apply your knowledge, however.
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development
Our Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development course combines theory and skills progression in one programme. Trainees complete all Fire Door Inspection modules before applying their knowledge in a series of practical assessments marked by a fire safety expert. Passing all assessments awards trainees a RoSPA-assured certificate as well as an additional Competency Development Qualification verified by an independent fire safety expert and certified by CPD. This level of qualification proves your competency to inspect fire doors at an approved standard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fire Door Inspection training gives users a professional understanding of fire door inspections. This level of training does not prove competency, however.
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development lets anyone responsible for fire door inspections develop and demonstrate their competency to inspect fire doors.
Yes. As long as you can prove you have knowledge at the required depth, you can purchase the additional Competency Development modules and assessments separately. Speak to our sales team for more information.
Fire Door Inspection is assured by RoSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents).
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development is approved by CPD (The Continuing Professional Development Certification Service). The practical assessments are verified by an independent fire safety expert.
Fire Door Inspection takes around 3 hours to complete.
Fire Door Inspection – Competency Development takes around 11 hours to complete in total. This time includes the 3 hours needed to complete the theory modules plus an additional 8 hours for the practical assessments.
You can learn whenever you want from anywhere with internet access, so the actual time taken to complete will vary depending on internet connection speeds, pace of study and assessment turnaround time.
No. It takes around 8 hours to complete all of them, but you can attempt each individually whenever you feel ready. You have up to 12 months from your enrolment date to submit all of your practical assessments.
Each submission is reviewed by an independent fire safety expert. The expert will either confirm you’ve demonstrated the necessary competency level or provide personalised feedback to help you close any skill gaps and meet the required standard.
You can retake and submit required skills evidence as many times as you wish within the 12-month qualification period. But the vast majority of trainees pass within the required period, particularly as they receive the necessary coaching.
No. Fire Door Inspection courses are structured so that everyone completes the full theory training, which requires no previous experience.
If you go on to complete the Competency Development Qualification, you then apply your theoretical knowledge in a series of practical assessments.
All training is completed remotely. For the theory modules, all you need is a device connected to the internet.
Practical assessments require a smart device with a camera. You’ll need to record yourself completing each assessment and upload the footage to the Human Focus system or app for verification.
Fire Door Inspection training certificates prove you have the necessary understanding of fire door inspection theory. Provided you can also evidence relevant industry experience, this certificate may be enough to demonstrate your competency in inspecting fire doors.
The Competency Development Qualification proves you have both the necessary understanding of fire door inspections and job-ready skills. The practical assessments build evidence of your hands-on abilities and give you a straightforward way to prove your competency in fire door inspection.
Fire Door Inspection certificates are available for download after completing the final theory assessment.
Competency Development Qualifications are available for download after all theory and practical assessments have been submitted and passed.
Qualifications are valid for three years. After this point, it’s recommended you repeat any health and safety training to ensure your knowledge and skills stay up to date with current best practice and legislation.
Yes. Discounted rates are available for bulk purchases. Click on ‘Discount’ beneath the ‘Buy Now’ button for more details.
You only get access to the certificate of inspection template after completing all practical assessments included in the Competency Development Qualification. This is because the practical assessments give you a straightforward way to prove your competency to inspect and certify fire doors.
