Title: Fire Commission Training Specialist (Academic Support Specialist IV)
Salary Range: $48,168
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5
Work Location: Hybrid
FLSA Status: Exempt
College: Kentucky Fire Commission
Campus Location: Kentucky Fire Commission Office
Department: Operations
Total Rewards
Kentucky Fire Commission offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
Job Summary
Plan, prepare and conduct training for the Kentucky Fire Commission/State Fire Rescue Training. The Training Specialist ensures that equipment and curriculum needs are ready and available and serves as an instructor in courses for local districts 5, 6 and 7, as well as across the Commonwealth. Normally scheduled work location may be Elizabethtown, Burlington or Louisville, KY.
Job Duties:
Prepare and review course curriculum, work with the coordinators to schedule and deliver classes and remain current with the curriculum and train the trainers.
Work with the District and Regional Coordinator and the Accredited Certification Coordinator to schedule courses for certification testing and ensure that all documents and equipment are available for courses for certification including traveling and transporting equipment when needed.
Collaborate with the Director of SFRT, Region One and Two Coordinators, the Fire Academy of Kentucky (FAK) Coordinator, Academic Coordinator for Curriculum and Fire Science Training, and/or District Training Coordinators to survey and determine training needs and then assist with scheduling and delivery of courses.
Assist with maintaining and repairing facilities and grounds at SFRT offices and other services/duties as needed. Travel is required.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Minimum: High school diploma or GED
Relevant Experience-Minimum: 3 to 4 years
Required licenses and certifications:
Kentucky Fire Commission 400 hours Certification or equivalent and accredited certifications for Hazmat Awareness, Operations, Firefighter I, Firefighter II, and Fire Instructor I are required. Driver Operator (DO) Pumper, Mobile Water Supply, DO Aerial, Fire Instructor II, Live Fire Instructor (eligible), and Fire Officer I and II; are preferred and expected to be obtained within twenty-four (24) months of hire if not currently held. EMT or Paramedic and Live Fire Instructor In Charge (eligible) are preferred. Valid drivers license.
Preferred Qualifications:
Education Preferred: Associates degree or equivalent
Relevant Experience-Preferred: 5 to 7 years
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