Firefighter at Swartland Local Municipality

• Salary: R 249 480 – R 323 808 per annum(T-08 of a Category4 Local Authority)

Requirements: 

• Good communication skills
• Interpersonal skills;
• Ability to function under stress /pressure.
• Ability to make independent decisions

Qualification: 

• Grade 12 or higher;
• Firefighter I course;
• Hazmat Awareness;
• First Aid Level 3;
• Code: EB Driver’s License;
• Physically and Mentally fit;
• No criminal record; plus;
• Code C Driver’s License;
• Firefighter II course;
• Hazmat Operational / Fire & Rescue; and
• Relevant Firefighter Certificate
• Experience: 3 years’ operational experience

Job Purpose:

• Performs a variety of tasks associated with responding to and dealing with firefighting, emergency rescue services, rendering basic medical care, fire prevention and training activities, operating and maintaining firefighting equipment and apparatus, maintaining fire station facilities and related work as required in order to protect the lives and property in accordance with the Fire Brigade Services Act (Act 99 of 1987) and Municipal Structures Act (Act 117 of 1998)

Key Performance Areas:

• Firefighting activities
• Staff supervision
• Fire and life safety training and preparation
• Maintenance functions: vehicles, equipment and fire station
• Administrative functions
• Apparatus and machinery operation
• Control center duties
• Fire prevention compliance 

Core Professional Competencies

• Community and
• Customer Focus
• Problem Solving
• Negotiation and
• Influencing
• Resilience
• Communication
• Ethics and
• Professionalism

Functional Competencies

• Fire fighting
• Rescue
• Operations
• Special
• Operations
• (Hazmat, Urban Search and Rescue).
• Fire Safety and Prevention
• Safety and Welfare
• Emergency
• Medical Care
• Call Taking and
• Dispatch
• Public Service
• Orientation
• Interpersonal
• Relationships
• Service Delivery Orientation

Personal Competencies

• Action and
• Outcome
• Orientation
• Resilience
• Change
• Readiness
• Cognitive
• Ability
• Learning
• Orientation
• Problem
• Solving

Management/Leadership Orientation

• Impact and
• Influence
• Team Orientation
• Direction Setting
• Coaching and
• Mentoring 

NB:

• A covering letter with at least two (2) contactable references (managers, subordinates or peers), must accompany the completed prescribed application form (available on request at Tel. 022 487 9400 or on the municipality’s website www.swartland.org.za) with certified copies of the necessary qualification, certificates, ID document, driver’s license and a Curriculum Vitae (Maximum of three (3) pages).
• Completed applications on which the post reference numbers are clearly indicated must be delivered to the Municipal offices, 1 Kerk Street, Malmesbury or posted to Private Bag X52, Malmesbury, 7299 for the attention of Mrs R van Zyl (Snr HR Practitioner: Recruitment and Selection) by no later than the closing date.
• NO FAXES OR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2025 AT 12:00