Answer complex product queries relating to fire protection to the structural frame

Sell & distribute | SD002

This activity is about answering complex queries regarding fire protection to the structural frame of buildings. Complex queries are considered to be those where the information required to answer them is not available through product websites or data sheets and other information e.g. details of classification and 3rd party certification needs to be used. This might include explaining the interfaces between products, and providing advice and guidance on which products are suitable for which applications, considering environment, lifetime and structural design.

Culture & behaviour

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Effective working behaviours

You must:

  • Work within limits of own capability and know when to seek advice from others
  • Manage own time effectively
  • Work effectively individually and as part of a team
  • Communicate effectively
  • Undertake personal development activities to maintain currency of competence
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Sales & distribution behaviours

You must:

  • Challenge unsafe behaviours and activities, and report where necessary
  • Work in accordance with quality requirements and challenge where they are not being met
  • Act ethically to ensure safe outcomes
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Leadership behaviours for sales & distribution

You must:

  • Demonstrate effective leadership
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Experience answering complex product queries on fire protection to the structural frame

You must have:

  • 5 instances of correctly answering complex product queries relating to fire protection to the structural frame, per year
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Core passive fire knowledge

You must:

  • Know the importance of passive fire protection in safeguarding buildings and people
    • To include: compartmentation; how PFP impedes fire to protect structures and people.
  • Know suitable vocabulary to discuss passive fire protection products
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Using product testing information

You must:

  • Understand how information on system performance can contribute to product selection
    • To include: third party certification, fire test evidence, classification
  • Know how to match products with customer requirements according to accepted / certified use
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Limits of responsibility

You must:

  • Know that you can make a construction product choice, substitution or recommendation, based on published product information
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Finding and interpreting information on protection to the structural frame

You must:

  • Know common materials used to create the structural frame and methods used to protect them
  • Know where to find detailed information on passive fire protection products, relating to protection of the structural frame
  • Know how to interpret detailed information on passive fire protection products used for the protection of the structural frame
    • To include: Characteristics, quality, uses, limitations
  • Know that use categories are specified for structural materials, and how those categories are located and applied
    • To include categories as laid out in the ASFP yellow book
  • Understand where information about interfaces between structural materials has been provided, and the consequences of interfaces
  • Know organisational processes for highlighting and resolving inaccurate or incomplete product information and why it is important that they are followed
  • Understand the impact of getting information wrong
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Collect information on customer requirements

You must:

  • Know the organisational processes for escalating queries and why it is important that they are followed
  • Understand that queries should be escalated when product don't appear to match stated use cases or performance

You must be able to:

  • Question customers to clarify their needs
  • Collate information on customer requirements
    • To include: where and how the product is to be used, the type of building that the product is to be used in, the environment that the product is to be used in, required performance characteristics
  • Escalate queries where customer requirements cannot be met through existing, published product information
  • Record information according to organisational processes
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Answer complex product queries relating to fire protection to the structural frame

You must be able to:

  • Locate product information for fire protection to the structural frame and interpret against customer requirements
  • Make recommendations for products for fire protection to the structural frame to meet customer requirements, based upon stated product performance

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