An application may take anywhere from four to six months to progress from application to offer.
We will try to provide as much notice as possible. Due to timeframes you may only be given one week's notice to attend any stage of the process.
The Psychometric Testing is now conducted online and can be taken at home. There are no physical requirements for these assessments.
For more information on the application process, please refer to see the Recruitment Process section.
No. There are no specific areas of study that would necessarily increase the success of your application.
Full-time Firefighter vacancies with the MFS are determined by operational requirements. Each squad will have approximately eighteen recruits, but the number of vacancies may vary between recruitment campaigns.
Yes. Recruits are paid from their start date with the MFS based on the Recruit Firefighter Award Rate. The rates of pay can found here: Enterprise Agreement SAMFS 2022.
The majority of the Recruit Course takes place at the Angle Park Training Centre, with various components held also at the Adelaide Metropolitan Fire Station. There is also a short two-day live-in component at the CFS State Training Centre in Brukunga.
The length of the recruit training course is approximately sixteen weeks (depending on if any public holidays fall in this period.
