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Fife Council is committed to creating employment and training opportunities for the young people of Fife. This traineeship role, funded through the Workforce Youth Investment programme, is part of this commitment.
A traineeship provides the opportunity to gain a professional qualification while learning both on and off-the-job, ensuring a balanced development of skills, abilities, and knowledge.
As a Fire Safety Adviser, you will collaborate with various departments to ensure the safety of buildings across Fife for residents, employees, and visitors. You will work within the Health, Safety & People Analytics team based in HR, reporting to the Fire Safety Consultant. Your responsibilities include providing fire safety advice, conducting fire risk assessments, training, and audits across all Council Services.
During your work and training, both in-house and through your course studies, you will develop the skills, attributes, knowledge, and understanding necessary for the role. This includes fire safety risk assessments, incident investigations, general inquiries, fire safety improvement projects, committee participation, and training delivery to diverse audiences.
We have adopted a blended workstyle approach, which includes office days and homeworking.
Responsibilities
* Conduct fire safety risk assessments and audits
* Investigate incidents and provide advice
* Participate in fire safety improvement projects
* Interpret relevant legislation into plain English
* Attend and contribute to committees and working groups
* Develop skills to deliver training to various audiences
* Shadow colleagues across departments such as Construction, Transportation, Health and Social Care, Education, Housing, etc.
By the end of the Traineeship, you will have in-depth knowledge of fire safety, broad health and safety experience, and at least three years of practical experience.
The Person
This opportunity is restricted to applicants who currently reside in Fife and are aged between 20 and 24 at the time of interview.
During the traineeship, you will undertake accredited Fire Risk Assessor training and the NEBOSH National General Certificate. The program requires a commitment to residential courses and on-the-job training over three years, demanding maturity and dedication.
Key qualities include enthusiasm, good communication, IT, and report-writing skills, and education to SCQF Level 6 (minimum two Highers, including English).
You should be self-motivated, able to work independently, visit premises alone, and manage your workload. Willingness to study and learn technical information is essential.
A reasonable level of physical fitness and mobility is necessary for inspecting buildings and carrying equipment, including walking around and inside premises.
For further information, please contact Paul MacKay.
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