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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer will ask this question if one of the job duties is to train others. It could be that your job would be to train new investigators, the community, or other agencies. The interviewer wants to determine your experience and qualifications in a teaching capacity to see if you will be a good fit for their agency.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Focus on describing the number of years of experience you have training others and in what capacity. Explain if you have trained and mentored new investigators, provided continuing education training, or trained other agencies in the art of investigating fires.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
This question applies to training others while working as a Fire Investigator. Avoid describing training others in a different capacity unless you are a new Fire Investigator with no prior experience. If that is the case, you can use an experience where you trained others as a coach, a tutor, or trained new employees at a previous job.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I have worked as a Fire Investigator for the past ten years and have trained law enforcement and fire personnel on fire investigations, fire science students at a community college, and mentored new investigators at the different companies I have worked for. I feel very confident in my teaching capabilities."

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