# Competences — fire prevention and protection engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4be368e3-badb-4b9f-9d0a-4d0f7565540a).

## Essential

- **adjust engineering designs** (skill/competence)
- **approve engineering design** (skill/competence)
- **conduct fire tests** (skill/competence)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **engineering processes** (knowledge)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **fire prevention procedures** (knowledge)
- **fire protection engineering** (knowledge)
- **fire safety regulations** (knowledge)
- **fire-fighting systems** (knowledge)
- **operate fire extinguishers** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **prevent fire in a performance environment** (skill/competence)
- **safety engineering** (knowledge)
- **technical drawings** (knowledge)

## Optional

- act as contact person during equipment incident (skill/competence)
- advise architects (skill/competence)
- advise on construction materials (skill/competence)
- advise on safety improvements (skill/competence)
- chemistry (knowledge)
- civil engineering (knowledge)
- computer simulation (knowledge)
- conduct fire safety inspections (skill/competence)
- contain fires (skill/competence)
- design principles (knowledge)
- determine fire risks (skill/competence)
- develop material testing procedures (skill/competence)
- draft design specifications (skill/competence)
- educate public on fire safety (skill/competence)
- install firestops (skill/competence)
- organise fire station (skill/competence)
- perform first fire intervention (skill/competence)
- perform laboratory tests (skill/competence)
- physics (knowledge)
- prevent fires on board (skill/competence)
- properties of textile materials (knowledge)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- teach fire fighting principles (skill/competence)
- test safety strategies (skill/competence)
- thermodynamics (knowledge)
- use different types of fire extinguishers (skill/competence)