The same signed cards as the trainer above, in one list to read or print.
- What does NICET task 4.1.1 ask a Level IV technician to manage?
- A fire alarm department as a whole: design, sales, operations and service, often across several projects and a service book at once.Good practice (no code section)
- Name the three handoffs where a fire alarm department most often loses money.
- Sales to operations, design to field, and project to service.Good practice (no code section)
- What should a sales-to-operations turnover meeting pass on?
- What was sold: scope, exclusions, assumptions, the promised schedule and the labor budget.Good practice (no code section)
- How should a manager judge the sales function?
- By hit rate and by the margin the jobs actually earn, not by revenue booked.Good practice (no code section)
- How should a manager judge the design function?
- By resubmittal count and by field changes caused by drawing errors.Good practice (no code section)
- What three parts make a sound staffing plan?
- Coverage (a qualified, named person in every required role), ratio (each Level I or II works under someone who can check the work) and depth (no job depends on one person).Good practice (no code section)
- Two jobs need the same scarce technician. How do you choose?
- Compare what each delay costs: liquidated damages, fixed occupancy dates, retainage. Put the resource where delay costs most and record the change in writing.Good practice (no code section)
- The AHJ finds the same defect on two of your jobs. What does that suggest?
- A procedure gap, not two bad crews. Fix the written procedure and check that the fix works.Good practice (no code section)
- What is a compliance matrix in an RFP response?
- A list of every requirement in the request, where your response meets it, and any exception you are taking.NASCLA Contractor's Guide (by topic)
- A specification cites an older NFPA 72 edition than the AHJ enforces. What do you do while bidding?
- Raise it as a question before bids close and state which edition your price assumes.Good practice (no code section)
- Which contract terms touch codes and the AHJ?
- Code editions enforced, who gets permits and arranges the acceptance test, completion documents, any post-acceptance testing and maintenance, and the change order process.NFPA 72-2022 ch. 7 and ch. 14
- A contract makes you responsible for code compliance of the engineer's design. What do you do?
- Send it for legal review and negotiate it before signing. It shifts design liability to you.NASCLA Contractor's Guide (by topic)