Skills
Protect Self and Others
- Comply with acts, regulations, codes, standards, and directives
- Utilize personal protective equipment
- Maintain personal protective equipment
- Maintain safe workplace
- Control hazards and hazardous conditions, equipment and materials
- Manually move equipment, supplies, and components
- Employ simple first aid relating to illness and occupational injury
- Report injuries to supervisor and first- aid personnel
- Respond to audio and visual alarms
- Follow company and worksite fire emergency procedures
- Handle hazardous/toxic materials
- Assess worksite conditions
- Apply confined space and exit procedures
- Perform lockout, tagging and hold- off procedures
- Manage personal health
Communicate in the Workplace
- Communicate orally
- Communicate in writing
- Communicate graphically
- Communicate by computer
- Communicate by mechanical and electronic devices
- Communicate by hand signals
- Build and maintain interpersonal relationships
- Practice customer relations (internal and external)
- Present a professional image
- Mentor co-workers
Rig, Hoist, Lift, and Handle Materials
- Plan rig layout Select rigging equipment and components
- Utilize rigging equipment and components
- Maintain rigging equipment and components
- Disassemble rigging equipment and components
- Select hoisting and lifting equipment and components
- Utilize hoisting and lifting equipment and components
- Secure hoisting and lifting equipment and components
- Maintain hoisting and lifting equipment and components
- Disassemble hoisting and lifting equipment and components
- Calculate the weight of the load to be lifted
- Coordinate loading and off-loading operations
Plan and Prepare for Installations
- Obtain project drawings
- Review project drawings
- Correlate information from drawings
- Assess job site conditions
- Estimate material, labour, and equipment for projects
- Schedule projects
- Prepare as-built drawings
Design Systems
- Verify occupancy classification and design criteria
- Verify water supply source
- Verify system drawings
- Calculate system hydraulic demand
- Obtain approval of working plans and documentation
Utilize Tool and Equipment
- Utilize hand tools and accessories
- Utilize power tools and accessories
- Utilize testing devices
- Select scaffolds and accessories
- Assemble scaffolds and accessories
- Maintain scaffolds and accessories
- Dismantle scaffolds and accessories
- Utilize step and extension ladders
Install Water Supply
- Determine site excavation location
- Prepare site for excavation
- Monitor excavation
- Install private water supply
- Connect to the water supply
- Install underground piping and components
- Install thrust blocks and restraining devices
- Install hydrants and control valves
- Complete installation of water supply
- Supervise backfill operations
Fabricate Fire Protection Systems
- Identify fabrication area
- Organize material for fabrication
- Prepare piping and fittings for site installation
- Fabricate hangers, brackets, and supports
Install Headers, Valves, and Trim
- Verify the underground water supply
- Isolate water supply
- Perform system bleed-off
- Install check, control and drain valves
- Install support and brace headers
- Test fire protection headers and components
Install Fire Protection Systems
- Install clean agent fire suppression system
- Install high and low-pressure carbon dioxide systems
- Install dry and wet chemical systems
- Install standpipe and hose rack systems
- Install wet systems
- Install anti-freeze systems
- Install dry systems
- Install combination dry pipe and pre- action systems
- Install pre-action systems
- Install deluge systems
- Install foam systems
- Install water mist systems
- Install detection systems
Commission Fire Protection Systems
- Commission clean agent fire suppression systems
- Commission high and low-pressure carbon dioxide systems
- Commission dry and wet chemical systems
- Commission standpipe and hose rack systems
- Commission wet systems
- Commission anti-freeze systems
- Commission dry systems
- Commission combination dry pipe and pre-action systems
- Commission pre- action systems Commission deluge systems
- Commission foam systems
- Commission water mist systems
- Commission detection systems
Install Pumps, Drivers, and Controllers
- Verify the water supply
- Select fire pump assembly
- Identify the location of the fire pump installation
- Prepare site location for installation of the fire pump assembly
- Install fire pump assembly
- Install controllers and auxiliary devices
- Install fuel system for diesel drivers
- Install jockey pumps
- Commission fire pump assembly and auxiliary components
Install and Maintain Portable Fire Extinguishers
- Select portable extinguishers
- Install portable extinguishers
- Perform scheduled inspections of extinguishers and components
- Maintain extinguishers and components
Inspect Fire Protection Systems
- Coordinate notification of authorities
- Arm and disarm control panels on fire protection systems
- Inspect clean agent fire suppression systems
- Inspect high and low-pressure carbon dioxide systems
- Inspect dry and wet chemical systems
- Inspect standpipe and hose rack systems
- Inspect wet systems
- Inspect anti-freeze systems Inspect dry systems
- Inspect combination dry pipe and pre- action systems
- Inspect pre- action systems
- Inspect deluge systems
- Inspect foam systems Inspect water mist systems
- Inspect fire pump assembly and auxiliary components
- Inspect water supplies and auxiliary components
Test Fire Protection Systems
- Coordinate notification of authorities
- Disable and enable fire alarm control and releasing panels
- Test clean agent fire suppression systems
- Test high and low- pressure carbon dioxide systems
- Test dry and wet chemical systems
- Test standpipe and hose rack systems
- Test wet systems
- Test anti-freeze systems
- Test dry systems
- Test combination dry pipe and pre- action systems
- Test pre-action systems
- Test deluge systems
- Test foam systems
- Test water mist systems
- Test fire pump assembly and auxiliary components
- Test water supplies and auxiliary components
Maintain Fire Protection Systems
- Maintain clean agent fire suppression systems
- Maintain high and low-pressure carbon dioxide systems
- Maintain dry and wet chemical systems
- Maintain standpipe and hose rack systems
- Maintain wet systems
- Maintain anti- freeze systems
- Maintain dry systems
- Maintain combination dry pipe and pre-action systems
- Maintain pre-action systems
- Maintain deluge systems
- Maintain foam systems
- Maintain mist systems
- Maintain fire pump assembly and auxiliary components
For more information, see Ontario College of Trades Training Standards
