Public Safety Trainer 3 – Driver Operator

About the role

Join the State of Georgia as a Public Safety Trainer 3 – Driver Operator, providing essential fire apparatus instruction and contributing to statewide public safety training programs.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as instructor for various Fire Apparatus Operator courses.
• Participate in needs assessment, research, design and evaluation of statewide public safety training programs.
• Instruct topics including fire & rescue and specialized training.
• Conduct training year‑round in all weather conditions, requiring long periods of standing, riding, driving, bending, and squatting while wearing full turnout gear.

Required profile

• Minimum three years progressive experience with a fire service agency, including at least one year as an instructor.
• High school diploma/GED and Georgia POST General Instructor certification.
• Either 18 months full‑time instructor experience in peace officer, correctional, fire service, EMS or rescue topics, or two years experience at the lower‑level Public Safety Trainer 2.
• Eligibility to obtain required Georgia POST specialty instructor certifications.

Preferred qualifications

• Georgia Firefighter certification.
• Four years continuous fire service work experience.
• Specialization in fire apparatus operations.
• NPQ Apparatus Operator – Pumper and/or Aerial certification.
• NPQ Instructor II level or Georgia POST General Instructor certification.