Questions about signing on as Senior Officer.

• Ara

  17 Jan 05, 16:53

  I would be grateful if you guys would answer some questions I have about signing on as a Senior Officer.
  
  1) What is the BOC course like? Any particular points anybody would like to raise?
  2) At what age will a senior officer have to leave the service?
  3) What are the promotion prospects? Is it fast, is it slow?
  4) What is a Rota Commander?
  
  I have read the career website on the SCDF web page but I donÂ’t have a real idea about the nature of the job. What are its pros and cons?
  
  I think being a fireman is a very noble job, I think its very noble to risk your life to save another person.
  
  Any comments and advice are welcomed.
  
  
• kaka_22

  31 Mar 05, 02:46

  Originally posted by Ara:

  I would be grateful if you guys would answer some questions I have about signing on as a Senior Officer.
  
  1) What is the BOC course like? Any particular points anybody would like to raise?
  2) At what age will a senior officer have to leave the service?
  3) What are the promotion prospects? Is it fast, is it slow?
  4) What is a Rota Commander?
  
  I have read the career website on the SCDF web page but I donÂ’t have a real idea about the nature of the job. What are its pros and cons?
  
  I think being a fireman is a very noble job, I think its very noble to risk your life to save another person.
  
  Any comments and advice are welcomed.
  
  

  2) 55 yrs old
  
  the rest i not so sure but as for number 3, i think the better u perform the faster u move up the ranks....
• magioluca

  9 Apr 05, 12:48

  Originally posted by Ara:

  I would be grateful if you guys would answer some questions I have about signing on as a Senior Officer.
  
  1) What is the BOC course like? Any particular points anybody would like to raise?
  2) At what age will a senior officer have to leave the service?
  3) What are the promotion prospects? Is it fast, is it slow?
  4) What is a Rota Commander?
  
  I have read the career website on the SCDF web page but I donÂ’t have a real idea about the nature of the job. What are its pros and cons?
  
  I think being a fireman is a very noble job, I think its very noble to risk your life to save another person.
  
  Any comments and advice are welcomed.
  
  

  Hi I am currently a Rota Commander in a fire station. here ur answers ;p
  
  1) 9 month course. Divided in 4 terms
  2) 55
  3) Slower than Army.
  4) A leader that commands a rota of about 30-40 people in a fire station.
  Similar to a platoon commander in the army.