Qualifications

Qualifications represent the certifications and competencies your members hold. Examples in an Australian fire-service context include Apply First Aid (HLTAID011), Operate a Pump (PUAFIR210), or Operate Communications Equipment (PUASAR001).

Global vs department qualifications

Two types exist:

• Global — visible to every department. Maintained by the Firecrest team, not by individual officers. Common nationwide units of competency (HLTAID, PUA) typically live here.
• Department-scoped ("Local" in the UI) — visible only to your department. Officers manage these themselves. Use for brigade-specific competencies or qualifications that don't fit a national framework.

You can tell them apart in the Admin → Qualifications list under the Scope column. Only Local qualifications have an Edit button — global ones are read-only.

Creating a qualification

Click + New Qualification. Fill in:

• Name — human-readable, e.g. Operate Breathing Apparatus.
• Qualification Code — the formal code if there is one (e.g. PUAFIR207). Free-text — use any convention that suits your brigade if no formal code exists.
• Expiry (months) — how long the qualification stays current after the attained date. Leave blank if it never expires. Typical examples:
  • First aid: 36 months (3 years)
  • CPR: 12 months (1 year)
  • Most fire-service units: 24 months (2 years)

Click Create Qualification to save.

Editing or deleting

Click Edit on the row. You can change any field or delete the qualification entirely.

Deleting is destructive

Deleting a qualification also removes:

• Every member's record of holding it
• Every SMP linked to it

For most cases you probably want to keep historical qualifications around. Only delete if you created one in error.

Assigning qualifications to members

Done from each member's page, not from this list. See Members → Adding qualifications.

Expiry tracking

Once a qualification has an attained date on a member's record:

• Expiry = attained_date + expiry_months
• The member's profile and reports show an expiry badge:
  • Expired — past expiry date
  • Expiring — within 90 days of expiry
  • (No badge) — more than 90 days remaining

The Qualification Expiry report groups everyone's expiring qualifications into <30 / <60 / <90 day buckets — check this monthly.

If a qualification has no expiry months set, expiry tracking is skipped and the report shows Never for it.