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Apprentice Firefighter - Wholetime
| Posting date: | 16 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,265.00 to £37,675.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2024 |
| Location: | Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Essex County Fire & Rescue Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | req135 |
Summary
Job Title: Wholetime Apprentice Firefighter
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 42 hours a week*
Salary: £28,265.00 rising to £37,675.00 when Competent
Location: All of Essex
Closing Date: 5pm on 15th August 2024
The Role (Role Profile)
We’re recruiting wholetime firefighters to begin training in February 2025. Forget those outdated stereotypes. We’re team members, teachers, communicators, community-minded, protectors and role models – firefighting is a diverse and rewarding career on the front line, saving lives. If you want to play a key role in our communities, preventing and protecting our residents and visitors from harm and keeping Essex safe, this is the role for you.
What you need to know before applying for our February 2025 squad
If you are successful, you’ll attend a non-residential 17-week training course at our Service Training Centre in Witham, Essex. The hours will be 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday, starting on 10th February 2025, with induction days on either 6th or 7th February 2025.
You will not be able to take leave during this period due to the intensive requirements and safety critical nature of the training.
The working pattern after successful completion of the 17-week training course will be two days 9am-6pm followed by two nights 6pm-9am, with four days off, on a rolling pattern.
Our wholetime firefighters complete a Level 3 Operational Firefighting Apprenticeship alongside their standard firefighter training. Being able to offer all of our new firefighters an apprenticeship qualification means we’re able to invest in our leaders of tomorrow. This is a nationally recognised qualification and will be a condition of the offer. For details please see: Operational Firefighter Level 3 Apprenticeship - Colchester Institute. Operational Firefighter Level 3 Apprenticeship - Colchester Institute. Further information will be provided during the application process.
About you
Firefighters come in all ages, shapes and sizes and we know the best teams are made up of different kinds of people, which is why we’re interested in hearing from anyone who meets our eligibility requirements. You don’t need any previous experience of firefighting, you just need to be community-minded and share our vision of making Essex a safe place to live, work and travel. We’ll give you all the training you need to become a first-class firefighter.
You will live and breathe our Service values of being professional, courageous, open and honest. You will be naturally inclusive and value the contribution of all and be committed to the value of working as one team.
About us
ECFRS is one of the largest fire and rescue services in the country, serving a county with a wide variety of risks. Essex is home to two airports, Stansted and Southend, as well as Harwich seaport, Lakeside shopping centre, power stations, docks at Tilbury and, along the Thames, several underground stations, and parts of the M25 and M11 motorways and several significant A-roads, and areas of diverse and complex risk.
We have 50 fire stations across the County – 12 of which are wholetime, and we employ nearly 400 wholetime firefighters as part of an organisation of over 1400 people across operations, Service Control, and support staff.
Our Service is governed by Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority (EPFCC). The EPFCC Fire and Rescue Authority is responsible for fire and rescue services covering an area over 1,400 square miles and a population of over 1.8 million.
Eligibility (Person Specification)
To be eligible to apply for these opportunities, you must:
Have GCSE A*-C (9-4) or Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English.
Hold a full manual UK Driving Licence
Be able to travel to any fire station in Essex
Eligible to work in the UK
Have a valid email address
Meet the vision criteria reference in the FAQ's Entry Requirements
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 42 hours a week*
Salary: £28,265.00 rising to £37,675.00 when Competent
Location: All of Essex
Closing Date: 5pm on 15th August 2024
The Role (Role Profile)
We’re recruiting wholetime firefighters to begin training in February 2025. Forget those outdated stereotypes. We’re team members, teachers, communicators, community-minded, protectors and role models – firefighting is a diverse and rewarding career on the front line, saving lives. If you want to play a key role in our communities, preventing and protecting our residents and visitors from harm and keeping Essex safe, this is the role for you.
What you need to know before applying for our February 2025 squad
If you are successful, you’ll attend a non-residential 17-week training course at our Service Training Centre in Witham, Essex. The hours will be 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday, starting on 10th February 2025, with induction days on either 6th or 7th February 2025.
You will not be able to take leave during this period due to the intensive requirements and safety critical nature of the training.
The working pattern after successful completion of the 17-week training course will be two days 9am-6pm followed by two nights 6pm-9am, with four days off, on a rolling pattern.
Our wholetime firefighters complete a Level 3 Operational Firefighting Apprenticeship alongside their standard firefighter training. Being able to offer all of our new firefighters an apprenticeship qualification means we’re able to invest in our leaders of tomorrow. This is a nationally recognised qualification and will be a condition of the offer. For details please see: Operational Firefighter Level 3 Apprenticeship - Colchester Institute. Operational Firefighter Level 3 Apprenticeship - Colchester Institute. Further information will be provided during the application process.
About you
Firefighters come in all ages, shapes and sizes and we know the best teams are made up of different kinds of people, which is why we’re interested in hearing from anyone who meets our eligibility requirements. You don’t need any previous experience of firefighting, you just need to be community-minded and share our vision of making Essex a safe place to live, work and travel. We’ll give you all the training you need to become a first-class firefighter.
You will live and breathe our Service values of being professional, courageous, open and honest. You will be naturally inclusive and value the contribution of all and be committed to the value of working as one team.
About us
ECFRS is one of the largest fire and rescue services in the country, serving a county with a wide variety of risks. Essex is home to two airports, Stansted and Southend, as well as Harwich seaport, Lakeside shopping centre, power stations, docks at Tilbury and, along the Thames, several underground stations, and parts of the M25 and M11 motorways and several significant A-roads, and areas of diverse and complex risk.
We have 50 fire stations across the County – 12 of which are wholetime, and we employ nearly 400 wholetime firefighters as part of an organisation of over 1400 people across operations, Service Control, and support staff.
Our Service is governed by Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority (EPFCC). The EPFCC Fire and Rescue Authority is responsible for fire and rescue services covering an area over 1,400 square miles and a population of over 1.8 million.
Eligibility (Person Specification)
To be eligible to apply for these opportunities, you must:
Have GCSE A*-C (9-4) or Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English.
Hold a full manual UK Driving Licence
Be able to travel to any fire station in Essex
Eligible to work in the UK
Have a valid email address
Meet the vision criteria reference in the FAQ's Entry Requirements
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