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Summer, 2004
Firefighter Classification Issues - Info Sheet
1.) How are federal wildland firefighters currently classified?
Federal wildland firefighters are currently classified improperly in many
different job series.
The most common job series are: 0462-Forestry Technician, 0455- Range Technician, 0460 - Forester, 0454 - Rangeland Management Specialist, and 0401 - Natural Resources Professional (New title for this series).
Other series that wildland firefighters have and continue to be classified
under are:
0018 - Safety and Occupational Health Management Series
0081 - Firefighter (DoD only) 0101 - Social Science Series 0301 - Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0340 - Program Management Series 0391 - Telecommunications Series 0404 - Biological Science Technician 0408 - Ecology Series 0470 - Soil Science Series 0486 - Wildlife Biology Series 0499 - Student Trainee 0801 - General Engineering Series 1301 - General Physical Science Series 1515 - Operations Research Series 1670 - Equipment Specialist Series 1701 - General Education and Training Series 1712 - Training Instruction Series 1801 - General Inspection, Investigation, and Compliance Series 2101 - Transportation Specialist Series 2150 - Transportation Operations Series 2181 - Aircraft Operation Series
and Wage Grade (Federal Wage System)
3502 - Laboring
5701 - General Equipment Operation 5703 - Motor Vehicle Operator 5716 - Engineering Equipment Operator
The above series have positions that have been approved for wildland
firefighter retirement.
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