The ideal candidate must have working knowledge of standard wildland fire management program requirements, suppression tactics, methods and procedures and skill in the use of wildland firefighting hand tools, pumps and hoses, and chainsaws sufficient to perform routinely assigned fire suppression and prescribed fire assignments and to maintain firefighting tools and equipment. Working knowledge of fire behavior, hazards, and accepted fire safety practices and procedures to prevent injury and loss of life. Ability to perform duties under stressful and adverse operating conditions, such as long work hours, heavy workloads, emergency situations, adverse working and environmental conditions. 

The work is primarily performed in forest, range and desert environments in steep terrain where surfaces may be extremely uneven, rocky, covered with thick tangled vegetation, smoky conditions, etc. Temperatures commonly exceed 100 degrees F and fall below freezing. Risks include smoke inhalation, fire entrapment, snake or insect bites and stings, exposure to excessive machinery noise, and falling and rolling material. 

Please see the Individual Occupation Requirements and the Technical and Medical Support Positions Group Qualification Standard on the OPM websites.

Primary Core Education Requirement depending on complexity: ENGB, CRWB, FIRB, HMGB, RXB2 from National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Secondary Core Education Requirement depending on complexity: ICT4, ENGB, CRWB, HMGB, ICT3, TFLD, HEBM from National Wildfire Coordinating Group