2025 Boston District Fire Chief ECTE
2025 Boston District Fire Chief ECTE
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Human Resources Division
ONLINE EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATION/TRAINING & EDUCATION (ECT&E)
Examination Title: Boston District Fire Chief ECT&E Claim
Examination Date: April 12 2025
Deadline for Online ECT&E Claim Submission: April 19 2025 at 11:59 pm
This is the Online Experience Certification/Training & Education (ECT&E) Claim for Boston District Fire Chief Departmental Promotional Examination scheduled for April 12 There is no separate fee for filing this claim. Only eligible candidates who have already submitted an application and payment to participate in the Boston District Fire Chief departmental promotional examination scheduled for April 12 2025 must complete this online claim.- It is important that you read all the instructions before submitting the online ECT&E Claim. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a lower score. You must complete and submit this ECT&E Claim with supporting documentation by 11:59pm on April 19 2025.
- The online ECT&E Claim application is not complete until you have electronically completed and submitted the online ECT&E claim and received a confirmation email acknowledging receipt of the ECT&E Claim application. If you have not received a confirmation email you must resubmit your online application prior the submission deadline until you have received a confirmation email.
- You have the ability to save this claim and return to it to make changes prior to submission by 11:59pm on April 19 2025. Once you click the save and submit button you will not be able to make any changes to your electronic claim. If you do click save and submit but would like to make revisions before the April 19 2025deadline send an email to with your changes. You can access your submitted claim at any time by logging into your online Civil Service Account.
- If your ECT&E Claim and supporting documentation are not electronically submitted through this online portal by 11:59pm on April 19 2025 the claim will NOT be considered.
- In the event an unforeseen technological problem prevents you from successfully submitting the online claim you must notify Civil Service at prior to 11:59pm on April 19 2025requesting consideration of the claim describing the technical issue and attaching your completed ECT&E claim application and supporting documentation.
NOTE: ONLY ELECTRONICALLY COMPLETED AND ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED ONLINE ECT&E CLAIMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. SUBMITTING AN ECT&E CLAIM IN A WAY OTHER THAN THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC ONLINE CLAIM PROCESS WILL RESULT IN A FAILING ECT&E COMPONENT SCORE.
Summary Of the Online Experience/Certification/Training & Education (ECT&E) Claim Process
This is an Examination Component: ECT&E is made up of three categories and weighted as Experience 59 Certification/Training 21 and Education 20. In this examination component you will rate your own work experience training certifications licenses attained and education against a standard schedule. You will do so by filling out this Online ECT&E Claim. A standard schedule is a list of all types and levels of work experience training certifications licenses attained and education which demonstrate your qualifications for the examination title and for which you may receive credit toward your overall final examination score. Everything that will receive credit is included in this Online ECT&E Claim. Each section of the standard schedule is preceded by specific instructions. ECT&E credit will be scored for all candidates.
You Will Rate Yourself:Complete your Online ECT&E Claim on your own and to the best of your ability. Accurate completion of the ECT&E claim is a scored weighted examination component. In order to ensure that no one receives any type of unfair advantage in the claim process be advised that we are unable to provide individualized assistance to any candidate. Positions in the Boston District Fire Chief classification requires the ability to read and understand instructions and take necessary steps to remember and implement them. Failure to follow any instructions in regard to this examination component is cause for disqualification.
All calculations of experience certifications training and education claims will use the date of the examination April 12 2025 in order to be considered.General Instructions: Please carefully read and follow these instructions. They differ from the instructions for other examinations that you may have taken. Refer to the 2025 Fire Promotional ECT&E Prep Guide for complete instructions and examples of how to fill out the Online ECT&E Claim. The prep guide is available on the Human Resources Division (HRD) Civil Service website at2025 Fire Promotional ECT&E Prep Guide.
Preparing & Saving Your Claim:The Human Resources Division (HRD) recommends that candidates download and print a copy of the Online ECT&E Claim to work with offline before attempting to complete the online claim. Printed copies of your ECT&E claim submitted to HRD are not considered an officially submitted claim. As mentioned above the Online ECT&E Claim provides you with the ability to save your work at any pointandexit the claim. Up to the statutory deadline of April 19 2025 at 11:59pm you will be able to log in complete and submit your Online ECT&E Claim. Please be aware that once it is submitted you will not be able to alter your Online ECT&E Claim. After submission your Online ECT&E Claim will be saved in your online account and you will have access to download or print a copy at any time. Written requests for modification of a submitted claim must be emailed to on or before the deadline dateApril 19 2025 and will be added to your record for this examination component.
Supporting Documentation: HRD requires the submission of supporting documentation for all claims submitted in your Online ECT&E Claim. Please attach electronic copies of this documentation (such as official college transcripts copies of licenses and certifications etc. to the Online ECT&E Claim or email to byApril 19 2025 by 11:59 pm.
Experience Claim Supporting Documents: Work experience claims in your current department must be supported with a current Employment Verification Form signed by the appointing authority or their designee. Candidates can download and print a copy of the Employment Verification Form from the HRD website atPromotional EVF. The appointing authority must provide starting and ending dates at each grade level and indicate whether this was fulltime or parttime employment dates and reasons for any breaks in service as well as any other related data.
Work experience outside your current department in the title of firefighter and/or in a supervisory capacity must be supported by a letter on official letterhead with original signature of an appointing authority an owner of the company or their designee. The supporting documentation must provide the employment dates whether it was fulltime or parttime as well as any other related date. For private companies the Tax ID must be provided in the supporting documentation. Please refer to the preparation guide for all requirements.
All parttime experience applying to a category on the letter from the appointing authority must be totaled by number of hours in for the category or it will not be credited. Listing PARTTIME work in SHIFTS will not be accepted as appropriate verification.
Any experience claim that is not accompanied by supporting documentation and totaled within each category on the letter from the appointing authority or supervisor will be deducted from your ECT&E claim score.
Certification/Training/License(s) Supporting Documents: All training courses require documentation in the form of an awarded ProBoard or FEMA/MEMA transcript or certificate. Images or copies of the transcripts from either the ProBoard or FEMA website showing the trainings and certifications as well as clearly showing the candidates name are preferred and accepted. *Certificates of attendance are not accepted.*Certifications marked with an Asterix are the ONLY ones where a certificate of completion is acceptable as no further certification currently exists.
Note: To claim Firefighter I/II select both Firefighter I and Firefighter II. For all licenses you must submit a copy of a current and valid license. Only licenses listed will be accepted. A list of all accepted certifications and licenses can be found in the preparation guide.
Education Claim Supporting Documents:Candidates may receive credit for an associate bachelor master and doctorate degrees from a regionally accredited higher education institutions in the United States; or institutions outside the United States granting degrees or degree program credits that are recognized by one of the United States regional accrediting agencies or that are transferable to a regionally accredited higher education institution in the United States.All education claims must be supported by an official transcript from the higher education institution where the degree was obtained. In lieu of an official transcript unofficial transcripts accompanied by diplomas will also be accepted. Grade reports are not transcripts and will not be accepted as supporting documentation for education claims. Any education claim that is not accompanied by supporting documentation will not receive credit on your ECT&E claim. A list of all accepted related degrees can be found in the preparation guide.
Attach Documents to This Online ECT&E Claim: All supporting documents are to be sent as electronic copies attached to the Online ECT&E Claim. Electronic documents submitted in this way can be permanently attached to your Master Profile in the online system. Please label your documentation accordingly. This office will also accept electronic documents via email to. Please include your name personal identification number and exam title. Should the issue of authenticity arise with the electronic documents at any time during the review process or during the life of a resulting eligible list candidates must submit original supporting documentation to HRD.
Appeal Rights: Once you receive your examination score you will have 17 calendar days from the emailing of your score to file an appeal of the scoring of your Online ECT&E Claim by statute. No new type of credit can be claimed once you submit your Online ECT&E Claim.
Claim Audits: After submission of your ECT&E claim AND during the life of the resulting eligible list HRD reserves the right to conduct an audit of your ECT&E claim. Be prepared to provide copies of all supporting documentation submitted as part of this examination component to HRD or the appointing authority upon request.You will no longer see a point value next to each possible response in the online submission form. An explanatory reference guide with greater detail on point allocation will be made available when exam scores are released.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full Time
