Job Description Form

Post Details

Post Title: / On Call Firefighter
Post Reference:
Section/Location: / Anywhere in the County
Reports To:
Date Prepared: / February 2017
Job Purpose / At all times ensure that self and equipment are in a state of operational readiness to respond to incidents in order to save life and prevent harm to people, property and the environment.
To safeguard the community by engaging in activities that reduce risk or harm.
Dimensions / None
Principal
Accountabilities / 1.To attend all types of operational incident, including emergency, critical or major incidents, and other rescue operations and, in doing so, carry out the instructions of the Incident Commander whilst supporting others as part of a team to bring the incident under control and to a resolution.
2.To engage with the community and partner agencies to identify and reduce risk as part of proactive prevention work or as part of pre and post-incident activity.
3.To co-respond and attend incidents of medical emergency.
4.To develop a level of community knowledge to enable appropriate targeting of services to those most vulnerable or at risk of harm.
5.To support station management to deliver different elements of training and work to assist in the familiarisation training of any specialist equipment.
6.To carry out station duties as determined by the officer in charge, including ‘Take Over Routines’ (TOR), regular tests and maintenance/cleaning of equipment on all appliances and individual Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in order to identify and report defects.
7. To actively support equality and safeguarding principles.
Job Context: / The postholder will form part of a team. Under the direction of the line manager it will be expected that this team will work together to resolve emergency and nonemergency issues.
The postholder will engage directly with the public through community safety activity, and attendance at all types of incidents. In doing so the postholder will adopt a customer-focused approach, and ensure that an equal, fair, and professional service is delivered at all times.
Prepared by: / Date:
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Person Specification Form

Post Title: / On Call Firefighter
Post Reference:
Section/Location: / Anywhere in the County
Reports To:
Date Prepared:
Knowledge / Include specific knowledge that is important for the post holder to have in order to perform the role e.g. financial processes, systems, environmental issues.
Essential / Desirable
1. A basic understanding of health and safety in the workplace.
Skills / The post holder will require a certain level of these skills in order for the purpose of this role to be achieved e.g. communication skills, specific systems skills, negotiation skills etc.
Essential / Desirable
1.Openness and flexibility to change, and active participation in devising solutions to problems that may occur from time to time.
2.Effective communication skills that demonstrate professionalism within the Service and towards the public, partner agencies and other service providers.
3.A demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development or the attainment of personal goals.
4.A proactive approach to work, and the achievement of a consistently high standard of work.
5.A customer focused approach to service delivery, treating all service users fairly, equally and consistently.
6.Able to demonstrate a calm, confident and resilient approach to unpredictable, challenging or dangerous situations.
7.Ability to demonstrate a respect for others and willingness to challenge.
8.Ability to work effectively with technology and able to demonstrate competence with basic software or IT equipment.
Qualifications / Academic or professional qualifications that would be important to the performance of this role.
Essential / Desirable
Experience / Include any past experience the post holder could have that would help them perform this role e.g. working within the community, organisation of events, voluntary work etc.
Essential / Desirable
1To have worked within a team environment to achieve objectives of the organisation.
2Experience of providing a customer focused service.
3Experience of having managed problems, and effective decision making ability.
Prepared by: / Date:
Approved by: / Date:

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