Last call for new Flint Coastguard Rescue Team recruits as application deadline draws near
Got what it takes to become a Coastguard Rescue Officer? The Flint-based team is looking for new officers – but you will need to get your application in quickly – the deadline is on Sunday, February 28.
HM Coastguard Rescue Teams are made up entirely of specially trained and equipped volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Teams respond to a wide range of emergency incidents including persons in the water, technical rope rescue incidents, mud rescue incidents, Search and Rescue Helicopter Operations, and vulnerable missing person searches.
Coastguard Rescue Teams also work closely with the police, ambulance and fire service, mountain rescue teams, and RNLI Lifeboat crews.
Officers also visit schools, clubs and community events to promote coastal and water safety.
Coastguard Rescue Officers are called upon at any time of the day or night in all weather conditions, sometimes working in hazardous situations and carrying out physically demanding tasks.
Full training and equipment is provided by HM Coastguard and no previous emergency service or maritime experience is required.
A spokesman for HM Coastguard Flint said:
As a Coastguard Rescue Officer you may be called out at any time of the day or night in all weather conditions and may have to work in hazardous situations and carry out physically demanding tasks.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in then we want to hear from you. Full training and equipment is provided and no previous emergency service or maritime experience is required.
We do require you are aged over 18 years, have a full clean UK driving licence and live within a reasonable distance of our station.(Flint Fire Station)
You also need to be reasonably fit and in good health and will require to take a health and fitness test and meet eyesight and hearing requirements prior to becoming operationally deployable.
Being part of a Coastguard Rescue Team is a big commitment and requires regular attendance at training sessions and at emergency incidents.
We are particularly interested in people with good daytime availability, during the course of the standard Monday to Friday working week for both training and call outs.
If you meet the criteria and are interested in applying send an expression of interest via e-mail including your name, age, current address, contact number, current employment status and a bit of information about yourself to: [email protected] with a subject heading of ‘CG Recruitment EOI’.
