Fire Door Inspection

There are no prerequisites for this course. However, some experience of fire safety within the workplace will help you to put what you have learnt into context.

Successful learners receive a digital certificate on passing. Hard copy certificates are available on request for a fee. Each course page shows the CPD hours you’ll receive.

Yes. Our online courses are self-directed distance learning, studied in our learning portal whenever suits you. Each course has a time limit, from 3 months for our shortest courses to 12 months for the Diploma.

Yes. Hard copy certificates are available on request for a fee.

Yes. You can pay in full, spread the cost with one of our payment plans, or use a third-party provider. Every option costs the same, and you choose at checkout.

Don’t worry! If you don’t pass an assessment on your first attempt, you’ll usually receive feedback to help you understand where you went wrong – dependent on the nature of the assessment. Once you’ve paid the resubmission fee and revisited any relevant areas, you’ll be able to resubmit your work, although the number of attempts permitted may vary by course.

Fire Door Awareness (4–6 hours) teaches you to carry out routine fire door checks and spot problems, including checks under Regulation 10. Fire Door Inspection (around 20 hours) is for people whose role involves inspecting fire doors in depth: you learn to inspect certified, notional and nominal fire doors, identify non-compliances and record your findings. Fire Door Inspection is also recognised by the IFE.

No. There are no prerequisites. The course is for anyone responsible for fire doors, or whose role involves inspecting or checking them, such as building and facilities managers, maintenance teams and fire safety professionals.

Yes. Fire Door Inspection goes further than routine checks. You learn to inspect certified, notional and nominal fire doors, identify non-compliances and record your findings in line with regulatory requirements.

Fire Door Inspection is recognised by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) as a Recognised Training Course. Once you pass, you’ll be able to take on fire door inspections in-house or for clients, and you’ll receive a certificate confirming 20 hours of CPD.

Certified fire doors are supported by third-party certification, providing independent assurance that they meet specified performance standards. Notional fire doors are older doors that are considered likely to provide a degree of fire resistance, despite lacking modern test evidence. Nominal fire doors are doors judged to offer a degree of fire resistance based on their construction, but without supporting test or certification evidence.

Anyone competent can inspect fire doors. In England and Wales there’s no licence or mandatory qualification, but the responsible person for a building should make sure whoever they use has the right training, knowledge and experience. Trained in-house staff can carry out routine checks, while detailed inspections should be done by someone trained to inspect fire doors.

Not by law, but recognised training is a straightforward way to show clients and employers you’re competent. Our Fire Door Inspection course is recognised by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) as a Recognised Training Course. It teaches you to inspect certified, notional and nominal fire doors and record what you find in an inspection report.

A fire door check is a routine look at a door’s condition, such as whether it closes fully and its seals and hinges are intact, and is usually done by trained in-house staff. A fire door inspection is a more detailed assessment, recorded in a report. Our Fire Door Awareness course covers checks, and our Fire Door Inspection course covers inspections.

In residential buildings in England over 11 metres high with two or more flats, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require communal fire doors to be checked at least every three months, and flat entrance doors at least every 12 months on a best endeavours basis. In other premises, your fire risk assessment should set how often fire doors are checked.

Yes. Our Fire Door Inspection course is self-directed online learning, taking approximately 20 hours, with up to six months to complete it. You study at your own pace around work and finish with an assessed fire door inspection report.

Passive fire protection is the parts of a building built to contain fire and smoke without needing to be switched on, such as fire doors, fire-resisting walls and floors, and fire stopping around services. It divides a building into compartments, giving people time to escape and limiting damage. Active systems, such as alarms and sprinklers, respond once a fire starts.

Compartmentation divides a building into separate fire-resisting sections, using walls, floors, fire doors and fire stopping, so a fire is contained in the area where it starts. It slows the spread of fire and smoke, protects escape routes and supports evacuation strategies such as stay put in some residential buildings.

Several of our courses carry external recognition. Our Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment is an SCQF Level 10 qualification developed in line with BS 8674:2025, and our Fire Door Inspection course is recognised by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) as a Recognised Training Course. Each course page sets out the recognition and CPD hours that apply.