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Good morning all,


 What qualifications does a fire risk assessor have to have to be competent, and to be able to comply legally with his designs for fire alarm systems etc?


My customer is getting in a bloke to carry out a fire risk assessment prior to installing smoke/heat/CO alarms in a rental holiday cottage.


Can just any old unqualified body claim to be a fire risk assessor, like estate agents that need no formal qualifications?


Thanks,


Z.
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    Back in the late 1970’s I was one of the people involved in installing a kitchen sink and base unit in the nurses station within a hospital X-ray department, it actually required thirty two people to organise, supervise and actually do the work.


    There were three different plumbers working for three different contractors, one for the cold tap, one for the hot tap and a third for the waste pipe. All the plumbers said it wasn’t their job to secure the sink top, I nearly started a “who does what dispute” when I did it, because all the plumbers said it was a plumbers job, but not theirs so one of the other plumbers should have done it.


    I have heard LABC Building Inspectors say that they are not onsite to advise, merely to inspect, therefore they will say what is wrong but not give advice on compliance.
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    Back in the late 1970’s I was one of the people involved in installing a kitchen sink and base unit in the nurses station within a hospital X-ray department, it actually required thirty two people to organise, supervise and actually do the work.


    There were three different plumbers working for three different contractors, one for the cold tap, one for the hot tap and a third for the waste pipe. All the plumbers said it wasn’t their job to secure the sink top, I nearly started a “who does what dispute” when I did it, because all the plumbers said it was a plumbers job, but not theirs so one of the other plumbers should have done it.


    I have heard LABC Building Inspectors say that they are not onsite to advise, merely to inspect, therefore they will say what is wrong but not give advice on compliance.
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