Overview
With rapid industrialization all across the country, the importance of safety from fire and other hazards is getting prime importance from the industry heads. In today's industries, whether private or public, it is absolutely essential to have a safety department employing people trained in fire and safety courses. Indian safety professionals are also in wide demand in foreign countries, especially in Gulf. Compared to the requirement there is an acute shortage of safety professionals. As such anyone doing a course in Diploma Fire and Safety has a high probability of landing a well paid job.
Eligibility and duration of the course
Most of the institutes desire that you must have passed 10+2, any stream. Some institutes may however insist on science stream. Generally no entrance tests are conducted. Admission is mostly through first come first serve basis.
The duration of the course in most of the institutes is one year.
More about the course
Because of the heavy demand in industries in the country and the Gulf, Fire and Safety course presents a wonderful opportunity for today's generation of students. As of now very limited institutes are there for undertaking these courses. This makes it easy for a fire and safety professional to get a job in the industries. The course will involve studying the science of fire and safety, the hazards associated with it and the control measures that can be taken. It also deals with designing safer fire resistant equipments. The courses also teach you the managerial functions and does a psychological grooming of the candidates, to mould them into self reliant fire officers or engineers capable of managing a fire. Some of the subjects, one may have to study in this field are as follows:
- Accident prevention
- Risk management
- Fire control and prevention
- Electrical safety measures
- Fire engineering
- Fire safety in chemical and petroleum industries
Job opportunities
As mentioned above, there is no dearth of jobs in this field. For almost every industry it is mandatory to employ the services of professionals trained in this field. From public sector companies to private industries, each has vacancies for fire and safety professionals. A good many trained manpower shift to the gulf countries after a few years of experience in the country. After undergoing this course one can get employed as safety officer, safety inspector, safety engineer, HSE engineer, fire officer, safety assistant, fire station officer, firemen, etc.
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