Modules
063 Community Fire Safety and advice
Scope
This module is about developing the relevant level of skills, knowledge and understanding relating to informing and educating your community on:
Fire safety and risks
Action to take in the event of fire
Other safety matters as defined by your organisation, this may include:
- visits and events in your community
- referring to requests for information
- promotional events
- liaison with other agencies
Skill Objectives
Make formal and informal presentations on safety matters to the community
Respond to requests for information and advice
Liase with other organisations and refer enquiries as appropriate
Knowledge Objectives
How to make formal and informal presentations
Sources of information on safety advice and how to access them
Role and responsibilities of self and others in the provision of safety information and advice
Local and national initiatives and objectives for safety
Information systems and records
Relevant National Occupational Standards
Relevant Personal Skills
Behaving ethically
complies with legislation, industry regulation, professional and organisational codes
shows integrity and fairness in decision making
Building teams
encourages and stimulates others to make the best use of their abilities
encourages and stimulates others to make the best use of their abilities
makes time available to support others
provides feedback designed to improve people's future performance
Communicating
adopts communication styles appropriate to listeners and situations, including selecting an appropriate time and place
confirm listeners understanding through questioning and interpretation of non-verbal signals
listens actively, asks questions, clarifies points and rephrases others' statements to check mutual understanding
modifies communication in response to feedback from listeners
presents difficult ideas and problems in ways that promote understanding
Influencing others
creates and prepares strategies for influencing others
presents oneself positively to others
Managing personal learning and development
changes behavior where needed as a result of feedback
takes responsibility for meeting own learning and development needs
Striving for excellence
actively seeks to do things better
Taking Decisions
produces a variety of solutions before taking a decision
reconciles and makes use of a variety of perspectives when making sense of a situation
Scope
This module is about developing the relevant level of skills, knowledge and understanding relating to informing and educating your community on: Fire safety and risks Action to take in the event of fire Other safety matters as defined by your organisation, this may include: - visits and events in your community - referring to requests for information - promotional events - liaison with other agencies
Skill Objectives
Make formal and informal presentations on safety matters to the community Respond to requests for information and advice Liase with other organisations and refer enquiries as appropriate
Knowledge Objectives
How to make formal and informal presentations
Sources of information on safety advice and how to access them
Role and responsibilities of self and others in the provision of safety information and advice
Local and national initiatives and objectives for safety
Information systems and records
Relevant National Occupational Standards
Relevant Personal Skills
| Behaving ethically | complies with legislation, industry regulation, professional and organisational codes |
| shows integrity and fairness in decision making | |
| Building teams | encourages and stimulates others to make the best use of their abilities |
| encourages and stimulates others to make the best use of their abilities | |
| makes time available to support others | |
| provides feedback designed to improve people's future performance | |
| Communicating | adopts communication styles appropriate to listeners and situations, including selecting an appropriate time and place |
| confirm listeners understanding through questioning and interpretation of non-verbal signals | |
| listens actively, asks questions, clarifies points and rephrases others' statements to check mutual understanding | |
| modifies communication in response to feedback from listeners | |
| presents difficult ideas and problems in ways that promote understanding | |
| Influencing others | creates and prepares strategies for influencing others |
| presents oneself positively to others | |
| Managing personal learning and development | changes behavior where needed as a result of feedback |
| takes responsibility for meeting own learning and development needs | |
| Striving for excellence | actively seeks to do things better |
| Taking Decisions | produces a variety of solutions before taking a decision |
| reconciles and makes use of a variety of perspectives when making sense of a situation |
