In this video, Brian Lawatch interviews Jun Kinoshita, Fire Archaeologist for Yosemite National Park, about his experiences, wildland fire mentoring and career development.
Video Highlights:
- What factors have contributed to your success in this career field?
- Communications skills
- Sharing knowledge with others
- Positive attitude
- What advice do you have for employees taking on a new position or increased responsibilities?
- Give yourself the ability to take a step back, relax, and ask questions of the folk(s) who have been in the position or worked with the person in the position.
- Give yourself the luxury of not expecting yourself of being proficient the moment you step into the job.
- Give yourself time to learn the position.
- Do you have a mentor or someone who inspired you, and how did they help you?
- Learned from mentors
- Received support when branching out
- Why would you recommend a career in wildland fire to someone?
- Fun and exciting.
- Challenging--both physically and mentally
- Outdoor work environment.
- Great people.
- Very rewarding.
- What is a great risk that you have taken in the past, and how did that risk pay off in the end?
- Asking to take a detail as a smokejumper where he developed new relationships and created a network outside his immediate working environment.
- What resources would you recommend to employees pursuing a wildland firefighting career?
- Fire and Aviation Mentoring network
- People in wildland fire
Thanks to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center for this contribution.
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