Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Utilizing knowledge of fire safety laws, regulations, codes, standards, and inspection methods to identify hazardous conditions and recommend corrections; 2) Conducting fire prevention, inspection, investigation, and cause determination; 3) Approving or disapproving the issuance of various permits; and 4) Providing fire safety and prevention training to a variety of personnel and individuals.
In addition, this position requires possession of the following certifications: 1) Firefighter I; 2) Firefighter II; 3) Airport Firefighter; 4) HaZmat Awareness; 5) HazMat Operations; 6) HazMat Technician; 7) Fire Inspector I; 8) Fire Inspector II; 9) Public Fire and Life Safety Educator; 10) Fire Instructor I; 11) National Registry EMT
These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement.
NOTE: If you do not possess all of the above certifications, and provide copy with your application, you will be rated ineligible.
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.