Apprentice Wholetime Firefighter – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: 42 hours a week

Salary: £28,265.00 rising to £37,675.00 when Competent

Location: Across Essex (you could be posted to any station in the County)

Closing Date: 12pm (noon) Friday 21st February

This is the first of two application opportunities for you to apply to become an apprentice wholetime firefighter in 2025, with the second window opening on 5 May 2025

If you have any concerns about your ability to meet our fitness standards at this time, please consider applying later in the year. Information about firefighter fitness is available here: Firefighter fitness | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

In addition, if you do not have the relevant Maths or English qualifications (see eligibility below), you may be eligible to free support to achieve these. More information is available here: Functional Skills – English or Mathematics L1 & 2 -Colchester Institute

We strongly recommend that you research the role and read all the information about being a firefighter, and how to become a firefighter. Further additional information about a range of topics, including the application stages and visual and audio standards, can be found on our accessible website here: FAQs – Wholetime | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Eligibility (Person Specification)

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service applies Safer Recruitment standards and checks.

To be eligible to apply to become an Apprentice Wholetime Firefighter, you must:

Be eligible to work in the UK

Be able to provide hard copy evidence that you have GCSE C-A, or 4-9, or Functional Skills Level 2, in Maths and English, or recognised international equivalent

Hold a full manual UK Driving Licence

Be able to travel to any fire station in Essex

Have a valid email address

Meet the vision and hearing criteria (for more information, see: FAQs – Wholetime | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Be able to provide full employment and education history, including being able to explain any gaps in this history that have occurred in the last five years

Salary: £28,265.00 rising to £37,675.00 when Competent

Contract type: Full Time

Closing date: February 21 2025

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