Description
Suppress and manage wildland fires in forests, grasslands, and the wildland-urban interface. Duties include fire prevention and education, fuels reduction, constructing and holding fireline, firing operations, operating engines and hand tools, mop-up and patrol, emergency medical response, search and rescue, and disaster assistance.
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Speed of Closure
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Spatial Orientation
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Response Orientation
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Explosive Strength
- • Dynamic Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Endurance
- • Stamina
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
- • Gross Body Coordination
- • Gross Body Equilibrium
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Visual Color Discrimination
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Auditory Attention
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
- • Building and Construction
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
- • Chemistry
- • Psychology
Health Services
- • Medicine and Dentistry
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
- • Law and Government
Communications
- • Telecommunications
Related specializations
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
