Becoming A Firefighter 5 Year Plan 4 Important Parts to your 5 Year Plan 1. Employment 2. Education 3. Volunteer 4. Physical Fitness Employment Look for jobs that have transferable skills Service industry retail, restaurants and office
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Becoming A Firefighter 5 Year Plan<br>
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4 Important Parts to your 5 Year Plan 1. Employment
2. Education
3. Volunteer
4. Physical Fitness<br>
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Employment Look for jobs that have transferable skills
Service industry – retail, restaurants and office type jobs don’t offer many transferable skills into firefighting
Jobs that involve hands on-where what you are doing is a benefit to you and your department when you join.<br>
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Employment Driver –Driving an air brake equipped vehicle, performing pre-trip inspection and post trip inspections- checking slack adjusters and airbrake test. Making sure load is safe.
Small Engine - operating and maintaining small engines, these can include chain saws, lawn mowers, concrete saws, and generators. These engines are the same as you will use in the fire service showing a history and experience with these types of engines is and excellent transferable skill<br>
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Employment Construction- Laborer – saws, hand tools, building knowledge, ladders
Red Seal – electrician, carpenter, plumber
Paramedic- There may be new law passed in Ontario allowing ff who are hired with a paramedic background to keep their cert.
Firefighter- Industrial, volunteer, work experience program, military, wildland<br>
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Work Experience Programs Big White Fire Department - 75% of our Work Experience members have been hired by career or paid on call fire departments all across Canada
http://www.bigwhitefire.com/work-experience/<br>
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Work Experience Programs Creston Valley http://www.creston.ca/2208/Firefighter-Work-Experience-Program
Sun Peaks Fire Rescue http://sunpeaksfirerescue.com/work-experience-program/
Merritt Fire and Rescue http://firerescue.merritt.ca/work-experience-program/<br>
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Employment Heavy equipment operator
Professional sports
Pool service
Transfer service
Hazardous Materials Tech
Stand by Rescue – Confined Space Rescue
St. John Ambulance
Teach first aid cpr<br>
