Description
This opportunity is part of the Surrey County Council Summer Work Experience Programme which is taking place for one week in July 2024! You are applying for the week beginning 1st July 2024 and the placement will take place at Reigate (Woodhatch Place and Reigate Fire Station) and Salfords Fire Station (for Joint Fire Control), with the Monday and Friday being based at Woodhatch Place, Reigate, with Surrey County Council. You will spend your first day with other work experience students at our head office in Reigate learning about the council, the services we run and the variety of careers in local government. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be with your placement team. Your last day everyone will come back together at Woodhatch Place to bring together everything that they have learnt during the week!Surrey Fire & Rescue Service will arrange visits on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to:
1. Visit a fire station to learn about the role of a Firefighter and get the chance to look around a fire station
2. Take part in some some training at Joint Fire Control so you can learn what our 999 operators do
3. Experience hands-on activities with some of our key teams in Woodhatch Place/Head Office.
As part of your application you will be asked to answer the following 3 questions:
4. What interests you about this area of work?
5. What skills and knowledge would you like to develop during your placement?
6. What knowledge and skills do you have that would be relevant to this area of work?
Before applying please check that you are happy with the location/s of the placement and that you are aware that you will need to be able to travel to Woodhatch Place, Reigate on the Monday and Friday, and the other locations of Reigate fire station, and Salfords fire station in that week
The closing date for applications for this opportunity is 23:59 on the 12th May.