What is the role of SES?

What is the role of SES?

What is the role of SES?

Specifically, the service deals with floods, storms and tsunamis, but can also assist in other emergencies, such as vertical rescue and road crash rescues, missing persons searches, and medical evacuations. In other scenarios the SES may provide a support role to other agencies, particularly police and fire.

How many SES units are in Australia?

The boundaries for the NSW SES’s 240+ units are based broadly on local government boundaries, each unit is grouped with 2-7 other units to form a cluster.

Do Queensland SES make?

The role of SES volunteers is vital to the safety of people, properties and communities in times of emergency and disaster. SES volunteers are people who care about their communities and are not paid for the great worK they do.

What does SES in Australia mean?

About Us. NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. We are a volunteer-based organisation that provides emergency assistance to the people of NSW 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

How long does SES take to respond?

There is a 21 day processing period from the date you submit your application to the time you receive notification about your application. Only after this time can we investigate the tracking of your application.

Are SES paid?

PAYMENTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR RFS AND SES VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SPENT WEEKS KEEPING COMMUNITIES SAFE. NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and NSW State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers who have spent more than ten days fighting fires and helping with the recovery effort can apply for loss of income payments from today.

How much do SES get paid?

ANAO SES SALARY BANDS

Classification P5 Median
SES 1 $171,645 $202,910
SES 2 $223,472 $263,750
SES 3 $317,750 $361,501

How many members does the SES have?

Be part of a great team as a Unit Volunteer with NSW SES Every NSW SES volunteer is part of a team of over 10,000 highly-trained professionals across the state who share a commitment to helping their communities.

How many SES are there?

8,000 SES positions
There are just over 8,000 SES positions in the federal government, the vast majority (approximately 7,300 in fiscal year 2016) are SES Career).

How can I work for SES?

Interested in applying for a position with NSW State Emergency Service (SES)?

  1. All applications will need to be submitted online via iWorkforNSW.
  2. When applying for a position it is important to clearly demonstrate how your skills, knowledge, personal qualities and experience meet the requirements of the position.

What age can I join the SES?

ages 16 and 17
Volunteers can join the NSW SES at ages 16 and 17 but must complete a Parent and Guardian Consent form at the time of joining. Volunteers aged under 18 can still participate in most NSW SES activities but cannot attend incidents which may involve trauma, such as Road Crash Rescue.

How much do SES volunteers get paid?

The value of volunteer time given for community services, operational response, training and unit management averaged around $ 52, 19 and 12 million a year in NSW, Victoria and South Australia respectively.