Also called: Fire Door Inspector, Fire & Egress Door Inspector
Checks every fire door in hospitals, schools and hotels each year to make sure it will close, latch and block a fire.
With a checklist and tablet, you walk a hospital floor by floor, opening and releasing hundreds of fire doors. You measure gaps under doors, look for missing labels and propped-open doors, and test that each one swings shut and latches on its own. Your report tells the hospital what to fix before inspectors come.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. High school plus fire door inspector certification; door hardware experience helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Fire Science, Construction Technology.
Growing faster than average. Hospitals must inspect fire doors yearly to keep accreditation.
Low risk for 10 years. Tablets and photo AI speed up reports, but testing each door in person stays human work.
Classes: Construction CTE, Algebra, Computer applications, Physics.
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