fire service vehicle operator
Code 8332.5
Fire service vehicle operators drive and operate emergency fire service vehicles such as firetrucks. They specialise in emergency driving and assist firefighting operations. They ensure that all material is well stored on the vehicle, transported and ready for usage.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- hydraulics
- health and safety regulations
- fire safety regulations
- fire prevention procedures
- fire-fighting systems
Skills and competences
- react calmly in stressful situations
- extinguish fires
- drive firetruck under emergency conditions
- drive vehicles
- apply advanced driving techniques
- ensure public safety and security
- manage major incidents
- operate specialised equipment in emergency
- operate emergency equipment
- perform search and rescue missions
- perform risk analysis
- select hazard control
- work as a team in a hazardous environment
- use different types of fire extinguishers
Transversal competences
- manage emergency care situations
- provide first aid
- first aid
- tolerate stress
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences