Ontario · Chatham
Requirements to be verifiedRecruitment watch
Applications close 17 September 2026 at 11:59 PM EST through the municipal recruitment portal. Requirements as advertised: secondary school diploma, NFPA 1001 Level I & II or equivalent, Standard First Aid and CPR Level C, valid Ontario driver's licence, ability to pass medical and physical assessments. Salary about $77,874 plus benefits, 24-hour shifts averaging 42 hours a week. Applications are screened first; only selected applicants are contacted with testing details, and you should not book testing before that. Testing is the CPS Aptitude Examination through Firefighter Services of Ontario, not OFAI - an OFAI certificate does not transfer.
Last checked September 6, 2026Source
We watch official recruitment pages for Chatham-Kent Fire and Rescue Services and record the status here as soon as we see a posting open.
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Municipality of Chatham-Kent, a composite service with career and volunteer stations. Career recruitment is screened by the municipality first, with testing arranged afterwards.
CPS Aptitude Examination (administered by Firefighter Services of Ontario)
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Reading, mathematical ability and mechanical aptitude are directly covered by our bank. Listening is a separate skill - practise with the passage hidden, not on screen
Source: From fireontario.com service and FAQ pages, 2026. If a posting still names Gledhill Shaw or the OS test, that provider has no current presence and those departments now test through FSO. A certificate from OFAI does not transfer to FSO or the other way round - confirm which one your posting requires before paying
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Apply through the Municipality of Chatham-Kent recruitment portal. Advertised requirements: secondary school diploma, NFPA 1001 Level I and II or equivalent, Standard First Aid and CPR Level C, a valid Ontario driver's licence, and the ability to pass medical and physical assessments.
Applications are screened first and only selected applicants are contacted with testing details. Do not book or pay for any testing before you are contacted.
Four areas: understanding oral information (listening), reading comprehension, mathematical ability and mechanical aptitude. Official pass mark 70%, $90, certificate valid one year. The oral passage is played once with no replay. An OFAI certificate does not transfer to FSO, and older Chatham-Kent guides that mention OFAI are out of date.
The posting requires the ability to pass medical and physical assessments but does not name the physical test in what we checked. FSO's physical component is CPAT, so confirm which components you are booked for when the municipality contacts you.
Salary about $77,874 plus benefits, on 24-hour shifts averaging 42 hours a week.
Source: Municipality of Chatham-Kent 2026 posting and fireontario.com
Probably, but not confirmed. Testing runs through Firefighter Services of Ontario, whose physical component is CPAT, yet the posting itself only says you must pass medical and physical assessments. Wait to be contacted, then confirm which components you are booked for.
Most successful candidates prepare for one to three years before a conditional offer. Being test-ready and fitness-ready before a posting opens matters more than intense preparation after it opens.
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