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Job Details

Forest Firefighter

Employer

Wildcat Fire Services Inc.

Date Posted

November 22, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Bowden, AB
  • Earnings $27.50 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 1 to 80 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Part Time
  • Vacancies 7  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 22, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Wildcat Fire Services Inc.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dangerous
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Hot
  • Forest firefighting

Work setting

  • Remote location
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Fight forest fires
  • Complete firefighting reports and maintain firefighting equipment
  • Dig ditches and trenches
  • Operate radio and other communication equipment to communicate emergency events, maintenance of equipment and other procedures with staff members
  • Provide emergency response when required
  • Perform other routine maintenance
  • Perform preventive maintenance
  • Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
  • Operate radio equipment
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Open valves and start pumps
  • Monitor safety conditions
  • Maintain firefighting equipment
  • Follow emergency and safety procedures
  • Troubleshoot problems related to equipment
  • Maintain clean and safe work environment
  • Follow directions and read map
  • Operate pumping systems

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Bear awareness Certification
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Type of product

Fire protection

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Safety equipment
  • Pumps

Security and safety

Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

Experience an asset


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Forest Firefighter is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Silviculture and Forestry Workers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating skidders, bulldozers and other prime movers to pull scarification and site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated; and in operating power thinning saws to thin and space trees in reforestation areas and chain saws to thin young forest stands

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to control weeds and undergrowth using manual tools and chemicals; in performing silvicultural duties such as collecting seed cones, pruning trees and marking trees for subsequent operations; and in maintaining firefighting equipment

innovative

Interest in assisting in planting surveys; and in fighting forest fires under the direction of fire suppression officers and forestry technicians

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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