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Fire watch during/after hot works - do fire watchers need formal training ?
are there formal courses?
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Fire watch during/after hot works - do fire watchers need formal training
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Re: Fire watch during/after hot works - do fire watchers need formal training
Hi TWDB, if they are expected to use a fire extinguisher then yes training is required, irrespective, all employees should have some form of basic fire awareness training as a minimum.
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Re: Fire watch during/after hot works - do fire watchers need formal training
Unless you are dealing with specialist situations (i.e. anything where the level of risk from fire is significantly raised and cannot be reduced through other means), I would say that a basic level of training and an understanding of what is expected of them should be adequate.
Obviously if you intend staff to fight the fire and not just raise the alarm, then that training would also be needed.
Obviously if you intend staff to fight the fire and not just raise the alarm, then that training would also be needed.
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we still have to make a study of 'and.'