SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER in the FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES DIVISION of NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties: 1) Applying principles, practices, and techniques applicable to fire protection elements involving fire prevention, aircraft, structural, ordinance and shipboard firefighting; 2) Training personnel in fire protection and prevention; and 3) Managing a hazardous materials protection and control program (i.e., knowledge of hazardous materials used; development of contingency plan; deployment of vehicles with specialized equipment, etc.).

*NOTE: Your answers must be supported by information in your resume.

*This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications; Firefighter I & II,Fire Officer III, Fire Inspector II, Fire Instructor II, Hazardous Materials Incident Commander, and Airport Firefighter.

Firefighter related certificates must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC, or ProBoard to meet the certification requirement.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will direct firefighting and rescue operations at major fires or related emergencies.
• You will investigate and/or review all fires to determine cause as directed.
• You will make recommendations on fire protection/prevention policies and directives governing related fire programs within the command served.
• You will initiate general and specific provisions to achieve management objectives such as employee-management relations and EEO Employment Opportunity.