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Forest Firefighter
Employer
Wildcat Fire Services Inc.Date Posted
November 22, 2024Languages
English-
Location Bowden, AB
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Earnings $27.50 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 1 to 80 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Part Time
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Vacancies 7  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 22, 2024
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
- OBJECTIVE
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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
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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
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Interest in assisting in planting surveys; and in fighting forest fires under the direction of fire suppression officers and forestry technicians
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