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Campus Safety Specialist

Grade 12

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Career Ladder

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Summary of Job Description

As a Campus Safety Specialist, you would ensure that all federal, State, and campus fire regulations and building codes are adhered to on a university campus. You would review building plans and drawings; perform building inspections to ensure compliance with the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code, National Fire Protection Association Standards, and other applicable regulations; inspect and test fire protection systems and conduct fire extinguisher inspections; respond in an intervention role to campus emergencies involving such things as fires, vehicle accidents, bomb threats, petroleum and chemical spills, medical responses, and confined spaces rescues; and conduct fire safety training and fire drills to educate and inform the campus community.

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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 in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, you must have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma, AND:

Either 1. one year of experience as an emergency responder in a career fire department;

Or 2. two years of experience as an emergency responder in a volunteer fire department;

Or 3. 60 semester credit hours in fire protection, fire prevention, fire science, or fire safety.

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.

26-969

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

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