ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF. (a) Competition for Assistant Deputy Chief shall be limited to those individuals who have attained the rank of Acting Platoon Chief (with minimum one (1) year experience), or Platoon Chief unless mutually agreed upon between the parties to this Agreement to lower the requirements.
ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF. (a) Competition for Assistant Deputy Chief shall be limited to those individuals who have attained the rank of Captain with five (5) years experience or above unless mutually agreed upon between the parties to this agreement to lower the requirements. Promotions be determined as outlined in this and clauses A selection committee of up to four (4) persons be formed including the following positions: Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief and Director of Human Resources, or designate. The Professional Fire Fighters Association shall provide the President of the Association, or a designate, who will act as an observer in each competition. The selection committee will develop a series of questions that will be used in a structured interview with each applicant.
ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF. (a) Competition for Assistant Deputy Chief shall be limited to those individuals who have attained the rank of Acting Platoon Chief (with minimum one (1) year experience), or Platoon Chief unless mutually agreed upon between the parties to this Agreement to lower the requirements. A selection committee of four (4) persons shall be formed including the following positions: Fire Chief, two Deputy Fire Chiefs and Director of Human Resources, or a designate who shall be a member of the Human Resources Department. The selection committee will develop a series of questions that will be used in a structured interview with each applicant. Assistant Deputy Chief applicants will also be required to give a fifteen (15) minute oral presentation to the selection committee on a pre- assigned topic and respond to questions from the selection committee on the presentation. The candidates are to be informed of the topic thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the presentation is to be given. Time limits may be waived by mutual agreement between the parties to this Agreement. A series of photos of various emergency calls will be shown to each candidate in presentation format and prescribed and relevant questions will be asked about each photo. The candidate will be scored as to whether they mentioned all or any of the answers that the selection committee has predetermined to be acceptable. The marking scheme for the photo scenarios will ensure that no subjectivity exists, meaning that if a predetermined question is answered a mark shall be given for answering it. In the event the Corporation determines that short listed candidates for the position of Assistant Deputy Chief are to be interviewed following the process outlined herein, the process shall include a structured interview in the same manner as set out in with the Association being advised of the questions to be asked. The promotion criteria for any future positions within the bargaining unit that may be created shall be mutually agreed upon between the parties to this Agreement. Any employee requesting a transfer back to Fire Suppression‘Division from another division will only be placed back at the position held before transferred out of Fire Suppression if such a vacancy exists. If the employee held an acting rank before the transfer shall be put back on the bottom of the applicable acting list.
