ASTM_E_3038_-_16.pdf

Designation:E303816Standard Practice forAssessing and Qualifying Candidates as Inspectors ofFirestop Systems and Fire-Resistive Joint Systems1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3038;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This Practice is intended to assist an authority havingjurisdiction(AHJ)or authorizing authority(AA),or both,inestablishing minimum qualifications for candidates who desireto conduct inspections in compliance with Practices E2174 andE2393.NOTE1Authority having jurisdiction(AHJ)is defined in PracticesE2174 and E2393.NOTE2Authorizing authority(AA)is defined in Practices E2174 andE2393.Examples of theAAinclude,but are not limited to,the responsiblearchitect,engineer,building owner,or their representative.1.2 This Practice makes available a procedure for a candi-date to provide evidence to the AHJ or AA,or both,of theirspecialized knowledge and technical competence related to thefirestop industry.1.3 This Practice determines the technical proficiency of acandidate based upon a minimum amount of education,experience,and knowledge possessed,which is needed toensure competence to conduct inspections in compliance withPractices E2174 and E2393.1.4 The purpose of this Practice is to allow the AHJ or AA,or both,to assess the ability of the candidate to comprehendand use inspection documents to conduct inspections in com-pliance with Practices E2174 and E2393.NOTE3Inspection document is defined in Practices E2174 andE2393.The firestop submittal,when approved for use,should havesufficient details,including,but not limited to,the firestop manufacturersproduct data,a design listing of the tested firestop,and when required ajudgment(Alternative Means and Methods).The judgment is commonlyreferred to as an“Engineering Judgment”in the firestop industry.Thesejudgments are not always issued by an engineer or a registered designprofessional.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.6 The text of this standard references notes and footnotesthat provide explanatory material.These notes and footnotes(excluding those in tables and figures)shall not be consideredas requirements of the standard.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E176 Terminology of Fire StandardsE631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE699 Specification forAgencies Involved in Testing,QualityAssurance,and Evaluating of Manufactured BuildingComponentsE814 Test Method for Fire Tests of Penetration FirestopSystemsE1966 Test Method for Fire-Resistive Joint SystemsE2032 Guide for Extension of Data From Fire ResistanceTests Conducted in Accordance with ASTM E 119E2174 Practice for On-Site Inspection of Installed FirestopsE2307 Test Method for Determining Fire Resistance ofPerimeter Fire Barriers Using Intermediate-Scale,Multi-story Test ApparatusE2393 Practice for On-Site Inspection of Installed FireResistive Joint Systems and Perimeter Fire BarriersE2750 Guide for Extension of Data from PenetrationFirestop System Tests Conducted in Accordance withASTME2837 Test Method for Determining the Fire Resistance ofContinuity Head-of-Wall Joint Systems Installed BetweenRated Wall Assemblies and Nonrated Horizontal Assem-blies2.2 ISO Standards:3ISO/IEC 17020 Conformity assessmentRequirements forthe operation of various types of bodies performinginspection1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.21 onServiceability.Current edition approved July 15,2016.Published August 2016.DOI:10.1520/E3038-162For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from International Organization for Standardization(ISO),ISOCentral Secretariat,BIBC II,Chemin de Blandonnet 8,CP 401,1214 Vernier,Geneva,Switzerland,http:/www.iso.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity assessmentRequirements forbodies certifying products,processes and servicesISO10295-1 FiretestsforbuildingelementsandcomponentsFire testing of service installationsPart 1:Penetration sealsISO10295-2 FiretestsforbuildingelementsandcomponentsFire testing of service installationsPart 2:Linear joint(gap)sealsISO/DTR 12470-1 Fire-resistance testsGuidance on theapplication and extension of resultsPart 1:Loadbearingelemen