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Senr Training Technician Police

Grade 18

New York State has approximately 23 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in various agencies statewide. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Training Technician Trainee 1 Police

    Similar to Grade 13

  2. Training Technician Trainee 2 Police

    Similar to Grade 14

  3. Senr Training Technician Police

    Grade 18

  4. Assoc Training Technician Police

    Grade 23

Summary of Job Description

As a Senior Training Technician Police, you would:

Conduct or provide direct training or instruction to law enforcement and partner law enforcement support agencies and licensed security personnel.

Research, develop, evaluate, review and otherwise implement various kinds of presentations and training to law enforcement, and licensed security personnel. This may also include reviewing and evaluating complaints from training program recipients.

Evaluate instructors currently providing training to covered persons or agencies.

Conduct research into new technologies, emerging law enforcement and criminal justice trends, offer best practice recommendations and conduct model policy development to increase the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement actions.

Activities are conducted within a certain, defined area of training specialty such as missing persons, highway safety, or accreditation.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must have either:

1. a bachelor’s or higher degree AND two years of qualifying experience;**

OR

2. an associate’s degree in criminal justice, public justice, police science, or law enforcement AND four years of qualifying experience;**

OR

3. 60 semester credit hours, including or supplemented by 12 semester credit hours in criminal justice, public justice, police science, or law enforcement AND four years of qualifying experience.**

**Qualifying experience is defined as: local, state, or federal experience as a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, correction officer, or military police officer in any branch of the armed forces. Military police officer candidates must have received an honorable discharge. All qualifying experience must have been gained after basic/recruit training. Time served for basic/recruit training will NOT count towards the qualifying experience.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-448

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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