Promotion to Engineer. The position shall be awarded to the most senior individual who 177 has achieved: a) a rating of “satisfactory” or above on their most recent performance 178 evaluation, and b) meets the minimum experience requirements outlined in the job 179 description for Engineer, and c) achieves a passing score of 70% or above on the 180 Wisconsin Certified Driver/Operator Pumper and Wisconsin Certified Driver/Operator 181 Aerial exam, and d) has Wisconsin EMT certification.
Promotion to Engineer. The position shall be awarded to the most senior individual who has achieved: a) a rating of “satisfactory” or above on their most recent performance evaluation, and b) meets the minimum experience requirements outlined in the job description for Engineer, and c) achieves a passing score of 70% or above on the Wisconsin Certified Driver/Operator Pumper and Wisconsin Certified Driver/Operator Aerial exam, and d) has Wisconsin EMT certification. Promotion to Lieutenant: The position shall be awarded to the most senior individual who has achieved: a) a rating of “satisfactory” or above on their most recent performance evaluation, and b) a passing score of 70% or above on the Wisconsin Certified Fire Officer I exam, and c) a rating of “satisfactory” or above in the “assumption of duties” category of their last performance review, and d) has Wisconsin EMT certification. The written examination will be waived if a candidate has worked at least 1000 hours as a Lieutenant from January 1, 1989 until the date of the posting. Out of grade work shall be documented by the officer in charge of the house at which the work was performed.
Promotion to Engineer. 17.1 The Company shall determine the need for additional qualified Locomotive Engineers but will always maintain a minimum of three (3) qualified Locomotive Engineers, not permanently working as such.
17.2 The Company will bulletin training courses at least thirty (30) days in advance when there is a need to increase the number of qualified Locomotive Engineers. Conductors will be given the opportunity to bid these courses by written application to the bulletin. Positions will be awarded based on the employee’s relative seniority standing on the Conductor’s seniority roster.
17.3 Conductors who do not bid the course at their first opportunity but bid subsequent courses, shall rank junior to other employees as an Engineer, who bid and qualified at their first opportunity.
17.4 Employees absent for the entire bulleting period will be provided the opportunity to make application to any bids which they may have missed. If as a result they were not able to attend the course in their proper turn, they will be qualified on the next available course, without their seniority being affected.
17.5 If there are insufficient bids to qualify as Engineer, Conductors will be assigned in reverse seniority standing, provided the employee has a minimum of two (2) years’ experience, as an operating employee on the property.
17.6 All employees having attained five (5) years of service may have been given the opportunity become qualified as locomotive engineers.
