Move, handle and store resources

Install | FS001

This activity is about handling, moving and storing the resources required for firestopping, including sheet material, loose material, bagged or wrapped material, fragile material, tools and equipment, components and liquids. This includes checking information relating to storage and movement of materials, following safe and health working practices, selecting and using aids and moving equipment, and moving handling and storing resources.

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

Culture & behaviour
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Effective working behaviours

You must:

  • Work within limits of defined capability and know when to seek advice from others
    • The individual understands what they are competent to do and what they are not competent to do. They seek advice from a supervisor if work they have been asked to do is outside their capability or if they are unsure about how to proceed. They practice the 'responsible no' and do not carry out work that they are not competent to do.
  • Work effectively individually and as part of a team
    • The individual takes responsibility for their own actions and works with the rest of their team to get the job done. They manage their own time effectively, keep their work area clean and tidy, comply with organisational requirements and procedures, and communicate effectively through oral, written or electronic means as appropriate.
  • Undertake defined personal development activities to maintain currency of competence
    • The individual keeps up to date with any personal development activities required, ensuring that their skills, knowledge and experience remain up to date.
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Passive fire protection installation behaviours

You must:

  • Use organisational processes to flag up non-compliant works
    • The individual identifies where work may not be compliant and escalates this to their supervisor
  • Challenge apparently unsafe behaviours and activities, and report where necessary
    • The individual identifies potentially unsafe behaviours or activities, challenging these and bringing these to the attention of supervisors or others where needed. They put health, safety and well-being first.
  • Identify and manage risks to self and others
    • The individual identifies things that pose a risk to themselves or others, takes mitigating actions or escalates any issues to keep everyone safe.
  • Work in accordance with quality requirements and challenge where they are not being met
    • The individual identifies where quality requirements are not or may not be being met and raises this with their supervisor
Currency of competence
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Experience moving, handling and storing resources

You must have:

  • 1 satisfactory instance of moving, handling and storing resources every year
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Safe working practices for ancillary activities

You must:

  • Know the purpose and importance of risk assessment
  • Know what the accident reporting procedures are and who is responsible for making the report
  • Know why and when personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used
  • Know organisational procedures for resolving or reporting problems
  • Know how to protect work from damage, and the purpose of protection being used
  • Know why waste should be disposed of safely and how this is achieved
Specific abilities
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Safe practices for manual handling

You must:

  • Know the types of products used for firestopping
  • Understand the importance of moving, storing and securing firestopping products correctly
  • Know the types of information that you might receive relevant to moving, handling and storing resources, their source, and how they should be interpreted
  • Know where to find information on storage and handling of firestopping products
  • Know where to find information on using and storing lifting aids and equipment
  • Know the uses and limitations of equipment used to move and secure firestopping resources
  • Know why it is important for work to be carried out to time, and why deadlines should be kept
  • Know where to find information on hazards associated with movement and storage of firestopping products
Specific abilities
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Moving, handling and storing resources

You must:

  • Know organisational procedures for moving, handling and storing resources

You must be able to:

  • Check project specification, drawings & verbal information relating to movement, handling and storage of resources, to determine their relevance
  • Follow method statements, risk assessments and work instructions, either verbal or in written format
  • Select equipment for the safe movement, positioning and storage of resources for firestopping
  • Identify appropriate storage locations for firestopping resources
  • Move, position, store and secure resources
    • To include three of the following: sheet material, loose material, bagged or wrapped material, fragile material, tools and equipment, components, liquids.
  • Use and maintain lifting equipment
  • Use required PPE

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

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