Job Title

Rescue Training Support Technician I

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

Department

Emergency Services Training Institute

Proposed Minimum Salary

$18.59 hourly

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

The Rescue Training Support Technician I provides training support to the ESTI Rescue Training Program. Prepares training sites prior to course delivery and assists Instructors with logistical and operational needs throughout the course. Responsible for maintenance, testing, and repairs of emergency response training equipment. Regularly assists instructors and US&R Foreman with hands-on training evolutions. May be required to support the Texas Task Force-1 response to state or federally declared disasters on occasion.

This position reports to the Training Support Foreman.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.

• One year of experience operating heavy equipment, which may include backhoes, forklifts, cranes, and/or driving trucks and backing long trailers.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Secondary education and/or training in an emergency response related field.

• Five years of experience operating heavy equipment.

• Two years of emergency services, HazMat/Industrial response experience.

• Construction equipment operation experience.

• Previous experience in the test and evaluation of Emergency Response equipment.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work outdoors exposed to various weather conditions, potential allergens, elevated noise levels, and heat.

• Physical conditioning consistent with using required personal protective equipment (SCBA/SAR), setting up classrooms, climbing, crawling in confined spaces, movement and/or lifting of light, moderate, and/or heavy training and project and rescue equipment and training props while performing rescue training.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of basic office software and instructional programs.

• Working knowledge of tools and ability to operate mechanized equipment used in the program.

• Ability to follow instructions and detailed protocol.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to ensure understanding.

• Knowledge of training safety guidelines and equipment maintenance.

• Knowledge and understanding of approved personal protective equipment (PPE) for all actions and tasks associated with job duties to include safe operation of heavy equipment.

• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

Equipment:

• Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.

• TEEX ESTI Certification to operate:

• Backhoe

• Skid Steer Loader

• Aerial Boom Lift

• Crane

• Telehandler

• Forklift

• Hand/power tools.

• Construction/ Fabrication Equipment: welder, torches, compressor, threader.

Notifications:

• This position is security sensitive.

• This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.

• This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.

• All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.

• As part of TEEX’s mission of providing training, developing practical solutions, and saving lives; this position could be required, if called upon, to deploy within the State of Texas as directed by this position’s Division Director/HQ Department Head.

• Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle and/or flying on commercial airlines.

Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:

Rescue Program Support - 50%

• Prepares training sites prior to course delivery.

• Operates machinery and equipment (backhoe, skid loader, forklift, crane, etc.) to move concrete, lumber, steel, and heavy loads in support of US&R training.

• Works with Instructors to assist with course and student needs.

• Takes down and cleans training sites at conclusion of course delivery.

Training Facilities and Equipment Maintenance - 45%

• Maintains neat and clean general staff areas.

• Assures tools and equipment are accounted for and stored in proper locations.

• Ensures that security of facility and content is always sufficient and appropriate.

• Constructs, installs, and completes facility improvements as necessary under the direction of supervisor.

Texas A&M Task Force Deployment Support - 5%

• Assists and supports logistics personnel.

• Prepares cache for deployment and transport as needed.

• Recovers assets and accounts for issued equipment.

• Assists with the deployment of US&R cache in allowable timeframe upon direction by ESTI Division Director.

Other Duties:

• Interacts respectfully and professionally with staff and external partners.

• Works well with teams to accomplish training deliverables Complete training needed for equipment operation and learning.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is an internationally recognized leader in emergency response training, workforce training and technical assistance. Last year, TEEX served more than 138,000 people from every U.S. state and territory and 131 countries worldwide.

Major TEEX programs include Fire and Emergency Services, Infrastructure and Safety, Law Enforcement and Protective Services and Business and Cyber Solutions . TEEX operates a comprehensive emergency preparedness campus with some of the world’s top training facilities, including the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Additionally, TEEX is home to state-of-the-art facilities for training in public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordnance. For cybersecurity training, TEEX has built a fully-mobile Cyber Training and Exercise Range that simulates cyberattacks, providing a hands-on experience not often seen in cyber exercises.

As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has also been a leader in homeland security training since 1998, providing federally funded homeland security training and exercises for communities across the nation.

Beyond training and technical assistance, the agency also sponsors two statewide response teams, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) and Texas A&M Public Works Response Team (TX-PWRT). While TX-TF1, an elite urban search and rescue team, provides emergency response personnel and resources during disasters , TX-PWRT restores public utilities such as water, gas and electricity after disasters.

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

If you need assistance in applying for this job, please call (979) 458-6801 or email employment@teex.tamu.edu .