Human Resource Management for Chief Fire Officers

1. Human Resource Management for Chief Fire Officers Developing Hiring Procedures

2. Terminal Learning objective • At the end of this topic students will be able to develop procedures for hiring members , ensuring a valid and reliable process. • Understand applicable regulations and standards; policies and procedures; Federal, state and local laws. • Describe hiring procedure components: • Creating job Descriptions • Minimum job qualifications • Recruitment • Background checks • Psychological Exams • Medical Exams • Written exams • Skill testing • Oral interviews • Administrative interviews

3. Terminal Learning objective • Evaluate hiring procedures to ensure validity • Thorough job task analysis • Test only essential functions • Job related • Consistent with business necessity • No disparate impact on a protected classification • Communicate hiring procedure to appointing authority orally and in writing

4. applicable regulations and standards; policies and procedures; Federal, state and local laws. • Title VII Civil rights act of 1964 • Nfpa 1582 – standard on comprehensive occupational medical program for fire departments (2013) • California labor codes

5. Creating job Descriptions & minimum job requirements • Are they in policy? • Are they in an MOU? • Are they backed up by a job analysis that is up to date

6. Recruitment • Target audiences • What is your community profile • How do you encourage diversity • How do you reach out to the under represented • Application process • Determining passing scores • Written exams (by the numbers) • Skill testing (by numbers or dimensions?) • Oral interviews (by numbers or dimensions?) • Administrative interviews • Pass / fail vs numbers • Consensus scoring vs individual scores

7. Background investigations • Should be conducted by qualified personnel • CSTI background investigator classes • Annual background investigator symposium • Do you contract out • Policies on background investigations

8. Psychological evaluations • History • Polygraph or no polygraph • What should be included • Claustrophobia • Anger / ability to get along with others • Post traumatic stress disorder (PTsd) • What cannot be included • Psychotropic drugs • Medical evaluation for depression

9. Medical evaluation • Preexisting injuries • Depression • Drug testing • Vaccinations • Respiratory fitness • DMv requirements • Bruce protocol for public safety

10. Activity • Break up into groups and come up with a job description • For your department • For a metropolitan fire department that has minimal qualifications • Develop test questions in groups: • For oral interview • For administrative interview