Interested in getting into a new career with Wildland Fire? Interested in changing up your duty location? Wanna check out a new region? - Then pay attention to this episode!!! This episode covers everything you need to know about upping your chances for getting picked up with an awesome crew in an exciting career!

Today on the show, I have Chad Schmidt from Central Oregon Rappellers! He's got 15 years of fire experience and in the off season, he's one of the Operations Directors for ALL of region 6 temporary seasonal hiring... Also, all this resume writing, USAJOBS navigation, and best practices information is applicable to MANY regions, not just region 6!

Heres a little bio on Chad:

Chad Schmidt, with Central Oregon Rappellers, has been involved in Temporary Hiring in various capacities for the last 15 years.  He started his career as an Engine crewmember, gained experience in aviation on Rappel crews in R6, Served as an Assistant Fire Manager Officer on the Okanogan-Wenatchee NF, and is currently the Airbase Manager at Central Oregon Rappellers in Prineville, OR.  In addition to his normal duties as a base manager, he serves  as one of the Operations Directors for Region 6 temp hiring.  Region 6 utilizes a unique approach to temporary hiring where they assemble a small Incident Management Team to facilitate the process of applicant evaluations and selections. 

 
This guy knows his stuff and he has taken the time to pass this information on to you! Take notes, listen to this a couple of times, and get yourself familiarized with USAJOBS now because Temp Seasonal hiring is going to start for multiple regions on September 16th 2019...

More information can be found here:

R6 Specific hiring info:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r6/jobs/?cid=fseprd512302&width=full

USAJOBS:
https://www.usajobs.gov/

Chad also gave out a ton of information on his crew, Central Oregon Rappellers, too... So, if you guys are interested in switching it up and making the jump to aviation - Definitely check out their program and shoot them an email!

Just keep in mind that you must have fire experience (preferably Hotshot experience) to become a rappeller, and the fitness expectations are pretty hardcore...

More information can be found here:
https://www.centraloregonrappellers.com/

COR on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/centraloregonrappellers/?hl=en

 
Use this knowledge to up your game and get picked up!

Best of luck to all the future applicants!