Electrical Contracting News (ECN) October 2017 | Page 24
TRAINING
NEW FIRE SAFETY
COURSES ANNOUNCED
LIA OFFERS HNC IN LIGHTING
The LIA is offering a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Lighting Design and Technology. The course is aimed at
retaining and attracting talent in the lighting industry by offering recognised learning.
For its first year, the HNC will run as a part-time course across two years, designed and scheduled so that it can be
completed while fully employed in the industry.
The HNC is the first in lighting being taught in the UK through the LIA and University of South Wales (USW), and
some of the key members in the lighting industry are already enrolling students.
The HNC comprises modules covering lighting fundamentals, electrical principles and design, light sources and
luminaire design, lighting design, lighting project specification and the Singleton project.
The course is predominantly delivered at the Academy in Telford, and one module is delivered at the USW. Upon
successful completion of the HNC course, students can progress to the Higher National Diploma (HND).
For more information visit www.thelia.org.uk
In light of the recent fires in Grenfell Tower in London
and The Torch in Dubai, the Tall Building Fire Safety
Network has highlighted the need for improvements
with Tall Building design, construction, management,
and firefighting. The network, which offers regular
courses and conferences on Tall Building Fire Safety
Management in locations around the world, has
announced a full schedule of events for 2017/18.
The 5th International Tall Building Fire Safety
Conference will take place on 19–21 June 2018 at
Excel, London alongside the FIREX International
Exhibition. Day one will consider design and
fire engineering in tall buildings, including
fire testing of cladding systems. Day two will
focus on the management and insurance of fire
risk in tall buildings, including construction
and refurbishment. The last day will consider
firefighting in tall buildings.
This will be followed on 22 June by a Tall Building
Firefighting Summit. The objective of this summit is to
bring together fire chiefs and firefighters from around
the world to discuss and challenge the current ‘state
of the art’, with regard to tall building firefighting. The
event will be free to serving firefighters and seek to
develop the next generation of firefighting procedures
for tall buildings.
The next Institution of Fire Engineers Recognised
Tall Building Fire Safety Management Course will take
place at The Shard, London, UK on 11-15 Dec 2017.
For further information contact
[email protected]