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Hot Work & Fire Watch.

Permits, the 15 metre zone above and below, the fire watch role, and why the job isn't over for 30 minutes after the last spark.

Awareness course · not nationally recognised
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  • $35 + GST
  • ~65 min · online, self-paced
  • Built for your phone
  • Certificate the moment you finish

overview

For welders and fabricators, plumbers and roofers, maintenance crews, and the leading hands and supervisors who issue permits. Built on AS 1674.1:2025 (fire precautions for welding and allied processes), the Queensland Welding Processes Code of Practice and the harmonised WHS laws. What counts as hot work, when a permit or a checklist risk assessment is required and who signs it, the 15 metre zone above and below, remove, shield, wet down, the right extinguisher within reach, gas cylinder and acetylene safety, the fire watch role, stopping work when conditions change, the 30 minute minimum post-work observation, closing out the permit, and reporting smoulders and near misses. About an hour, online, with a 3D walkthrough of where the sparks go, three AI practice conversations and one spoken scenario. Certificate of completion.

Built for: Construction · Manufacturing.

who it’s for

  • Welders and fabricators
  • Plumbers and roofers
  • Maintenance crews
  • Leading hands and supervisors who issue permits

what’s covered

01

It's hot work if it sparks

3 topics
  • Flame, heat, spark or arc — and the surprises: brazing, soldering, torch-on membrane, hot swarf
  • Permit or checklist risk assessment, never nothing — and the 5 percent of LEL rule
  • The responsible officer signs, never the welder and never the fire watch; a permit dies after a 2 hour break
02

Before you strike

3 topics
  • The 15 metre zone is a sphere — through the floor and into the wall
  • Remove, shield, wet down — in that order
  • An ABE extinguisher within arm's reach and never more than 10 metres; flashback arrestors at both ends of both lines
03

Eyes on it

3 topics
  • The fire watch watches, and does nothing else
  • Line of sight to the ignition point and to the level below — screens, wind, and when you need a second watch
  • Stopping the work: fuel, drains, traffic and total fire bans
04

After the last spark

3 topics
  • Final inspection no earlier than 30 minutes — later if the risk assessment says so
  • Closing out: check below and behind, fire systems back on, permit returned
  • A hot work fire is a notifiable incident, even a small one that was out in seconds
Hot Work & Fire Watch training in progress
/ before the first spark

how it works

FormatTap-through microlearning — ~65 min · online. Built for phones, works everywhere. Start on smoko, pause, pick it up on the train.
PracticeScenario cards drop you into real situations along the way — you make the call a worker actually faces, then get the reasoning, straight up.
ChecksQuick knowledge checks in every module. Not exam-style — the course makes sure it sticks before it moves on.
You leave withA certificate of completion from an RTO-crafted course, issued instantly and logged in the Nexa Compliance Hub — with refresher reminders.

questions

No. This is an awareness course — practical, RTO-authored online training that issues a certificate of completion. It is not a nationally recognised unit of competency.

~65 min · online. Delivery: online, self-paced. Start, pause, and finish whenever suits.

If it makes heat, sparks or flame outside a designated hot work area, yes. Most hot work fires start on quick jobs where nobody cleared the area or stayed for the post-work check. The permit, or the site's checklist risk assessment for low risk locations, is what makes those steps happen.

A competent person who is not involved in the hot work and who keeps a direct line of sight to the ignition point. The fire watch doesn't pass the clamp or hold the job: under AS 1674.1:2025 a firewatcher does no other duties, and signs the permit alongside the operator and the responsible officer.

Yes. The 2025 edition of the Standard sets the final inspection at no earlier than 30 minutes after the hot work finishes, or later if the risk assessment requires it. The permit's own time is the one that applies. The course spends a whole module on why the fire usually starts after everyone has packed up.

AS 1674.1:2025 Safety in welding and allied processes, Part 1: Fire precautions; the Queensland Welding Processes Code of Practice 2021; and the harmonised Work Health and Safety laws, with Queensland as the worked example. Victoria's separate OHS Act and state total fire bans are called out on their own cards.
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