How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer SFJ Awards has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and SFJ Awards awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from SFJ Awards.
The Level 3 diploma is designed for individuals working within emergency fire and rescue services. It covers areas such as environmental protection, community education, and incident resolution. Successful completion demonstrates competence in key occupational duties.
These are the units SFJ Awards 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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with SFJ Awards. It does the teaching and the mapping. SFJ Awards sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Inform and educate the community to improve awareness of safety matters Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Provide clear and accurate safety information to the community, using appropriate communication methods
- Give engaging and informative demonstrations in relation to safety matters, promoting awareness and understanding
Protect the environment from the effects of incidents involving hazardous materials Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Implement procedures to minimise damage to the environment resulting from incidents involving hazardous materials
- Demonstrate the ability to decontaminate people and property effectively following exposure to hazardous materials
- Provide appropriate support to people affected by incidents involving hazardous materials, ensuring their well-being and safety
Resolve fire and rescue operational incidents Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Control and extinguish fires effectively
- Conduct a thorough search for life within incident areas
- Rescue individuals involved in operational incidents safely
- Provide effective triage to casualties at the scene of an incident
- Contribute to the resolution of incidents not involving fire or hazardous materials
- Support people affected by an operational incident, providing appropriate assistance and reassurance
Support the effectiveness of fire service activity in response to risks in the community Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Collect comprehensive information on potential risks within the community, using appropriate methods and sources
- Collect detailed information on available resources within the community that can be utilised in response to risks
- Maintain internal resources effectively, ensuring they are readily available and in optimal condition for use in fire service activities
Take responsibility for personal performance and support the development of colleagues Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Take responsibility for managing and improving personal performance, demonstrating commitment to professional development
- Collaborate effectively with others, contributing to a positive and productive working environment
- Develop own skills and knowledge continuously, seeking opportunities for learning and growth
- Support the development of colleagues through mentoring, coaching, and sharing expertise
Understanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of a firefighter Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of the fire and rescue service
- Understand relevant legislation, regulation, guidance and procedures for resolving fire and rescue operational incidents
Understanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of a firefighter Real unit · SFJ Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the diverse roles and responsibilities of the fire and rescue service within the community
- Understand relevant legislation, regulations, guidance, and procedures for resolving fire and rescue operational incidents effectively
- Understand health and safety requirements in the workplace, ensuring a safe working environment
- Understand how to test, use, and maintain operational equipment, resources, and personal protective equipment correctly
- Understand communication methods and protocols in the workplace, facilitating effective teamwork
- Understand fire science and behaviour, enabling informed decision-making during incidents
- Understand responsibilities for protecting the environment from the effects of hazardous materials during incidents
- Understand the components of operational intelligence important for working within the community, enhancing situational awareness
- Understand the requirements for informing and educating the community to improve awareness of safety matters
- Understand the requirements for taking responsibility for personal performance in fire and rescue, promoting continuous improvement
- Understand the requirements for supporting the development of colleagues in fire and rescue, fostering a collaborative environment
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Assist with forest and moorland fire fighting
- Standard
Educate your community to improve awareness of fire and rescue safety matters
- Standard
Protect life and the environment from the effects of hazardous materials
- Standard
Provide specialist advice to control fire and rescue incidents
- Standard
Resolve fire and rescue operational incidents
- Standard
Search for, rescue and support endangered life
- Standard
Support the Development of Colleagues in Fire and Rescue
- Standard
Support the management of risks at incidents
- Standard
Take responsibility for effective performance in fire and rescue
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by SFJ Awards rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Inform and educate the community to improve awareness of safety mattersProtect the environment from the effects of incidents involving hazardous materialsResolve fire and rescue operational incidentsSupport the effectiveness of fire service activity in response to risks in the communityTake responsibility for personal performance and support the development of colleaguesUnderstanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of a firefighterUnderstanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of a firefighter
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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“Inform and educate the community to improve awareness of safety matters” is taught against the work in front of you rather than a worked example. You bring what you are doing this week and it becomes the practice.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Assist with forest and moorland fire fighting
- Educate your community to improve awareness of fire and rescue safety matters
- Protect life and the environment from the effects of hazardous materials
- Provide specialist advice to control fire and rescue incidents
- Resolve fire and rescue operational incidents
- Search for, rescue and support endangered life
- Support the Development of Colleagues in Fire and Rescue
- Support the management of risks at incidents
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Inform and educate the community to improve awareness of safety matters, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit equips learners to inform and educate communities on safety matters. It includes delivering clear safety information, selecting appropriate communication methods, and conducting demonstrations to improve community awareness.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for SFJ Awards Level 3 Diploma in Emergency Fire and Rescue Services
6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by SFJ Awards.
- Inform and educate the community to improve awareness of safety matters
- Protect the environment from the effects of incidents involving hazardous materials
- Resolve fire and rescue operational incidents
- Support the effectiveness of fire service activity in response to risks in the community
- Take responsibility for personal performance and support the development of colleagues
- Understanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of a firefighter
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