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.
In addition, if you do not have the relevant Maths or English qualifications (see eligibility below), you may be eligible for free support to achieve these. More information is available here.
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.
Eligibility (Person Specification)
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service applies Safer Recruitment standards and checks.
1. Be eligible to work in the UK
2. 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
3. Hold a full manual UK Driving Licence
4. Be able to travel to any fire station in Essex
5. Have a valid email address
6. Meet the vision and hearing criteria (for more information, see: FAQs – Wholetime | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service)
7. 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
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