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Certificate in Fire Safety

Energy Efficiency Programmes

Certificate in Fire Safety

Fee: €1000

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Certificate in Fire Safety

Programme Information

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Overview

Programme Area: Energy Efficiency
Programme Provider: Atlantic Technological University
Award Type: Postgraduate Certificate
NFQ Level: 9
Duration: 1 Year
Mode of Study: Blended
Programme Type: Flexible & Professional
Location: ATU: Galway City

Energy Efficiency Programmes

Certificate in Fire Safety

Fee: €1000

Access to learning content hosted on Moodle LMS requires PREREGISTRATION with the relevant Programme Provider.

Programme Description

The programme aims to afford advanced experience and training to fulfil, in part, the onerous and challenging roles, duties and responsibilities associated with a limited range of Built Environment Regulations in the Irish Construction Industry.

The master’s degree programme aligns with the Ireland Annual Review 2021 (AECOM, 2021) in that it will exemplify digitisation in the execution of its teaching and learning remit and in the incorporation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) contracts in the Introduction module and within the research modules. It encapsulates carbon reduction requirements in the modules relating to the building fabric, building structure, energy conservation, services and ventilation. It incorporates modern methods of construction, particularly in the Part A module, and it provides a ‘route to a resilient tomorrow’ for built environment practitioners, building control and for anyone performing a regulatory role or roles under the Built Control Act (Government of Ireland, 1990).

Looking to the future, the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill (Department of the Environment Climate and Communications, 2021) will consolidate emphasis on regulation compliance in the context of a more future-proof, transformed economy. Circular economy investigations are introduced in the context of building structures and building fabric on the master’s degree programme.

These programmes have been developed with support from the HCI 3 funded DASBE project.

Energy Efficiency Programmes

Certificate in Fire Safety

Fee: €1000

Access to learning content hosted on Moodle LMS requires PREREGISTRATION with the relevant Programme Provider.

Entry Requirements

Candidates must hold a cognate level 8 Bachelor (Hons) degree with a minimum grade classification of H2.2 or equivalent, in an appropriate Built Environment undergraduate programme or equivalent. Candidates who do not meet the H2.2 performance standard in a Level 8 award will be required to pass a qualifying assignment at an H2.2 performance standard as established by the Programme Board for the programme in question and as approved by the Registrar.

In accordance with ATU policy recognition of prior learning can be used to gain access to or exemption from this programme. ATU is committed to the principles of transparency, equity, and fairness in recognition of prior learning (RPL) and to the principle of valuing all learning regardless of the mode or place of its acquisition. Recognition of Prior Learning may be used to:

Gain access or advanced entry to a programme at Stage 2 or higher, subject to available places. (Stage 1 entry through CAO)
Gain credits and exemptions from programme modules after admission
In award years RPL will be considered, to a 50% maximum (30 credits)

Academic Code of Practice No. 6 outlines the policies and procedures for the Recognition of Prior Learning. Guidance for applicants is provided on myexperience.ie .The programme board will be expecting mapping equivalencies to the QQI Awards standard at level 8.

English Language Requirements will be as determined by ATU and as published in the Access, Transfer and Progression code. Further details on English language requirements are available here.

Programme Provider Information

For point of contact and further application information in relation to this programme, please contact the registering provider, Atlantic Technological University

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Additional Information

DASBE-Funded Opportunity

This is a DASBE funded programme. To be eligible for DASBE funding support, you must be resident in Ireland. For further information on DASBE funding eligibility and requirements, please contact the programme provider or consult the DASBE project's Funding page through the below link. The DASBE funding support will be reviewed annually and will run until 2024.

DASBE Funding Information

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Time Commitment

The programme will run during term time and will honour the normal campus breaks for students during the Christmas, Easter, and Summer Holidays. Self-directed learning, assessments and project work will be expected to be completed in addition to the timetabled contact hours. The on-campus delivery may be on Saturdays.

Minimum average of 3-6 hours per week time commitment.

Additional Information

This is offered as a stand alone Certificate as well as an embedded minor award in the MSc in Built Environment Regulation, and the Post Graduate Diploma in Science in the Built Environment Regulation.

It will be particularly beneficial to new entrant graduates who have recently entered the work force in the last one to three years. It will also be beneficial to lifelong learners and more experienced professionals as Continuing Professional Development, up-skilling, retraining, and as a refresher course. Furthermore, the programme can be undertaken on a module-by-module basis, if so desired, by accumulating credits.

It will also be possible to complete the Certificate and/or Postgraduate Diploma and/or MSc in Built Environment Regulation at some point in the future. This flexibility is designed to accommodate an adult working population. The difference between this qualification and the Masters, Postgraduate Diploma, and Certificate in Built Environment Regulation is that there is no research capstone module requirement and only Fire Safety Technical Guidance Documents, along with the relevant Irish and/or British Standards for Fire Safety are covered in the syllabus.

Students take this course as part-time (1 year).

The programme is CABE accredited.

For more information see the programme brochure.

Energy Efficiency Programmes