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Duties

You will perform all day-to-day emergency and non-emergency tasks, duties and responsibilities as required. You will perform station, grounds, apparatus, and equipment maintenance. You will perform duties to include but not limited to: extinguishing fires, operating hose lines, set and climb ladders, make forcible entries, ventilate fire areas. You will conduct search and rescue operations, perform salvage and overhaul. You will collect and interpret hazards and response information from printed resources, technical resources, computer databases, and monitoring and testing equipment. You will perform duties as assigned such as decontamination, technical research, reconnaissance, containment, rescue team, medical monitoring, safety officer. You will respond to medical emergencies as an Emergency Medical Technician. You will utilize computer software programs to collect and interpret hazards and response information from computer databases, monitoring and testing equipment, and predicting the likely behavior of released material.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Candidates for firefighter positions must not have reached their 37th birthday by date of appointment. Information on exceptions and waivers: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol336.pdf?ver=2017-12-01-105458-707
• Applicants must meet the Department of Defense (DoD) certification requirements: www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/605506m.pdf
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination, and annually thereafter, a medical employment physical.
• You will be required to possess and maintain a current valid State driver’s license.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or pass the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position requires rotating shift work.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• Required to work a 72-hour workweek and is subject to recall during off duty hours.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• See Qualifications section for Certification requirements:

Qualifications

GS-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Serving as a Firefighter responding to fires and fire related emergencies involving structures, motor vehicles, wild land, and hazardous materials, AND administering emergency care. GS-04: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-03 grade level or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector assisting with tasks as part of an emergency response team responding to fires or fire related emergencies involving structures, motor vehicles, wild land, and/or hazardous materials. 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 and https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/605506m.pdf 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. Certifications required for GS-05: Firefighter I and II Hazmat Awareness Hazmat Operations National Registry (Preferred) or CA Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) 120 days to obtain a CA Class A non-CDL and government driver's license. Certifications for GS-04: You will have 1 year to obtain and maintain the following: Firefighter I and II Hazmat Awareness Hazmat Operations National Registry (Preferred) or CA Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) 120 days to obtain a CA Class A non-CDL and government driver's license.

Education

Applicants MUST provide all relevant transcripts needed to verify education substitution for specialized experience.

The following education may be substituted for specialized experience as listed in Qualifications section:

GS-05: Successful completion of a 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university with major study in Fire Science, Fire Training, or related fields of study;

Or, a combination of specialized experience and the above-stated education.

GS-04: Successful completion of a 2-year course of study in an accredited college or university in Fire Training, Fire Science, or another related field of study;

Or, a combination of specialized experience and the above-stated education.

Contacts

• Address MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CTR MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, CA 92278 US
• Name: 29 Palms CHRO Recruiting
• Email: SMBPLMSRMCHRORECRUITING@usmc.mil