Birmingham university launches new fire engineering course

Grenfell Tower toward the end of its ill-fated refurbishment

Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Announcement comes after the CIOB launched its own qualification

Birmingham City University is launching a new apprenticeship in fire engineering to help address concerns around a skills shortage in fire and building safety.

The part-time higher-level degree apprenticeship in fire engineering, which was developed in partnership between the National Fire Chiefs Council and the UK’s commercial fire engineering industrial sector, will start this September.

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