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Wholetime Recruitment
Successful applicants will be required to undertake an initial period of training, Monday to Friday, of 14 weeks' in total duration split into a modular format.
A recruit receives full pay during the course and will be required to provide his/her own accommodation. After 'passing out' from the Training Centre, there will be central training of various kinds and training on station is an essential element of each working day.
Firefighters are required to serve a development period of two years in order to determine their suitability for a permanent appointment within the Service. Assessments are taken throughout the duration of the probation period. Following successful completion of the development period, regular training is given which can lead to a NVQ qualification.
Firefighters have 25 days annual leave each year and after 5 years' continuous service, they receive an additional 3 days. They will also receive paid holiday on, or in respect of, public holidays, and 2 extra statutory holidays. Maternity support leave and maternity leave are available and vary according to length of service.
Firefighters are entitled to full pay for up to 6 months if the incident was non-service related or 12 months if the incident was service related.
A firefighter's normal week is one of 42 hours operating a shift system and limited overtime is payable when appropriate. Firefighters can be posted to day crewed and nucleus crewed stations where a different working pattern is applicable.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service offers a permanent job with an excellent contributory pension scheme to provide for your retirement. Currently the rate of contribution is 11% of a firefighter's annual salary (overtime and allowances are not pensionable pay). If you were to retire at 50 with 25 years service, your pension would be roughly the same as half pay. If you have as much as 30 years service it would be about two-thirds. There are special pensions for those who are retired because of ill health or injury on duty.
A firefighter's widow/widower would receive a pension normally equal to half that due to the firefighter and there are allowances for children. There are higher benefits if the firefighter meets his/her death as a result of operational duties. External private pensions may also be transferred in.
The pension scheme is currently under review by the ODPM - find out more.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is an Equal Opportunities employer. Applications are invited from women and men from all sections of the community, regardless of ethnic origin, race, marital status, sexuality, religion, disability or age who have the necessary attributes for the job.
The Fire Brigade supports the system of collective bargaining in every way and believes in the principle of solving industrial relations problems by discussion and agreement. For practical purposes this can only be conducted by representatives of the employers and employees. If collective bargaining of this kind is to continue and improve, it is essential that employee's organisations should be fully representative. Therefore, it is sensible for employees to be members of a trade union representing them on a national negotiating body.
Under the Fire Service promotion system a firefighter becomes eligible for promotion by passing Assessment and Development Centres and satisfying the length of service criteria.
It is a condition of Service that personnel must be prepared to serve anywhere in the county in which they have been appointed, wear breathing apparatus and perform any duties and training required to be undertaken. Uniformed protective clothing and personal equipment required for firefighting duties are provided.
On completion of recruit training, a firefighter will be posted to a station with a vacancy. Normally to gain further experience, he/she will be attached to a shift duty station that works on a rota of day and night duties.
There is also a day work system requiring attendance generally between 9:00am and 5:00pm and the acceptance of night standby also on a rota system. As the Fire Service operates 7 days a week, Saturday and Sunday working is compensated for by time off during the week. At day crewing stations personnel may be provided with housing or be paid a rent allowance for their own accommodation within the station turnout area.
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