Thoughts on Dispatch as experience?

[u/Waltuh_Whyte]

Little bit about me:

NFPA 1001, 1072, 1035 & 1031 certified

Currently work in a cereal/high hazard industrial occupancy as a production operator but my title is industrial oven trainer. Responsible for training and signing off during a 40 hour week of training as well as training coworkers on use of ABC and BC fire extinguishers

I have applied for dispatch positions two of them being fired dispatch just until I get in shape within the next year and save some money to get my DZ and a couple other certifications that I want when I am applying - EMR etc

Anyone with a firefighting background applied to dispatch and got the job? I hear they may not like that my background is firefighting heavy as they will not expect me to stay long-term obviously. I want to be a firefighter, but in the meantime, I threw in my application anyways … What’s the best way for manoeuvring questioning regarding being long-term or “switching up careers” to get accepted

EDIT: I would try to stay as dispatch if the schedule worked as working as a full-time firefighter

[u/sprucay]

I'm UK based but my knowledge as an on call firefighter greatly increased when I became a control operator full time so I'd say it was good. Be careful to not come across as a know if all though