MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
3rd party fire certification for improved competence journey
» FIRE DOOR Maintenance teams up with Blue Sky for on-site inspections and audits
Fire Door Maintenance ( FDM ) is pleased to announce it has now achieved UKAS 3rd party certification with Bluesky Certification for Fire door inspections .
FDM is the first centre of its kind , operating out of a 3,000ft ² Training Academy at UAP Ltd headquarters , just outside of Manchester ; combining classroom and hands-on experience for installers , inspectors , specifiers , and fire safety specialists and professionals . Doors and components in the new
Training Academy have been provided by Harlow Timber Group , West Port , Latham ’ s Steel Doors , Unity Doors , Permadoor , Strongdor , The Sovereign Group , NSG Group , DoorCo , Rutland , Mann McGowan , Lorient , PDS , and Contactless Check Solutions , IG , GGF , Pilkingtons , Nordan , PWIDF and Specialist Door Solutions .
FDM offers inspections and maintenance of fire doors for clients to complement its course offerings and this latest partnership allows the FDM inspectors to visit clients on site , with the assurance that comes with the Bluesky certification scheme .
Simon Beer , Bluesky Managing Director said : “ Our schemes set out the requirements that you must meet , without specifying how they must be met , allowing our customers flexibility and innovation in the way they operate their businesses .”
Nicola John , FDM ’ s Managing Director , adds : “ At FDM we promote the use of 3rd party schemes to independently check the workforce who are
NEW TRAINING PARTNERSHIP FOR COMPOSITE DOOR FIRE TRAINING carrying out inspections and maintenance on site .
“ We believe this is part of the competence journey of site operatives to be audited regularly to ensure that standards are being met .
“ This innovative approach by BlueSky allows us at FDM to design our inspection programme and records to reflect the changing market and recent legislation .”
FDM achieved the certification on 29th July 2024 following a thorough audit .
Find out more about FDM and its courses at www . fdmltd . co . uk
» ASSOCIATION FOR COMPOSITE Door Manufacturers chooses FDM as official partner
Fire Door Maintenance ( FDM ) is delighted to announce that the Association for Composite Door Manufacturers ( ACDM ) has unanimously voted for FDM to be its training partner . The decision was made at ACDM ’ s recent AGM , and members will now form a training steering group to assist with future course materials to be released later this year .
FDM opened the doors to its purposebuilt , 3,000ft ² Training Academy in Bury , Greater Manchester early in 2024 . The centre combines classroom and handson experience for installers , inspectors , specifiers , and fire safety specialists and professionals . Out of the current 22 different types of fire door and component rooms for hands on practical training experience – there is a total of nine composite doors from various manufacturers . FDM currently offers a specific composite door inspection course accredited by GQA .
Nicola John , FDM ’ s Managing Director , who has more than 20 years industry experience , commented : “ FDM was set up to be a training centre by Industry for Industry and to date we have over 30 partners who have supplied products for the learners to get hands on experience whatever course they chose .
“ Because of this , plus the space and scope we have at the training centre , we are able to run a bespoke composite course where learners get to see first-hand how a composite door is engineered .
“ It is important for inspectors , installers and maintainers to learn more about composite doors to keep them up to manufacturing and test standards when in the field .
“ As part of the syllabus , we show test videos to show composite doors burning under test conditions and we explore
test evidence and fields of application in relation to past and present legislation .
“ Training is centred around the legislation , composition , components and manufacturing of composite doors to give the learners increased knowledge .”
Find out more about FDM and its courses at www . fdmltd . co . uk
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