Public Safety Officer in Training Position

Job Summary:

The City of Sunnyvale is seeking a highly motivated and dedicated individual to fill the position of Public Safety Officer in Training. As a Public Safety Officer in Training, you will be responsible for attending police academy and learning to perform a wide range of public safety work involving the protection of life and property, including law enforcement, crime prevention, fire suppression, rescue, and basic life support activities.

Responsibilities:

• Attend and successfully complete police academy to prepare for position of Public Safety Officer I.
• Learn to apply principles and practices of law enforcement and fire protection.
• Learn to interpret and apply department policies and procedures and related State and Federal laws.
• Perform firefighting, emergency response, and rescue and medical aid duties in response to calls for service.
• Write clearly, accurately, concisely, legibly and with correct English grammatical construction and spelling.
• Learn to safely use firearms and other modern police equipment and communication and information systems related to law enforcement.
• Make basic mathematical calculations as they relate to the essential functions of this position.
• Plan and present material orally to diverse groups.
• Read and interpret complex documents in English.
• Sketch such things as crime scenes and accident scenes.
• Observe, assimilate, remember and recall pertinent facts and details.
• Read maps and mapped information.
• Apply selected learned knowledge in collecting, organizing and analyzing a variety of information.
• Speak with a wide variety of people, using tact, self-restraint, judgment, and strategy.
• Make quick and reasonable decisions under stressful emergency situations.
• Perform routine, repetitive work to completion.
• Exercise self-restraint and good judgment.
• Visually identify and accurately distinguish colors between various visual inputs at long and short ranges and in dark and smoky environments.
• Accurately identify and distinguish between colors.
• Hear and comprehend auditory inputs in radio transmissions, long range conversations, commands, and cries for assistance when obscured by background noises.
• Detect and distinguish the smell of different materials/chemicals, smoke/fires, and toxic gases.
• Speak in an understandable voice during in-person and radio conversations, to project voice, and to be heard over background noises.
• Operate a computer using word processing and business software and other office equipment.
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Establish, maintain and promote positive and effective working relationships with employees, other agencies and the public.
• Demonstrate initiative and exercise good judgment in the performance of duties.
• Exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex and political situations.
• Use a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
• Observe safety principles and work in a safe manner.

Requirements:

• Associate's degree from an accredited college or 60 semester units or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Class C California driver's license with a safe driving record or driver's license from another state with a safe driving record.
• Ability to learn and apply principles and practices of law enforcement and fire protection.
• Ability to interpret and apply department policies and procedures and related State and Federal laws.
• Ability to perform firefighting, emergency response, and rescue and medical aid duties in response to calls for service.
• Ability to write clearly, accurately, concisely, legibly and with correct English grammatical construction and spelling.
• Ability to learn to safely use firearms and other modern police equipment and communication and information systems related to law enforcement.
• Ability to make basic mathematical calculations as they relate to the essential functions of this position.
• Ability to plan and present material orally to diverse groups.
• Ability to read and interpret complex documents in English.
• Ability to sketch such things as crime scenes and accident scenes.
• Ability to observe, assimilate, remember and recall pertinent facts and details.
• Ability to read maps and mapped information.
• Ability to apply selected learned knowledge in collecting, organizing and analyzing a variety of information.
• Ability to speak with a wide variety of people, using tact, self-restraint, judgment, and strategy.
• Ability to make quick and reasonable decisions under stressful emergency situations.
• Ability to perform routine, repetitive work to completion.
• Ability to exercise self-restraint and good judgment.
• Ability to visually identify and accurately distinguish colors between various visual inputs at long and short ranges and in dark and smoky environments.
• Ability to accurately identify and distinguish between colors.
• Ability to hear and comprehend auditory inputs in radio transmissions, long range conversations, commands, and cries for assistance when obscured by background noises.
• Ability to detect and distinguish the smell of different materials/chemicals, smoke/fires, and toxic gases.
• Ability to speak in an understandable voice during in-person and radio conversations, to project voice, and to be heard over background noises.
• Ability to operate a computer using word processing and business software and other office equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish, maintain and promote positive and effective working relationships with employees, other agencies and the public.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and exercise good judgment in the performance of duties.
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex and political situations.
• Ability to use a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
• Ability to observe safety principles and work in a safe manner.

Working Conditions:

The position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, squatting and stooping in the performance of daily activities. The position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement and fine coordination in using a computer keyboard. Additionally, the position requires near and far vision in reading reports and work related documents and using a computer. Acute hearing is required when providing phone and personal customer service. The need to lift, drag and push equipment and bodies weighing up to 165 pounds, the ability to run continuously for 500 yards and climb 6 foot high fences is also required. When in the field, positions are required to walk and stand during emergency situations, including on uneven and slippery surfaces; wear police officer and firefighter clothing and carry equipment; climb ladders and work from elevated positions and enter confined spaces wearing appropriate breathing apparatus.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please submit a completed City of Sunnyvale application packet, which consists of:

• City of Sunnyvale Employment Application.
• Supplemental Questionnaire.
• Written Test Requirement: Current (dated within one year of application) T-Score (a minimum score of 48) received on the POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB).
• Physical Agility Requirement: Current (dated within one year of application) Physical Agility Exam with 1.5 mile run results.
• Driving Record Requirement: Current (dated within the last 30 days) If you are an out of state applicant, please submit a current (issued and printed within 30 days prior to application) copy of your state's DMV printout.

Please note: incomplete application packets will not be accepted. Applications will be competitively screened based on the minimum qualifications of this position. Based upon a review of the application materials, qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the examination process, which may consist of an oral examination at a date to be determined.