What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fire Safety Inspector position at Shasta County?
THE CURRENT VACANCY IS IN THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2025
SEE “SPECIAL REQUIREMENT” SECTION REGARDING
POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED
FINAL FILING DATE: MARCH 21, 2025 AT 12:00 PM
SALARY INFORMATION
$4,565.00 - $5,826.00 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $26.34 - $33.61 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*
*Please refer to the appropriate Bargaining Unit Memorandum of Understanding for potential future salary increases* Please visit https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/labor-agreements-mous.
ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY
Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere. With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Shasta County Fire department's mission is to stand ready to protect life, property and the environment utilizing our trained and equipped personnel. This includes structural and wild-land fire control, first response medical care, and assistance to other emergency service agencies.
We are a full-service fire department that serves both rural and urban areas throughout Shasta County. Our department is staffed by highly trained and experienced firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency responders who are committed to protecting the lives and property of our residents.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Under general supervision, review and check commercial and residential building plans for code compliance regarding fire and life safety; inspect residential care facilities for code compliance; conduct business fire safety inspections for code compliance; and perform related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Inspector performs routine residential building plan review for compliance with the Shasta County Fire Safe Standards, performs routine commercial building plan review for compliance with the Shasta County Fire Safe Standards and applicable and adopted sections of the California Fire, Mechanical, and Building Codes. Inspectors will be required to possess a working knowledge of the applicable sections of the California Fire, Mechanical, and Building codes as those codes apply to fire and life safety. Inspectors will be required to perform business occupancy inspections, residential care facility, and school safety inspections. Inspectors will be required to perform on-site inspection duties during construction of buildings, roads, and other aspects relating to land use development.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Inspects buildings and other aspects of land use development to insure compliance with fire and life safety requirements and approved plans and specifications; assists and advises the general public in matters relating to fire and life safety requirements; reviews plans for code compliance; investigates complaints; prepares written reports; issues notices to correct code violations; performs various office work such as keyboarding/typing using a word processor or typewriter, filing, alphabetizing, answering phone calls, maintaining calendars and databases using Microsoft Word and Excel software, and operating various office machines; composes letters that are clear and comprehensive utilizing proper vocabulary, grammar, and spelling; checks reports and data for accuracy; enters data into data management system. May be required to perform public speaking. Performs other related duties as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of education and experience sufficient to directly demonstrate possession and application of the following:
Knowledge of: Building and related codes and ordinances enforceable by the County, specifically applicable sections of the California Building Code, California Fire Code, California Mechanical Code, and Shasta County Fire Safety Standards; State and Federal regulations; National Fire Codes; and basic computer use.
Ability to: Read and interpret building plans and specifications for compliance with applicable sections of various Codes; perform on-site inspections for compliance with Codes and initiate appropriate enforcement actions; maintain cooperative working relationship with builders, contractors, developers and the general public; enforce corrective actions in conformance with the various Codes by way of verbal communication, written documentation, and/or issuance of citations with firmness and tact; independently resolve routine problems or situations requiring the exercise of good judgment; enter data into data management system; maintain records and prepare written reports; must be physically capable of safely moving about on construction sites, steep terrain with dense vegetation, work in environments where the ambient air temperatures are extremely high.
Employee must be willing to attend job related coursework as needed and directed.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
It is the responsibility of applicants to identify in their application materials how they meet the minimum qualifications listed below.
A. One (1) year of experience as a building inspector with a city or county building department, including experience reviewing building plans for compliance with adopted building and fire codes and experience conducting on-site inspections during all phases of building construction.
OR
B. One (1) year of experience with a fire department of a city, county, or fire district fire agency including the following experience:
- Reviewing building plans for compliance with adopted building and fire codes
OR
- Conducting on-site life safety or business occupancy inspections
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Possession of a valid California driver’s license.
- Possession of a Fire Plans Examiner Certification through the International Code Council is
required within one (1) year of employment.
- Successfully completing and obtaining certification of three (3) or more of the following courses from the California fire Service Training and Education System within one year of employment:
- Fire Inspector 1A: Duties and Administration (2014)
- Fire Inspector 1B: Fire and Life Safety (2014)
- Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection (2014)
- Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection – California Specific (2014)
- Fire Inspector 2A: Fire Prevention Administration (2014)
- Fire Inspector 2B: Fire and Line Safety Requirements (2014)
- Fire Inspector 2C: Inspecting New and Existing Fire & Life Safety Systems and Equipment (2014)
- Fire Inspector 2D: Hazardous Materials, Operations, and Processes (2014)
Failure to obtain and/or maintain certifications as outlined above will result in the incumbent becoming disqualified from further employment as a Fire Safety Inspector with Shasta County.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
Responses to the following must be submitted with a completed application.
I acknowledge that this position requires a valid California driver’s license. Yes/No- Do you have at least one (1) year of employment as a building inspector with a city or county building department, including experience reviewing building plans for compliance with adopted building and fire codes and experience conducting on-site inspections during all phases of building construction. Yes/No If “Yes”, please provide details including, but not limited to, employers, dates of employment, and duties. If “No”, please type “N/A”.
- Do At least one (1) year of employment with a fire department of a city, county, or fire district fire agency including the following experience: Reviewing building plans for compliance with adopted building and fire codes OR Conducting on-site life safety or business occupancy inspections. Yes/No If “Yes”, please provide details including, but not limited to, employers, dates of employment, and duties. If “No”, please type “N/A”.
- Please select all the California fire Service Training and Education System courses you have successfully completed and obtained a certification for.
a. Fire Inspector 1A: Duties and Administration (2014)
b. Fire Inspector 1B: Fire and Life Safety (2014)
c. Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection (2014)
d. Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection – California Specific (2014)
e. Fire Inspector 2A: Fire Prevention Administration (2014)
f. Fire Inspector 2B: Fire and Life Safety Requirements (2014)
g. Fire Inspector 2C: Inspecting New and Existing Fire & Life Safety Systems and Equipment
h. Fire Inspector 2D: Hazardous Materials, Operations, and Processes (2014)
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described are representative of those an Inspector shall possess to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk, listen, speak, write, stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb, stand, balance on narrow items, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The Inspector must be able to lift and/or move at least 40 pounds up to eye level. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Additional physical demands are: be able to walk on steep, rocky terrain, drive during inclement weather, walk on roofs, climb ladders, crawl in confined spaces, crawl in hot attics, conduct inspections in businesses that might have extremely hot air temperatures, and conduct land development inspection during extremely hot air temperatures.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, toxic of caustic chemicals, and the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment of some businesses may be unusually loud.
The employee may work with law enforcement officers and interact with members of the public who are under extreme stress.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
- All new employees are required to have their paycheck directly deposited to a bank account.
- Some positions may require a valid California driver's license and acceptable driving record according to County policy.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made for those persons who are disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of the position.
- As part of the selection process, all individuals provided with a preliminary offer of employment with Shasta County will be subject to a background investigation, including a criminal history check (primarily completed through the taking of fingerprints). An image of your fingerprints will be captured and sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
- Based on the results of the background investigation and criminal history check, applicants may then be provided with an offer of employment conditioned on the results of a medical examination, which includes drug/alcohol testing.
- Shasta County participates in E-Verify. For more information visit https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf. If you do not have internet access, contact Personnel at (530) 225-5515 to request a flyer.
- In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, County employees, in the event of a disaster are considered disaster workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
- Positions in this classification are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the County and the United Public Employees of California – General Unit.
- Employees in this classification are covered under the CalPERS retirement program. Depending on the provisions of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) and other applicable laws, an employee in this classification will be covered under one of the following CalPERS retirement formulas: (1) 2% at 55, (2) 2% at 60, or (3) 2% at 62. An employee in this classification will also contribute up to 9.5% his/her pay to this plan or will contribute such other amount to the plan as authorized by PEPRA and other applicable laws. Please visit our employees benefit page at https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/employee-benefitsfor additional information regarding benefits and CalPERS coverage information. The provisions in this flyer and on the County website are for information purposes only. To the extent the provisions of the flyer or the County website are inconsistent with PEPRA and other applicable laws, PEPRA and other applicable laws shall govern.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES
Shasta County Personnel will accept applications and responses to the supplemental questions until 12:00 p.m., on March 21, 2025. A Resume and/or Cover Letter will be accepted in addition to the application form but will not serve as a substitute for a completed application. It is not acceptable to complete the application with statements such as, “Refer to Resume and/or Cover Letter,” or “See Attached Resume and/or Cover Letter” the employment application must be completed in its entirety prior to submission. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Closing date postmarks or faxes will NOT be accepted. This recruitment will establish a list that may or may not be used by other departments. Prior applicants must reapply to be considered.
Applicants will be screened and those considered best qualified will be invited to appear for an oral and/or written examination. Meeting the announced requirements does not guarantee inclusion into the selection process. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of additional application screening, written and/or practical exam(s), oral interview, or any combination thereof.
Veterans' Credit: Veterans (as defined by California Government Code section 18973) who have been discharged from military service under conditions other than dishonorable and who receive a passing score on all components of the employment examinations (up to and including oral examinations) shall receive credit for an additional five points to be added to their final examination score. To be considered for this credit, a veteran MUST provide a copy of his or her discharge document (DD-214 or equivalent) and information as to the type of discharge (honorable, dishonorable, etc.) WITH THE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION ON OR BEFORE THE FINAL FILING DATE.
Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line at www.ShastaCountyCareers.com or submit an application to the Shasta County Personnel Office.
Arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants with disabilities. Requests for accommodations may be made to the Shasta County Personnel Office by the filing deadline posted on this bulletin. Shasta County does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you feel you are being denied service based on a disability, our ADA Coordinator may be reached at (530) 225-5515; relay service (800) 735-2922; fax (530) 225-5345.
Shasta County will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Shasta County is concerned about a conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting calcivilrights.ca.gov/fair-chance-act.
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