Summer, 2004

Firefighter Classification Issues - Info Sheet

Proper Job Classification by the Office of Personnel Management and Federal Land Management Agencies

 
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.