Training Captain

Job Summary

This position is responsible to the Fire Chief or designated chief officer for the proper implementation of training for the Fairbanks Fire Department, including all programs and policies. The Training Captain will work within the Manual of Directives to ensure compliance with SOPs and safety during training evolutions. It is responsible for maintaining all training files and records for the Department, assists with daily apparatus inspection and maintenance to ensure a maximum degree of readiness for all FFD emergency equipment, and ensures the safe driving and operation of all FFD apparatus for emergency and nonemergency service. This position performs a variety of supervisory, technical, and administrative work in the following areas: fire suppression, emergency medical service, hazardous materials, fire prevention, and training activities within FFD.

Essential Job Functions / Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential Job Functions:

• Deliver training based on the yearly/ongoing schedule of training.
• Ensure that each station is provided with sufficient copies of the departmental training materials, including revisions and additions.
• Organize and conduct practical and technical courses of instruction on firefighting for the company officers and members.
• Review and revise established training material to incorporate the benefits of improved materials, methods, procedures, or equipment into the departmental training program.
• Provide and ensure comprehensive training for all recruit firefighters by delivering and providing instruction for the FFD recruit training academy.
• Develop and administer written examinations and employ other evaluation methods.
• Maintain training records with Human Resources to ensure proper documentation and evaluation.
• Reinstate and ensure the City can offer the CPAT test in-house year round.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of fire service instruction.
• Knowledge of laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations related to the City and surrounding fire departments.
• Knowledge of instructional / learning methods, procedures, and strategies.
• Knowledge of modern fire suppression and prevention procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Ability to prepare instructional materials, lesson plans, training bulletins, written examinations, and visual aids.
• Ability to prepare both oral and written reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective internal and external working relationships. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of experience in professional firefighting.
• Must have or be able to get and maintain a valid State of Alaska driver's license throughout employment.
• Possess Firefighter II, Fire Officer I, and Fire Instructor I certification or have the ability to obtain within a time frame established by the Chief. Fire Officer II and Fire Instructor II are preferred. Possess ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800 certifications or have the ability to obtain them by the end of the probationary period.
• Two-year degree in fire science or related field from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• A current State of Alaska Paramedic or National Registry Paramedic is preferred.
• Must successfully be evaluated by the City of Fairbanks medical evaluator as capable of functioning as a firefighter.
• Must successfully pass a DOT Haz-Mat Physical.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, including temperature extremes, during day and night shifts. Work is often performed in emergency and stressful situations. The individual is exposed to different noise levels and hazards associated with fighting fires and rendering emergency medical assistance, including smoke, noxious odors, fumes, chemicals, liquid chemicals, solvents, and oils.
The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and the risk of electrical shock and vibration. It is reasonably anticipated that the individual will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens and other infectious materials in the course of duties.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, except during certain firefighting or EMS activities when noise levels may be high.
The job duties of this role are typically performed under standard office practices, policies, and conditions. The work environment is frequently hectic and disruptive, interruptions in work are frequent, and the daily schedule may vary to accommodate department operations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; hear; stand; walk; use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.
The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 130 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.