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Andros Island Bahamas CSC FF Jobs
Alot of people want to know what the pay and work is like out on Andros Island in the Bahamas with AUTEC Fire Rescue. The contract is run by CSC. The shifts are 4 days on 4 days off with occasional overtime work. The pay is hourly but you only get paid for working 13 hours, not the full 24 hrs shift you actually work. You also do not get paid any overtime, it is all straight pay. Accruing vacation and sick pay earned is based on a 13 hour day, not the 24 hours you actually work. You do not get paid extra for extra or higher and in demand certifications except EMT or Paramedic. Average pay here is about $40K a year and it is all tax free. You get you own room that you stay in when not in the station, the housing is across the street from the fire dept. So another words you never sleep in the fire station, you go to your room at the end of the day which is 4:30PM, oh yah shift starts at 8:00AM. After 9:00PM you are off the clock until 8:00AM but during that time you are still on duty but again without pay. On your 4 days off you are off duty and just do whatever but you still have your same room, its yours the entire time your there. So here is the schedule again:
4 days on duty, 4 days off duty, you work 24 hours shifts but get paid for 13 only, all pay is straight pay, there is no overtime pay but there will be overtime work. Shift starts at 8:00AM and you remain in the station until 4:30PM, you only get a 1 hour lunch. After 4:30 PM you can go to your room across the street, you clock out at 9:00PM but you are still on duty and then you clock back in at 8:00AM and repeat until your 4 days shift ends. Average pay is about $40K may a little more but its all tax free.
When in your room while on duty, you respond from your room, we use the radio and pager for call outs. You do not pay for internet, its free and mostly reliable, you get 3 free meals a day at the dinning facility, there are small places to get and buy food on base as well as a small store. You pay your own phone bill at international direct dial rates, the phone service is Bahamian and they just take it out of your pay. You have cable TV with most the regular TV and movie channels, there is always something to watch. The rooms are not bad, about 18' x 20' with a large walkin closet, a kitchen sink, full size refrigerator, microwave, a full bathroom, and in the wall AC units, like a hotel room. In the Fire Dept the shift has 6 people on duty manning the trucks not including higher ups like the Chief or Assistant Chief. The island itself is beautiful. If you love scuba diving and fishing you will like it on Andros island. However this is not like the developed Islands like Nassau, it is very undeveloped and poor, there is not much to do like on Nassau, it is very 3rd world country, but you will not see a more pristine and remote Island. Its is very undeveloped, rugged and full of every bug you can imagine and just about every plant, bush and tree is poisonous. The Bahamians themselves are also very nice people.
4 days on duty, 4 days off duty, you work 24 hours shifts but get paid for 13 only, all pay is straight pay, there is no overtime pay but there will be overtime work. Shift starts at 8:00AM and you remain in the station until 4:30PM, you only get a 1 hour lunch. After 4:30 PM you can go to your room across the street, you clock out at 9:00PM but you are still on duty and then you clock back in at 8:00AM and repeat until your 4 days shift ends. Average pay is about $40K may a little more but its all tax free.
When in your room while on duty, you respond from your room, we use the radio and pager for call outs. You do not pay for internet, its free and mostly reliable, you get 3 free meals a day at the dinning facility, there are small places to get and buy food on base as well as a small store. You pay your own phone bill at international direct dial rates, the phone service is Bahamian and they just take it out of your pay. You have cable TV with most the regular TV and movie channels, there is always something to watch. The rooms are not bad, about 18' x 20' with a large walkin closet, a kitchen sink, full size refrigerator, microwave, a full bathroom, and in the wall AC units, like a hotel room. In the Fire Dept the shift has 6 people on duty manning the trucks not including higher ups like the Chief or Assistant Chief. The island itself is beautiful. If you love scuba diving and fishing you will like it on Andros island. However this is not like the developed Islands like Nassau, it is very undeveloped and poor, there is not much to do like on Nassau, it is very 3rd world country, but you will not see a more pristine and remote Island. Its is very undeveloped, rugged and full of every bug you can imagine and just about every plant, bush and tree is poisonous. The Bahamians themselves are also very nice people.
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