The Institution of Fire Engineers · RQF Level 3
IFE Level 3 Diploma in Fire Science and Fire Safety
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits56
- Guided learning12 hours
- Units in this qualification7
Awarded by The Institution of Fire Engineers · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The IFE Level 3 Diploma is a vocationally-related qualification in fire science and fire safety. It is intended for individuals working in public services, particularly the fire and rescue service. Learners will study fire engineering science, fire investigation, aviation fire operations, and leadership and management.
These are the units The Institution of Fire Engineers registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Aviation Fire OperationsReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the specific hazards associated with aviation fires.
- Describe the different types of aircraft and their construction materials in relation to fire safety.
- Explain the procedures for responding to aircraft fires and emergencies.
- Understand the use of specialised firefighting equipment and techniques for aviation fires.
- Describe the importance of coordination and communication during aviation fire operations.
Fire Engineering ScienceReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of fire engineering science.
- Describe the properties of materials in relation to fire behaviour.
- Explain the principles of fire dynamics and fire growth.
- Understand the principles of fire suppression and control.
- Explain the different types of fire protection systems.
Fire InvestigationReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and procedures of fire investigation.
- Describe the methods used to determine the origin and cause of a fire.
- Explain the importance of evidence preservation in fire investigation.
- Understand the legal and ethical considerations in fire investigation.
- Describe the role of different agencies involved in fire investigation.
Fire SafetyReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of fire safety
- Know the relevant legislation relating to fire safety
- Understand fire risk assessment procedures
- Understand fire prevention measures
- Understand fire detection and alarm systems
- Understand fire suppression systems
- Understand emergency evacuation procedures
- Conduct a basic fire safety inspection
Fire Service Operations and Incident CommandReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of fire service operations
- Understand the principles of incident command
- Know the legal and organisational requirements relating to fire service operations
- Know the legal and organisational requirements relating to incident command
- Understand the procedures for effective communication during fire service operations
- Understand the procedures for effective communication during incident command
- Apply operational procedures in a simulated fire service environment
- Apply incident command procedures in a simulated fire service environment
Fire Service Operations and Incident Command - InternationalReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of fire service operations in an international context
- Understand the principles of incident command in an international context
- Know the legal and organisational requirements relating to fire service operations internationally
- Know the legal and organisational requirements relating to incident command internationally
- Understand the procedures for effective communication during fire service operations internationally
- Understand the procedures for effective communication during incident command internationally
- Apply operational procedures in a simulated international fire service environment
- Apply incident command procedures in a simulated international fire service environment
Leadership and Management in Fire and RescueReal unit · The Institution of Fire Engineers
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of leadership within a fire and rescue service
- Understand the principles of management within a fire and rescue service
- Know the different leadership styles and their application in fire and rescue
- Know the different management styles and their application in fire and rescue
- Understand how to motivate and support team members
- Understand how to manage conflict within a team
- Apply leadership skills in a simulated fire and rescue environment
- Apply management skills in a simulated fire and rescue environment
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
Where this can lead
Fire Safety Coordinator
Your journey starts here, learning the fundamentals. But the path ahead is wide open, with opportunities to specialise, lead teams, or even shape the safety strategy for an entire organisation. We're committed to helping you build a fulfilling career in this vital field.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to understand aviation fire operations. Learners will explore hazards associated with aviation fires, aircraft types and construction materials relevant to fire safety, procedures for responding to aircraft fires and emergencies, and the use of specialised firefighting equipment.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for IFE Level 3 Diploma in Fire Science and Fire Safety
7 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by The Institution of Fire Engineers.
- Aviation Fire Operations
- Fire Engineering Science
- Fire Investigation
- Fire Safety
- Fire Service Operations and Incident Command
- Fire Service Operations and Incident Command - International
and 1 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.