Public Education Officer. (a) The written exam shall consist of up to 100 multiple choice and fill in the bank questions.
(b) The exams, both oral and written, shall be based solely on the Oakville Fire Department’s Public Educator Training Manual.
(c) Oral Presentation - The candidates will be informed of the topics to be used in the oral presentation a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the date on which it is to take place. Time limits may be waived by mutual agreement between the parties to this Agreement. The candidate shall choose one of three potential topics for their oral presentation. The oral presentation shall be in the form of a teaching plan and presentation of the teaching plan to an assessment board. An oral presentation shall be no longer than fifteen (15) minutes.
(d) Oral exam - The assessment board shall ask a series of questions of the candidate. The answers to the above questions must be able to be cross- referenced in the stated materials. The marking scheme shall ensure that there is only one appropriate answer to each question asked. As part of the oral examination, a series questions will be asked to each candidate. The candidate will be scored as to whether they mentioned all or any of the answers that the selection committee has predetermined to be acceptable
(e) The oral presentation shall be done before an assessment board consisting of the Fire Chief or designate and the Deputy Chiefs.
(f) Applicants must have eight and one half (8½) years of completed service with the Oakville Fire Department unless there is mutual agreement between the parties to this agreement to lower the requirement.
(g) The successful candidate shall be required to complete certification to NFPA Public Educator 1035 Level l and ll.
Public Education Officer. Where there is a permanent vacancy in the position of Public Education Officer which the Village has decided to fill with a lieutenant, the assignment to the Public Education Officer shall be made by the Fire Chief in the following order:
1. First, from among lieutenant(s) who volunteer for such assignment, unless the Fire Chief determines that any such lieutenant has already been assigned or has already served (or is serving) as an understudy for a special assignment and is reasonably expected to be assigned within the next 12 months to that special assignment (i.e., maintenance officer, director of recruit training, TRS director, and any equivalent special assignment in terms of overall duties and responsibilities that may be established in the future).
2. Second, if no one volunteers or if there is an insufficient number of volunteers, the lieutenant(s) with the least departmental seniority, unless the Fire Chief determines that any such lieutenant has already been assigned or has already served (or is serving) as an understudy for a special assignment and is reasonably expected to be assigned within the next 12 months to that special assignment (i.e., maintenance officer, director of recruit training, TRS director, and any equivalent special assignment in terms of overall duties and responsibilities that may be established in the future). Absent voluntary consent and as long as there is a volunteer available or a lieutenant (if more than one, the one with the least departmental seniority) who has not previously been assigned as Public Education Officer and who is available for such assignment, no lieutenant shall be assigned as Public Education Officer for more than three years. While it is normally expected that a lieutenant will serve as Public Education Officer for three years, the Fire Chief retains the right to reassign a lieutenant before the end of the three year period, provided that a lieutenant who is reassigned and who at the time of reassignment had served less than two years as Public Education Officer shall be eligible for reassignment as Public Education Officer to finish his three year assignment. Similarly, the Fire Chief retains the right to temporarily assign a lieutenant as Public Education Officer or to reassign a lieutenant who has volunteered to work as Public Education Officer for more than three years if the Fire Chief determines that such reassignment is necessary. Temporary assignments shall normally be for the purpose of sta...
Public Education Officer. All applicants shall have a minimum of seven (7) years full time employment with the Richmond Hill Fire & Emergency Services with three (3) years experience as a Public Educator, 1st Class. Additionally, all applicants must have requested and successfully completed the following courses/workbooks: Occupational Health and Safety Training NFPA Fire Instructor I Course Company Officer (Workbook) Fire and Life Safety Educator (Workbook) All applicable courses will be offered a minimum of once annually. A firefighter must be at 1st Class to be eligible to apply for any available course. Testing for these promotions shall involve: a written exam - constituting 25% of the total xxxx an oral presentation - constituting 25% of the total xxxx a practical component – constituting 25% of the total xxxx and an interview - constituting 25% of the total xxxx (2018)
Public Education Officer. All applicants shall have a minimum of seven (7) years full time employment with the Richmond Hill Fire Department with three (3) years experience as a Public Educator, 1st Class. Testing for these promotions shall involve a written exam - consisting 50% of the total mark, oral presentation - constituting 25% of the mark and an interview - constituting 25% of the total mark.
Public Education Officer. All applicants shall have a minimum of seven (7) years full time employment with the Richmond Hill Fire Department with three (3) years experience as a Public Educator, 1st Class. Additionally, effective December 31, 2010 all applicants must have successfully completed the following courses: • Occupational Health and Safety Training • Trainer Facilitator Program • In-House – Effective Supervisor, Company Officer Modules All applicable courses will be offered a minimum of once annually. A fire fighter must be at 1st Class to be eligible to apply for any available course. Testing for these promotions shall involve a written exam- constituting 50% of the total xxxx, oral presentation - constituting 25% of the xxxx and an interview - constituting 25% of the total xxxx.
