Firefighters Wanted at the Rescue Service in Skellefteå Municipality

In Skellefteå Municipality, we work together across boundaries, in a work culture characterized by an unusually strong belief in the future. Every workday is about ensuring that the municipality functions and develops as well as possible for everyone who lives and works here. In urban areas, communities, and villages. It is not always straightforward. Prioritizing time, competence, and engagement is rarely simple. But we can promise that it will almost always be worth it. After all, we work mostly for others and each other. That feeling of having made a difference is hard to beat.

Now, the Rescue Service in Skellefteå Municipality is looking for firefighters. The Rescue Service is part of the Community Building Administration. The municipality has eleven fire stations and one rescue service located throughout the municipality. The largest fire station, where all full-time staff are located, is in central Skellefteå.

Currently, about 180 people work as firefighters at our RIB stations (rescue personnel on standby) throughout the municipality. However, we need to expand - women and men from diverse backgrounds. Therefore, we are looking for firefighters for the RIB stations in Kåge, Fällfors, Byske, Jörn, Boliden, Skelleftehamn, Bureå, Lövånger, Burträsk, and Bygdsiljum.

Perhaps you will soon strengthen one of our teams? Then you will become an important resource for our community and an asset in the safety work at your workplace. In Skellefteå Municipality, you make a real difference for everyone who lives and works here.

Welcome with your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Being a firefighter means that you are employed by the rescue service in Skellefteå. The rescue service pays for the time you participate in emergency responses, drills, and training. You also receive standby compensation. A RIB unit has about 40-50 alarms per year. On average, each alarm takes about an hour. How your standby time is organized varies. Ideally, we prefer that you have standby for entire weeks, but depending on where you live and work, it may also be possible to have standby in the evenings, nights, or during the day.

QUALIFICATIONS

You can become a firefighter (RIB) if:

• you are at least 18 years old
• you have at least a B driver's license
• you have good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written
• you are healthy and in good physical condition
• you live or work so that you can be at the fire station within the response time, normally 5 minutes
• you pass our recruitment tests, which include: interview, swimming and fitness test, and medical examination.
• you enjoy working with people
• you have your employer's and family's consent.

The Rescue Service in Skellefteå follows MSB's (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) training program. Here are the steps in brief:

1. You have completed and passed the recruitment requirements and tests.
2. Then you will undergo a 2-week training at MSB, where self-study is mixed with distance and on-site studies, Course 1.
3. After that, there is a 2-week training in Skellefteå that includes, among other things, smoke diving.
4. After this stage in the training, you can start being part of a standby group in your hometown and respond to alarms.
5. However, the training is not complete; you will need to complete a 3-week training at one of the MSB training locations, the nearest being in Luleå, Sundsvall, or Sandö, Course 2.

An individual training plan will be established for each person. For practical reasons, most people tend to follow each other throughout the entire training period. Obtaining a C driver's license (truck license) is also part of the training. The plan is for everyone to have completed the entire training package within two years.

OTHER

The Community Building Administration ensures that streets and squares, communities, and residential areas function as well as possible for everyone who lives and works here. The mission includes planning, advising, supervision, and many long-term development issues related to physical planning, streets and parks, transport and services, rescue services, chimney sweeping, as well as water and waste management.

With quality technology and diversity, both in terms of operational areas, personnel, and technical development, we make a growing Skellefteå possible.

Read more about Skellefteå here: https://skelleftea.se (https://skelleftea.se)

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