FIRE PREVENTION INSPECTOR, RECRUIT (CLASS CODE 2276)

Posting number: 11368/2276

Department: Fire Department

Job classification: FIRE PREVENTION INSPECTOR, RECRUIT (CLASS CODE 2276)

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building & Safety, Fire & EMS

Summary

Entry level technical inspection and law enforcement work to secure compliance with the city fire prevention regulations and ordinances, activities to encourage development and use of fire prevention methods; investigational work to determine the origins and causes of fires; performance of other departmental investigations as directed by the Superintendent; and related work as required. Receive introduction and training in data entry and quality control oversight of the Company Officer Commercial Occupancy Inspections process and records.

Examples of duties

EITHER:     High School Diploma or G.E.D. Equivalency Diploma.*
 
 AND      Four (4) years of experience in any of the following fields: fire prevention, firefighting (work must have required a firefighter certification accredited by International Fire Service Accreditation Congress or National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications), safety engineering, occupational safety, fire protection, engineering, architecture, building/housing inspection, drafting, designing buildings, or law enforcement (must have required Peace Officer Standards and Training Council certification).
 
Note: Sixty (60) semester hours of college credit from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of the related experience.
 
 OR:     A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.*
 
A background check will be conducted on those candidates being considered for hire.  Convictions for felonies or numerous misdemeanors may be disqualifying.
 
Selective certification based on possession of International Code Council (ICC) Fire Inspector I and/or current P.O.S.T. certification will be granted at the request of the appointing authority.

Note: If appointed, employees must become certified by the International Code Council (ICC) as a Fire Inspector I and must also obtain the Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Certification from a Louisiana State approved Academy for examination during the probationary period. No probationary period may last longer than one (1) year.  If employees are not certified by ICC and P.O.S.T. certified during their probationary period, they will be terminated and must wait one (1) year from the end of their probationary period or receive certification from ICC and P.O.S.T. to be considered for rehire.
 
* Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.

Qualifications

The examination will consist of:
a) A written multiple-choice test, weighted 100%. 
b) A qualifying test of writing skills.
 
If given a conditional offer of employment, a qualifying medical test (which may consist of a chest x-ray and/or lumbar spine x-ray) and psychological/psychiatric evaluation will be administered.  A stress EKG may be given.
 
This is an original entrance examination.

Supplemental information

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CREED, CULTURE, OR ANCESTRY.  REQUESTS FOR ALTERNATE FORMAT OR ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SHANA PARKER AT (504) 658-3516 OR TTY/VOICE AT (504) 586-4475 or (504) 658-4020.

DOMICILE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT: Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application. However, all new full-time employees hired into this classification on or after January 1, 2013, must be domiciled in Orleans Parish within 180 days of hire. Public safety employees such as commissioned law enforcement officers hired by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), firefighters hired by the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD), emergency medical technicians hired by the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (NOEMS) and the recruits for these positions hired by these departments are excluded from this provision. Airport employees are excluded from this provision if the actual domicile of the employee is nearer to the employee’s job site than the distan