Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast

In this week's episode, Brent takes to the other side of the microphone on The Ginni Show and talks about his career path, how he solved a problem and turned it into a business and the mentality behind entrepreneurship. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A mashup of some of the best motivational moments from Fire Recruitment Australia! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I've got some really good news for those of you who are looking to become Firefighters in Victoria. It was confirmed earlier last week that there will be a large intake of recruitment in the early part of 2019 for the MFB and the CFA. The opportunity has never been this big in history of the state of Victoria or the country in the fire service. If you want to throw your hat in the ring, you know where you have to start. If you've missed the chance before, you know the areas you have to improve on. Give yourself the best chance possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm going to run through what's going on in 2018 in the fire services around Australia as far as firefighter recruitment, so each service that has recruited, and also what's going to come up next year in 2019! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I've got another Firefighter Recruitment update for Australia! ACT Fire and Rescue are gonna start recruiting in February of 2019! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I've got a Firefighter Recruitment Update for you. Western Australia Firefighter recruitment will be kicking off on the 8th of Jan, running through to the 22nd of January. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Brent explains Cognitive Ability Tests, how the Fire Service assesses the scores, and how it works. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Brent explains Cognify; what it is, how it works, why it's being used, and what you can do to improve your chances for success! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A mashup of some of the best motivational moments from Fire Recruitment Australia! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week I host a free webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the Fire Service here in Australia. It's a highly competitive intake so it's important that you know everything you need to know without wasting your time, effort and money and energy on things that won't work. This week I cover the Top 3 Areas People Fail When Attempting to Become a Firefighter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week I host a free webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the Fire Service here in Australia. It's a highly competitive intake so it's important that you know everything you need to know without wasting your time, effort and money and energy on things that won't work. This week I talk about how interviews are a crucial part of the recruitment process. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s interview with Sam Witmitz is one that means a great deal to me. Sam has been a mentee of mine for the past few years and I’m really proud, not only all that he’s accomplished, but all of the hard work and dedication that he put into his journey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week I host a free webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the Fire Service here in Australia. It's a highly competitive intake so it's important that you know everything you need to know without wasting your time, effort and money and energy on things that won't work. The following question is a question I hear a lot: If I'm a volunteer firefighter, do I have a better chance of picking up a job as a career or as a professional firefighter? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week I host a free webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the Fire Service here in Australia. It's a highly competitive intake so it's important that you know everything you need to know without wasting your time, effort and money and energy on things that won't work. Here's a clip from my recent webinar. I have a chat with Baker Dawas about his experience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I'm going to answer a question that I've been receiving a lot over the last few years and quite a few times recently. If I'm a volunteer firefighter, do I have a better chance of picking up a job as a career or as a professional firefighter? First of all, it's not a simple yes or no answer, so I just want to give that straight. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So I've been a firefighter for 10 years now. I still remember the feeling the day I got knocked back from the Fire Service. Back then you got to WEBA in the post--an old school sort of thing. I still remember how bad that felt and once I was able to get through that and spend another year of my life getting a job, there was still nothing out there to help people in my position. I just had to do something about that because it would have saved me a year of my life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode - I'm going to cover is a day in the life of a firefighter. I'm lucky enough to have Aaron Fisher over here that's going to talk through the structure of his day, the incidents that he might attend or he has attended throughout his career and challenging incident that he's been to See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A recent webinar I conducted regarding the interview component of a Fire Service Recruitment position. This is extremely important as it's where you will be able to make an impression and really drive home how suitable you are for a position. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I've been receiving alot of questions around the QFES Supervised Tests. Here's a short podcast with my answers. If you have any more questions you'd like to share - visit firerecruitmentaustralia.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some of the success stories of Fire Recruitment in Australia of people who are living their dreams in the service. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recruitment Updates for the Australian Fire Service Recruitment via a live Q&A on YouTube. If you have any questions about the Fire Service, please visit: www.firerecruitmentaustralia.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm going to run you through the pay rates for all the fire services around Australia or most of them, to give you an idea of what you're going to get paid as a firefighter. Then I'm going to do an average so that I answers that question broadly, but I'll go as deep as possible as I can on the data that we've got on the sheet behind it. I'll also put the document up so you can download it if you want all in one spot. I'll go through it all so it's nice and easy to look at the service that you're applying to and figure out how much you're going to get paid. These figures are up to date as of, most of them, 2007/ 2008. There's after those we could possibly get them at this point in time. So each year I'll try and update this but this is how we're going to do it for now.So QFES, a recruit firefighter is currently getting 2555 bucks, that's 89 a fortnight. So times that by 26 and you get yearly wage. And the classification firefighter 2651 should match out the gates. So that's per fortnight. SAMFS pay rate as of 2004 down through to 2017 is as written in this document here. So you'll have to download that one to get that. DFES or WA Fire Service pay rate as of 2006 down, so these ones will be old but you'll get an indicative idea. So trainee firefighter 69,000 per year which is probably the highest in the country I reckon, just off the top of my head. So 70 grand a year as a trainee. Goes up to 76 when you stop being a trainee, so a fifth class firefighter. First class firefighters are known to earn to a grand which is pretty good. Semi-firefighter, 95. Station officer, 107. SO, 211. Area officer, 121. Right up there, Chief Superintendent at 150 grand. So that gives you a really good idea across the board of where you're going to start. I'd say their starting wage is probably a higher one in the country. So you can earn anywhere from sort of 60 grand to 150 in the fire service as a base rate. The next one is the pay rate for Fire Rescue New South Wales as of February 2017. So a recruit firefighter weekly rate of pay from the 16th of Feb will be 1207 bucks a week. So times that by 52 and you get the idea. Right up to the inspector and he's getting 2300 a week. So when you're a qualified firefighter it goes up to 1500 with Fire and Rescue New South Wales. Big pay rate, so these are just the firefighter levels. I can give you an idea of the other level. So a recruit firefighter is earning 1000 bucks a week. So 52 grand a year. So a little bit less than Western Australia pay rate which is 70, so 20,000 less as a recruit. Then you go on to station and it bumps up to 400 bucks extra a week which probably brings you a little bit closer, right up a qualified firefighter at 1550 which is the same as New South Wales essentially.Then ACT Fire and Rescue pay rates, that's another download. I can set up the links there for you, you just have to read that one yourself all in one spot at least. Tasmanian Fire Service pay rate. Trainee firefighter, this is as of 2010 so you can imagine this has gone up significantly, but 41 grand as a trainee. First class firefighter, 55. So I would say this is probably more in line with Vic anyway. That is a pretty old thing but that's all we could get off their website. ARFF pay rates as of 2007. Let's say you start as a recruit, what's a recruit getting? 35 grand. That's not great, that's what it is. Trainee firefighter level one, 61 grand. So it increases significantly once you sought of jump on board as a working firefighter. So then leading firefighters 87 which is pretty much in the mix. Then we've got a SSO and SO, so substation officer, that's the difference there. So, SO is actually a higher rank around 100 grand and the controls are 110. So slightly less than average what they have but all the same not too bad. Northern Territory, all of PFES, you're going to start off on 64 grand as a recruit. It goes up to 67 and then your classes are between 70 grand and 82 as a firefighter. Then you get standing and leading around the 90 grand mark. Station officers is about 100 and senior station officer 107. So slightly below average I reckon just looking at it. But that's the general gist of firefighter wages or firefighter salary for the different services around the country.So if you looked at an average of, I reckon, on the safe side sort of starting around the 50-ish, 55 grand mark as a recruit and then once you qualify looking at 70, 75 grand. So to give you a broad idea hopefully this has been helpful. I'm Brant Clayton this is Firerecruitmentaustralia.com. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss any important updates and other news and stuff like this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here are some motivational stories from previous fire service applicants from around Australia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week, I host a Free Webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the fire service in Australia. In this particular episode, I cover the key Ideas & Strategies to Give Yourself The Best Chance Possible. There are free resources available at www.firerecruitmentaustralia.com if you need further training. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week, I host a Free Webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the fire service in Australia. In this particular episode, I cover the why and the what of Personality Profiling. There are free resources available at www.firerecruitmentaustralia.com if you need further training. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each week, I host a Free Webinar for anyone that's interested in joining the fire service in Australia. In this particular episode, I cover the 3 Top Areas People Fail When Attempting to Become a Firefighter. There are free resources available at www.firerecruitmentaustralia.com if you need further training. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm going to show you the four things that you need to do in order to be able to improve your score in any aptitude test for the fire service and any aptitude test in general. We've been seeing unbelievable success with our membership coaching guys as well as the guys that have been using our aptitude services so I thought I'd run through the four keys that we've been using with those guys to get those results so that you can you go and use them for yourself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's been a few announcements in the Australian Fire Service Industry for recruitments in South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.QFES: July 9th to August 20thSAMFS: Late 2018 - rumoured 3 rounds of intakeDFES: Late 2018 recruitment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, I'm going to talk to you about cognitive testing or aptitude testing and in particular the supervised component of that testing. Some services require you to do an online pretesting to get into the next pool where you'll will go into a supervised test. The reason this video has come about is because I kept receiving emails from people saying, I can't get through the pretesting or I can't, but generally, they can't get through the supervised testing in that case. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode, I want to show you through the process of how to apply for a job with the Fire Service in Australia and in particular, your strategy in doing that. Over the past few weeks, I've been receiving emails from different people asking me to help them with the aptitude tests and interviews and applications and resumes and stuff like that. I found the comments read when I write back to them and say, sort of, how long have you got to prepare this for? A lot of the time, I've been here like two weeks or a week or my test is next, you know, the sixth of next month or something like this. Basically, it's just not enough time to get yourself prepared and make sure that you're going to be able to smash each stage or that stage of the process. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode, I am going to talk to you about aptitude test and fire service recruitment within Australia and the main reasons why most people fail this test. So the first reason is that they just don’t prepare well enough or wing it and go into the test thinking that it's all going to be fine and they get stamped on questions that they've never seen before or haven’t seen for a very long time. The other reason is that they've practiced the questions but they haven’t found out what sort of questions they're going to face on the day specifically. So they've practiced the wrong questions and they go in there and have the same result. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's subject will be about fitness testing for fire service recruitment around Australia and in particular the beep test. I wanted to cover the beep test today because I've been receiving a lot of questions about it. In particular, in relation to the New South Wales Fire and Rescue service and the fact that they've removed it from their testing process. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Personality Profiling & Psychometric Profiling:How Fire Services Do It & The Best Way To Approach ItFire Services will come up with what they perceive to be the perfect personality profile for a firefighter.Using a test that entails yes or no questions or a range of statements where you select a range of responses from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. This will enable the Fire Service to determine exactly where you fit into their profile.From experience, it is best to be as honest as possible during this test as this shows consistency throughout your test. A mistake applicants often make are to try and trick the process which ultimately won’t work in your favour.I did a video a few years back which gives you a really deep insight into this test and what it is you need to do in order to understand them. You can watch the video here and by the end of it, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the context of these questions and why they are needed in the fire service recruitment process.All these tools are available via my book “Process to Success,” via the Fire Recruitment Australia website. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’ll be talking about the application process for Fire Services around Australia and also your interview preparation as well.It’s a pretty simple tip.Get your hands on the position description for whatever fire service it is that you’re applying for. Have a look through it carefully. Look at the Key Selection Criteria and Key Result Areas and they’ll be specific things in there such as administration duties, working as part of a team, working in a diverse environment and what you need to do is think about different times where you’ve shown that you can demonstrate these abilities and incorporate that into your application and into your interview when it comes about if you get to that stage.On our site *insert direct hyperlink here* , we’ve got some guides that can help you with that including expert help on your resume and cover letter to ensure you have everything up to the most accurate representation of yourself and a standard which is ready to go to apply for a fire service position. We’ve had some great results with this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FIRE SERVICE INTERVIEW FUNDAMENTALSThe subject I’ll be talking about today is the interview process for Fire Service Recruitment in Australia. I’m going to cover off two subjects.1. The Types Of Questions Asked & Why.The Types of Questions that you’re likely to get asked during the Fire Service Recruitment Process are behavioural based interview questions. An example of this might be when you’re asked:Tell us about a time when you’ve been a part of a team.The reason why they use this type of questioning is because you can provide the recruiters an idea of how you’ve behaved in the past will indicates how you’re likely to behave in the future. The most common format people use to answer these questions is known as the “S.T.A.R” technique.S – SituationT – TaskA – ActionsR – ResultSo when answering in this format, you need to paint a picture on what the situation was, the task you were required to do, what your actions were (not anyone else) and what were the results from these actions that you took.If you need some further examples or a more in depth explanation – you can grab a copy of my book. Another thing we offer is 1-on-1 coaching. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

These are the keys that you need to know to improve your cognitive test and post an excellent score and show you where you can go to get through that and run through some correspondence from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and what I think you need in addition to ensure you stand out above the competition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

4 SIMPLE REASONS WHY MOST PEOPLE GET BEATEN FOR JOBS DURING THE FIRE RECRUITMENT PROCESSLack of understanding of the role/position of a Fire FighterOf the actual role or job of a fire fighter. They don’t understand what a fire fighter does on a day to day basis and what it is that they’re looking for. It would be fair to say that you really need to have a good understanding of the job that you’re applying to no matter what industry you are in.Lack of understanding of the organisation that you’re applying toMFB, NSFR, Q, WA – they don’t understand the organisation they are applying to enough so they can’t articulate their understanding of the organisation to applying to. It would be fair enough to assume that a potential employee might have a bit of an understanding of the organisation that they’re applying to get a job with for the next 10-20.30 years.Lack of understanding of their own strengths and attributesYou might understand what you’re good at and what you’re not good at, but when put on the spot, you’re not able to articulate enough to the recruitment team.Lack of PreparationThey’re not prepared enough for the test they are going to face throughout the process. That comes down to figuring out what’s in front of you and making sure you’re as well prepared as possible.We’ve had a lot of success helping people prepare – hope you’ve gained something from these 4 keys and have a clearer understanding on how to better your chances at joining the fire service. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

3 Interview Tips On How To Stand Out During A Fire Service InterviewI wanted to share some content with you on how to stand out during your interview for a Fire Service Position.Here are some ways to stand out and what it is you need to focus on in order to make sure the best version of you comes across during that interview process. The interview is the single biggest exposure you will get to the Fire Service Recruitment team, it’s stands out to me that you want to make sure that you put the best version of yourself forward in the small window of opportunity that you’ve got.Have an understanding of what it is you’re going to be expected to respond to during the interview on the day so you don’t get caught out. Be preparedHave a look into our past about our best examples and have them front of mind and convey that to the interview panelHave a structure with your answers so you don’t miss out on any important information you want to convey to the panel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Firefighter Training – Coaching Insights This week on The Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast, I give you a front row seat on one of our group coaching sessions for firefighter applicant training. There’s two types of examples here. The first coaching session was for applying for a fire service position at the SAFMS. Every […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire Service Interviews Preparing in 2018 – How To Get Prepared and land in the top percentage Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast Applying for a Fire Service Position & Preparing for the interview : How to get the edge This episode, Brent takes a seat in the guest’s chair and journalist and fellow podcast Ginni […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast Aptitude & Cognitive Testing : How to get the edge This episode, Brent takes a seat in the guest’s chair and journalist and fellow podcaster Ginni Saraswati takes the host’s spot. Brent discusses some tips around: How to ensure you place yourself in the best position to succeed Practicing […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast Firefighter Personality: How to get the edge This episode, we talk about personality tests that you will face on your way through the recruitment process. I’m joined by Lakin Smith who is an organisational Psychologist. She has been working in the exact same field that looks at these tests […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire Recruitment Australia Podcast Firefighter Aptitude Tests: How to get the edge This episode has some guidelines on how to improve your score rapidly and get into the top percentage of people who get a chance to move through to the next step of the selection process the Fire Service Aptitude & Cognitive Test. […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire Service Interview Firerecruitmentaustralia.com, become a firefighter without wasting years of your life, time, money, and effort on things that won’t work. Get the facts and what works. You’re listening to the Fire Recruitment Australia podcast with your host, Brent Clayton. Hi there it’s Brent Clayton from firerecruitmentaustralia.com, with a podcast episode on how […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.