Occupation Atlaschief fire officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a05d0a6d-7b60-445a-8dcb-282c7d5a6852
chief fire officer
Chief fire officers supervise a fire department. They coordinate the operations of the department, and supervise and lead the fire and rescue staff during firefighting and rescue activities to ensure the safety of the staff and limitation of risks. They perform administrative duties to ensure record maintenance, and implement policies to improve the department's operations.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
ERCEnterprising · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.15
- R Realistic5.14
- C Conventional4.66
- S Social3.72
- I Investigative2.26
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers (33-1021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ensure public safety and security
- extinguish fires
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- first response
- implement fire safety management plans
- lead a team
- manage emergency care situations
- manage major incidents
- manage staff
- organise fire drills
- pyrotechnic articles legislation
- use different types of fire extinguishers
- use geographic information systems
- work as a team in a hazardous environment
Optional (20)
- apply first response
- assess employees' capability levels
- conduct public presentations
- coordinate rescue missions
- coordinate with other emergency services
- educate public on fire safety
- environmental policy
- hydraulics
- maintain operational communications
- manage budgets
- manage security equipment
- operate fire extinguishers
- perform risk analysis
- plan health and safety procedures
- pollution legislation
- recruit employees
- select hazard control
- supervise worker safety
- test safety strategies
- train employees
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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