Post Graduate Diploma in Fire and Safety | Advance Diploma in Fire and Safety

Advance Diploma in Fire Safety Management provides excellent opportunity for those seeking exciting career in fire safety and industrial safety management in India and abroad. Industries and government have taken fire and safety management seriously and have done adequate measures to meet the safety compliance to safeguard people and environment

Significance of Advance Diploma in Fire and Industrial Safety Management

The Advance Diploma in Fire and Industrial Safety Management certification program enhances practical knowledge and working skills of students with respect to risk management techniques, general safety measures, standard health and wellbeing of workers and preventive control measures to avoid major disasters and losses in future. The role of workplace safety managers has become more significant these days due to increase in number of workplace accidents and injuries. Hence with the help of relevant safety techniques and efficient management system it is important to protect workers and secure workplaces. Our training envisages participants to groom them to expert level and can be employed as safety officers in any kind of industrial surrounding.

Eligibility: Degree ( Any Branch)/ Equivalent
Duration One years

CAREER OPPERTUNITIES

Airport’s fire dept.,
fire safety equipment manufacturing companies
hotels
resorts
oil companies
chemical plants
Construction Company

Job Roles

Fire and safety officer
Fire and Safety Supervisor
Safety and hazard consultant

SYLLABUS:

Fire Engineering

Unit-I: Basic Chemistry and physics of fire, Chemical reaction, Exothermic reaction and endothermic reaction, Transmission of heat, Flash and fire point, Ignition temperature, Flammables and combustible chemicals, Spontaneous combustion, Triangle of combustion, Tetrahedron fire, Spread of fire
Unit II: Classification of fire, General Causes of fire, types of fire extinguishers. Major appliances and special installations, Fire crash tender, Safety in storage of flammable and explosive materials & transportation / Handling,
Unit-III: Types of hose and its Characteristics, Pumps, primers, tenders and water relay, Introduction, definition, Different types of pumps, Different types of primers, Working principle of various pumps primers, Maintenance and trouble shooting, Testing of pumps, Advantages and disadvantages,
Unit-IV: Fire alarms and sirens – maintenance of fire trucks – foam generators – escape from fire rescue operations –fire drills –first aid for burns. SCBA and foam making equipment,
Unit-V: Fixed fire fighting installations using water, Hydrant or fire water system, Classification of hydrant system, Sprinkling system, Special fires and fire fighting, Air craft fire, Ships fire.

Safety Management

Unit–I: Introduction to Management and Management Principles, Safety Management Role – Managerial Responsibilities, Principles of Management.
Unit–II: Planning for safety, purpose, procedure, variety forms of plans, safety policy, planning for process implementation, communication importance. Organizing Safety Training.
Unit–III: Organizing for safety – Nature and principles organization structure of safety, role of safety officer, functions in safety department, leadership methods, Safety Inspections. , Surveys.
Unit–IV: Motivation to the employees – importance, safety education and training-training methods, assessment or evaluation of training programs. Hazard Identification Techniques and Risk Assessment.
Unit–V: Safety committee-structure and functions, Auditing – types, procedures, key elements of audit, emergency planning – types and importance.

Safety in Construction

Unit–I: Introduction to Construction Safety, Excavation – types, hazards involved safety measures, check lists, piling, and concreting, safe means of access.
Unit–II: Introduction to Fabrication yard – hot works hazards associated and safe measures for the following jobs (welding, drilling, grinding, gas cutting and sand blasting).
Unit–III: Introduction to work at height – Advantages and disadvantages, scaffold erection – types, hazards involved, safe measures whole working, ladder construction – types, hazards involved, safe measures. Safety in use of Hoists, Derricks & Cranes.
Unit–IV: Introduction material handling – manual handling – hazards associated, safe measures, mechanical handling – hazards associated, safe measures, equipment used (Ropes,, chains, hooks, crane and fork lifts etc.). Introduction to Tools – Hand Tools – Risks associated, safe practices, Power Tools – Risks associated, safe practices, care and maintenance, prerequisites.
Unit–V: Occupational Hazards and Diseases relating to construction work. Health and welfare measures – emergency medical measures for construction site-treatment of injuries and rehabilitations.

Safety and the Law

Unit–I: Introduction to National Safety Council (NSC); Introduction to ILO Convention and Recommendations in providing safety; health and welfare of workers.
Unit–II: Factories Act, Chapter – III-Health provisions, Chapter-IV-Safety Provisions, & Chapter-V-Welfare Provisions according to amendment; Case laws and the factories act.
Unit–III: Workmen Compensation Act and Rules; ESI Act and Rules; Contract Labour Act; Employer’s Liability Act; Common Law and Product Safety
Unit–IV: Electricity Act; Indian Explosive Act; Gas Cylinders; Petroleum Act; Statutory provision on Building and other construction works;
Unit–V: Environmental Protection Act; The Water (control of pollution) Act; The Air (Control of Pollution) Act; Noise Pollution Act; Chemical Accidents (Emergency Preparedness, planning and response).

Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health

Unit–I: Definition of Industrial hygiene. Overview of Industrial Hygiene: control methods. Introduction to Occupational Health, Fundamentals Of Occupational Health, Need For Occupational Health & Monitoring, Tips To Improve Occupational Health.
Unit–II: Importance of industrial hygiene and good house keeping, ergonomics – study, community health, yoga for health and stress free life. Introduction to OSHA 18001 – work site analysis.
Unit–III: Occupational related common diseases arise at work site, diseases due to physical hazards, chemical hazards- route of entry to human system, biological etc. Diseases arising from dust and its control measures. community health and safety.
Unit–IV: Legal aspects to control occupation related diseases, medical surveillance and facilities to control diseases, engineering aspects to control occupation related diseases, compensation and rehabilitation.
Unit–V: Work Physiology – Work capacity and man job alignment; Fatigue and rest allowances; Fitness criteria for work diet; psychological effects on human being and its treatment. Fundamentals of first aid. Different types of artificial Respiration.

Safety in Chemical & Petrochemical Industry

Unit-I: Safety in chemical industry, Criteria for siting and layout of chemical plants, Instrumentation for safe plant operations. Hazard in Unit Processes and Unit Operations. Work permit systems – Types of permit with details off each, Personal Protective Equipment, Hazard Analysis.
Unit-II: Recognition of chemical hazards-dust, fumes, mist, vapour, fog, gases, types, concentration, Exposure vs. dose, Use of Material Safety Data Sheets. TLV – Methods of Evaluation,, process or operation description, Field Survey, Sampling methodology..
Unit-III: Handling, storage and usage of high pressure gas cylinders – Risks & precautions. Safety Precautions for working on pipelines, safe entry procedures to confined spaces including pressure vessels.
Unit-IV: Special safety precautionary measures for control of fire and explosion in handling/processing flammable liquids, gases, vapors, mists and dusts etc. BLEVE (Boiling liquids explosion/fighting fires involving pesticides. Fire emergency action plan. Deflagration and detonation.
Unit-V: Inspection techniques for plants, reaction vessels, check list for routine inspection, checklist for specific maintenance and break down. Corrosion and erosion, location, causes, inspection and prevention.