This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Fire & Emergency Services Division, Facilities Engineering Department, Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is to perform firefighting and a variety of rescue/emerency response and fire prevention duties in the protection of personnel, property and equipment.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Applicant is required to meet the physical requirements of the position.
• The applicant is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing.
• Maximum entry age restriction (37).
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• Subject to recall and off-duty status as emergency operations necessitate.
• Essential Personnel to support the operation of BASE Elizabeth City, NC

Qualifications

At the GS-05 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include: Performing firefighting duties for a range of structures. Duties included: responding to alarms; extinguishing fires; performing rescues; administering first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to victims; testing and maintaining fire apparatuses and equipment carried on the apparatuses; and making minor repairs to extinguishing systems, fire alarms, extinguishers and other related fire equipment. OR Successfully completed a 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university with a major in Fire Science or Fire Training or a related field. OR Combination of post-high school education and specialized experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Note: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e. beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the required experience. Once you have met this aspect of the requirement (i.e. 60 semester hours), then each additional 30 semester hours may be converted to 6 months of the required experience. In addition to the requirements above, applicants must possess (or obtain within one year of employment) and maintain (i.e. re-certification) (IAW DODM-6055.06 as required by CIM 5100.47D, Chapt. 18): Apparatus Driver-Operator for: Pumper Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) Firefighter I & II Airport Firefighter Confined Space Rescue (when resources allow) HAZMAT Operations (Awareness and Operations). EMT - Basic Life Support (mandatory selection requirement) EMT certification/license shall be in accordance with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians requirements or the State of North Carolina. ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 (or equivalent as updated by FEMA) At the GS-06 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include: responding to alarms; extinguishing fires; performing rescues; administering first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to victims; testing and maintaining fire apparatuses and equipment carried on the apparatuses; making minor repairs of extinguishing systems, fire alarms, extinguishers and other related fire equipment; using turrets or hand-lines to combat fires on aircraft; performing fire protection inspections for fire hazards and safety violations of recognized codes; and driving and operating crash and structural fire apparatus. In addition to the requirements above, applicants must possess (or obtain within one year of employment) and maintain (i.e. re-certification) (IAW DODM-6055.06 as required by CIM 5100.47D, Chapt. 18): Apparatus Driver-Operator for: Pumper ARFF Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) Firefighter I & II Airport Firefighter Confined Space Rescue (when resources allow) HAZMAT Technician (awareness, operations and technician). EMT - Basic Life Support (mandatory selection requirement) EMT certification/license shall be in accordance with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians requirements or the State of North Carolina) ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 (or equivalent as updated by FEMA) ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 (or equivalent as updated by FEMA) At the GS-07 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include: responding to alarms; extinguishing fires; performing rescues; administering first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to victims; testing and maintaining fire apparatuses and equipment carried on the apparatuses; making minor repairs of extinguishing systems, fire alarms, extinguishers and other related fire equipment; using turrets or hand-lines to combat fires on aircraft; performing fire protection inspections for fire hazards and safety violations of recognized codes; driving and operating crash and structural fire apparatus; and respond and work as an emergency medical technician. In addition to the requirements above, applicants must possess (or obtain within one year of employment) and maintain (i.e. re-certification) (IAW DODM-6055.06 as required by CIM 5100.47D, Chapt. 18): Apparatus Driver-Operator for: Pumper ARFF Aerial Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) Firefighter I & II Airport Firefighter Confined Space Rescue (when resources allow) HAZMAT Technician (awareness, operations and technician). EMT - Basic Life Support (mandatory selection requirement) EMT certification/license shall be in accordance with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians requirements or the State of North Carolina) ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 (or equivalent as updated by FEMA) IMPORTANT: If you have received a Student ID# for the DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification Program website (https://go.usa.gov/xdsTR) please provide a copy of your most recent certification transcript. Note: If you do not know your Student ID, you may contact the AFCEC Reachback center at: [email protected] If you do not have a Student ID and/or cannot access the Certificate Program site, you must upload a copy of your individual certifications or transcript at the time of your application or you will be removed from consideration.  If submitting  multiple certifications, please combine into a single file for upload. Please upload certificate file or certificate transcript under the “Curriculum Vitae” under Required Document attachments. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road Bldg 1, Mail Stop #4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]