From First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers to …

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.

Typical skills in this occupation (O*NET)

Customer and Personal ServiceEducation and TrainingPublic Safety and SecurityActive ListeningManagement of Personnel ResourcesCritical ThinkingSpeakingPersonnel and Human Resources

1. Firefighters

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Public Safety and Security, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Monitoring, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   CoordinationActive LearningService OrientationTransportationMedicine and Dentistry

   11 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Financial Management Specialist · Drug Enforcement Administration · San Diego, CA
   • Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management) - Direct Hiring Authority · Office of the Secretary of the Interior · Topaz, CA
   • Wildland Firefighter (Fire Effects and Fuels Monitoring) - Direct Hire Authority · Office of the Secretary of the Interior · El Portal, CA

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2. Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Building and Construction, Critical Thinking, Public Safety and Security, English Language, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Engineering and TechnologyDesignMathematicsPhysicsSystems Analysis

   2 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist, Safety, Health and Sustainability · California State University · San Marcos, CA
   • Fire Protection Engineer · Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV) · Silverdale, WA

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3. First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Public Safety and Security, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Personnel and Human Resources, English Language, Active Listening

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Law and GovernmentAdministrativeComputers and ElectronicsPsychology

   1 live listing on JOBUS in California

   • Campus Safety Guard (Community Service Specialist II) · California State University · San Diego, CA

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4. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

   Good match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Public Safety and Security, Customer and Personal Service, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Law and GovernmentSocial PerceptivenessInstructingCoordinationActive Learning

   12 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Police Lieutenant · California State University · Carson, CA
   • Supervisory Police Officer (Watch Commander) · U.S. Marine Corps · Bridgeport, CA
   • Police Lieutenant · California State University · Bakersfield, CA

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5. Emergency Management Directors

   Good match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Public Safety and Security, Administration and Management, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Service OrientationLaw and GovernmentCommunications and MediaWritingCoordination

   1 live listing on JOBUS in California

   • Emergency Management Specialist · Other Agencies and Independent Organizations · Jacksonville, FL

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Occupation data: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. JOBUS modified the data for display.