Conditions of Employment

Conditions of Employment

Firefighter Pay Rates

Rank	Annual Salary (gross)
Recruit Firefighter	$37,366.66
Firefighter Level 1	$53,176.78
Firefighter Level 2	$54,208.35
Firefighter Level 3	$55,364.10
Qual. Firefighter	$59,877.03
Qual. Firefighter with LFF	$62,717.63
Leading Firefighter	$68,386.32
Fire Officer 1	$74,055.00
Fire Officer 2	$79,724.73

NOTE:

These pay rates are effective from March 2008
Recruit Firefighter wage paid during the recruit course
Movement from Firefighter Level 1 to Qualified Firefighter requires 12 months service at the previous level plus the attainment of relevant competencies

Hours of Work

Firefighters work a 10/14-shift roster. Two day shifts from 8am – 6pm followed by 2 night shifts from 6pm – 8am followed by 4 shifts of the same off.

Annual Leave

Firefighters receive nine weeks rostered annual leave per year.

Criminal Record Check

If successful as a career firefighter you will be required to authorise that a Criminal Record Check be conducted. Employment as a Recruit Firefighter is dependant on this check being acceptable to CFA.

Locations

CFA has a wide spread of fire stations across Victoria, and the specific location of employment will be dependant upon where the demand for vacancies arises.

Probationary Employment

Ongoing employment as a career firefighter is subject to satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.