(4-day program) Interested in becoming a fire door inspector? Come learn from qualified, certified, door opening industry experts who understand the total opening and are out there inspecting. Become familiar with the codes and standards affecting fire rated door opening assemblies. Acquire the skills to analyze fire rated openings and their components, research and evaluate products for compliance and create and submit required reporting to facility owners.
After successfully completing this training course, attendees will be able to:
The following course material will be provided to attendees:
At the conclusion of this course, attendees will take a computerized certification exam. Those who pass the exam with a minimum score of 80% will receive the Qualified Fire Door Inspector (QFDI) certification, certificate, hard hat sticker and ID badge.
Recommended prior learning: Opening Industry Bootcamp course or equivalent training.
Course cost includes breakfast (for hotel guests only), lunch and morning/afternoon snack each day of class.
(3-day program) Bootcamp provides the foundation on which all other industry learning is based. Students will learn the fundamentals of the door, frame, and hardware industry with an emphasis on industry products, their function, application, use and purpose. Students will also learn to read and interpret plans and specifications so they know what products must be provided.
After participating in this session, attendees should be able to:
Automated end of class exams are delivered via DOITs Learning Management System at the end of the course, students must achieve a minimum 80%.
To earn a course completion certificate, attendees are required to fully participate in the training activities, lectures, and discussion, and pass the end of class exam. Participation is defined as greater than 90% attendance of the scheduled course time and active engagement verified by the instructor.
Course cost includes breakfast (for hotel guess only), lunch and morning/afternoon snack each day of class.
(3-day program) Nearly every project today has some type of electromechanical hardware, whether simple or complex, it is all based on some fundamental principles. This hands-on course will teach students the basics of circuitry and wiring, reading and drawing wiring diagrams and will bring them through operational based projects where they can hook-up and troubleshoot common hardware applications.
(3-day program) The opening industry is built on codes; your education should be built on a code foundation. This course will bring students through scenario-based exercises that will teach them to navigate and apply, building, fire, life safety and accessibility codes. This course covers: NFPA 80 – Standards for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives (2016), NFPA 105 – Standard for Smoke Doors Assemblies and Other Opening Protectives (2016), NFPA 101 – Life Safety Code (2018), ICC A117.1 – Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (2009) and IBC – International Building Code (2018).
The course cost includes all required material, including:
NFPA 80 (2016) NFPA 105 (2016) NFPA 101 (2018) ICC A117.1 (2009) IBC (2018) - Excerpts
NFPA 80 (2016)
NFPA 105 (2016)
NFPA 101 (2018)
ICC A117.1 (2009)
IBC (2018) - Excerpts
Course cost also includes breakfast (for hotel guests only), lunch and morning/afternoon snack each day of class.
(3-day program) Do you install or maintain fire door opening assemblies? Can you recognize and utilize the codes that affect these openings in order to assemble the opening components in accordance with those codes and standards? Do you know the difference between a jobsite preparation and a field modification? Come learn the proper methods for installing swinging doors with builders hardware to assure your openings are in compliance with NFPA 80’s 13 points of inspection.
At the conclusion of this course, attendees will take a computerized certification exam. Those who pass the exam with a minimum score of 80% will receive the Qualified Fire Door Technician (QFDT) certification, certificate, hard hat sticker and ID badge.
(3-day program) Expanding on the basic fundamentals of detailing learned in Detailing Basics, students will learn to detail more advanced applications of doors, frames and hardware. Coordination is key in many facets of the door, frame and hardware industry. The coordination of products that create an opening is critical, so that they meet building, fire, life safety and accessibility requirements and so that openings can perform their intended function.
Recommended prior learning: Detailing Basics or equivalent training.
(2-day program) As security concerns continue to heighten, many facilities are incorporating electronic access control into their physical access control systems. While mechanical keys will continue to be used for years to come, the convenience and often increased security provided by an access control system has become the norm on most of today’s projects. From small, simple, one door systems to complex systems handling thousands of doors and users, access control is based on some fundamental principles. This hands-on course will teach students the basics of access control systems, including the evolution of reader and card technologies, basic software, data collection, access levels, and time zones.
Recommended prior learning: Electromechanical Hardware Fundamentals course or equivalent training.
Automated end of class exams are delivered via DOITs Learning Management System at the end of the course, students must achieve a minimum 80% on the exam to pass the course.
(2-day program) Now that you have a project, how can you assure it runs smoothly? This course will prepare students to run successful projects by applying the foundational principals of project management.
Apply the 5 C's of communication in project management.
Evaluate the 3 main forces affecting a project, time, cost, and quality, when making project decisions.
Recognize common project pitfalls to avoid project errors and mistakes.
Utilize project management best practices.
(1-day program) A thorough understanding of mechanical keying is an important skill for the distributor, manufacturer and end user so that the required information can be communicated between all parties. This class on the Key Conference and System Design equips students with the skills and confidence to conduct a successful key meeting.
(2-day program) Profit is important to every company, big and small. Estimators have an important role when it comes to profitability. In this course, students will build on their understanding of plans and specifications by completing estimating exercises and bidding a project.
(2-day program) In this course, students will learn the basics of one of the most important industry processes, detailing. Learn to focus in on the details and how to provide the material right the first time. Return to the office with a skill that can be applied right away.
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