Conditions of Employment
Firefighter Pay Rates
Salary is paid per fortnight and below is a table of pay rates based on rank.
| Rank |
Weekly Salary |
| Recruit Firefighter |
$797.40 |
| Firefighter Level 1 |
$1134.79 |
| Firefighter Level 2 |
$1156.81 |
| Firefighter Level 3 |
$1181.47 |
| Qual. Firefighter |
$1277.78 |
| Senior Firefighter |
$1398.74 |
| Leading Firefighter |
$1469.44 |
| Station Officer |
$1661.10 |
| Senior Station Officer |
$1788.88 |
NOTE:
- The above pay rates are Gross Salary (before tax)
- These pay rates are effective from Aug 2011
- Recruit Firefighter wage paid during the recruit course
Career Firefighter progress to the rank of QFF as follows:
- Level 1 Firefighter (Successful completion of CFA recruits training)
- Level 2 Firefighter (Successful completion of agreed units and one year experience as an operational firefighter)
- Level 3 Firefighter (Successful completion of agreed units and two years experience as an operational firefighter)
- Qualified Firefighter (Successful completion of agreed units and three years experience as an operational firefighter)
Hours of Work
Career 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
Career Firefighters receive nine weeks rostered annual leave per
year.
Probationary Employment
Ongoing employment as a career firefighter is subject to
satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.
