Emergency Services Dispatcher

About this role

<div style="color:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-align:justify;">Receives and dispatches routine and emergency radio and telephone communications. Dispatches law enforcement, emergency medical, and other public safety personnel and equipment. Maintains field communications during incidents.<br><br><strong>NOTE:&nbsp;</strong>Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of the following tests:</div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:3pt;color:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;"><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Typing (Required minimum typing speed of 45 WPM)</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Reading</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Comprehension/communications test (CritiCall)</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Oral exam</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Polygraph</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Psychological exam</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Hearing examination</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Drug screen</div></li></ul><br><div style="color:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-indent:0px;text-align:

Requirements

<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS</strong>:</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><em> <br />Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list of tasks is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class.</em></div><br /><ul><li style="text-align:justify">Answers the telephone, receiving and classifying calls to determine priority of response and uses radio equipment to dispatch Police, emergency medical and other Public Safety units, according to availability, assigned geographic area, and location, to routine and emergency calls.</li><li style="text-align:justify">Maintains fie