Module 7 · Onboarding

Week one

Five days from zero fire industry experience to walking a building on your own. Tick as you go — progress is saved on this device.

Day 1

Understand building classifications

Walk into any building and name its NCC class — and spot when it is really several classes at once.

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Tasks

Read all 16 NCC classes in the Classifier module
Run the wizard on your own office and on a shopping centre
Learn the mixed classification rule — every part is classified separately
Learn the 10% ancillary rule and work through the warehouse-office example
Memorise which classes MP 6.1 does NOT apply to

Self test

A tower has a basement carpark, ground-floor shops, five office floors and apartments above. How is it classified?

A single-storey warehouse has an office occupying 8% of the floor area. What happens?

Which of these is outside the application of QDC MP 6.1 for maintenance?

Day 2

Learn the 15 asset types

Name every asset on a site walk, say what standard rules it, and say how often it must be serviced.

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Tasks

Read all 15 asset cards front to back
Learn which five assets are water-based or feed water-based systems
Memorise the AS 1851 section number for each asset
Learn the two Queensland exceptions: fire blankets and emergency lighting
Walk a real building and photograph one example of each asset you find

Self test

Which standard governs emergency and exit lighting maintenance in Queensland?

How are fire and smoke dampers sampled under AS 1851-2012?

Which asset does MP 6.1 A1 expressly carve out of the AS 1851 requirement in Queensland?

Day 3

Learn MP 6.1 and the occupier statement

Explain to an owner, in two minutes, exactly what the law requires of them and what happens if they can't prove it.

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Tasks

Read P1–P5 and their acceptable solutions
Memorise the water-based chain: procedure → Form 71/72 → 10 business days → 5 year retention
Learn Schedule 1: which four classes get six-monthly passive doors
Walk the Schedule 2 occupier statement checklist end to end
Learn s104D and why it beats 'nothing's broken'
Learn the licensing argument for competitive displacement

Self test

Which classes get six-monthly passive door maintenance under MP 6.1 Schedule 1?

How long does the tester have to give the occupier a copy of Form 72?

How often must an occupier complete an occupier statement?

Day 4

Learn the objections

Hear any of the top 20 objections and answer it with the regulation, not with a discount.

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Tasks

Read every scenario in the Scenario Engine
Rehearse the 'we already have a fire company' gap review out loud
Rehearse the s104D answer to 'nothing's broken'
Learn the damper myth correction and the emergency lighting correction
Role-play the tenant vs landlord occupier dispute with your manager

Self test

A client says maintenance is discretionary because nothing is broken. What is your strongest citation?

A building has a fire engineered alternative solution with different maintenance criteria. What applies?

A tenant says fire maintenance is the landlord's problem. What do you tell them?

Day 5

Run a mock site walk

Walk a building end to end, build an asset register, and leave with a scoped opportunity.

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Tasks

Generate a site walk checklist from the Quote Scoping Builder
Ask for the certificate of classification, last occupier statement and logbooks
Photograph the booster, FIP, valve room, one fire door tag and one extinguisher tag
Identify three defects or gaps and note the standard behind each
Produce a scoping summary and hand it to estimating
Debrief with your manager on what you would have quoted and why

Self test

What is the single most valuable document to ask for on a first visit?

You find untagged fire hydrant valves and no damper register. What does that tell you?

Which assets trigger Form 72 in Queensland?