Leading Fire Fighter

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Job Title: Leading Fire Fighter

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Apply SHE best practices during all activities pertaining to emergency management.
• Perform duties according to instruction.
• Partake in training to ensure mental and physical fitness in preparation of handling Incidents.
• Participate in KPA and PDP discussions.
• Ensure performance against KPA’s.
• Ensure own delivery on PDP actions.
• Work cooperatively with all stakeholders.
• Lead a team at an Emergency incident in mitigation strategies
• React to emergency situation according to agreed time standard.
• Participate in plant emergency preparedness activities.
• Identify and propose improvements to emergency management activities.
• Identify and propose improvements in effectiveness and service delivery.
• Make suggestions and contributions to safety improvements.
• Participate in housekeeping activities.

Formal Education

• Grade 12 with mathematical literacy/equivalent or higher.
• Fire Instructor (NFPA), Fire Officer 1 (Wish),
• Medically fit, according to relevant Fire Fighter fitness level assessment,
• First Aid Level 3 Advanced (Must), Fire fighter 1 & 2 (NFPA 1001) - (Must),
• HPCSA Registered and current BAA (BLS) (Wish),
• HPCSA Registered and current ILS (Wish),
• Hazmat awareness and operations (NFPA 1072/472) - (Must)
• Hazmat Technician (Wish), Valid Code C1 Driver’s License (Strong Wish),
• S1 Fire technology (wish),
• Natref Experience (wish).

Min Experience

• 5 Years Industrial Firefighting experience with leadership experience,
• 5 years relevant experience, Petrochemical Firefighting experience (Wish).

Competencies

• Execution capability: The underlying ability to execute a strategy/project or day-to-day work.
• Problem-Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. It involves critical thinking, analysis, and persistence.
• Leading an Emergency team
• Physical fit for firefighting
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback, and self-correcting.