Safety & Security Officer Trainee
Grade NS
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This title exists in Corrections and Community Supervision and has approximately 71 positions.
*The number of positions is approximate and represents the number of positions established (both filled and vacant); it is not an indication or reference to position type or duration, or intent to be filled.
A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series.
Title | Grade | Hiring Rate/yr | Job Rate/yr |
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Institution Safety Officer | 12 | $53,410 | $65,596 |
All salary grades for trainees titles are non-statutory (NS) equated to the salary grade identified. These grade equations apply to the starting salaries in their respective salary schedule for the traineeship levels.
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As an Institution Safety Officer, you would be responsible for the safety and security at state institutions and other offices operated and/or staffed by state employees, by performing security checks on the grounds and within the buildings. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: search and frisk visitors; perform visual inspections of visitors' property; search visitors using a walk through and/or hand held metal detector; confiscate contraband or illegal items, including drugs, weapons, or other items not permitted in or on the grounds of state owned property; ensure that parolees do not submit counterfeit samples for urinalysis, collect samples from parolees, and package samples for testing; and take digital photos of parolees to ensure that an up-to-date photo is on file. You would be required to interact with visitors and give directions in order to ensure compliance with safety protocols and provide assistance during emergency situations. Institution Safety Officers may also be required to process and/or prepare written reports, and testify at court or administrative hearings, if necessary.
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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.
On or before the examination date, you must have:
Either 1. one year of security guard experience gained while registered as a Security Guard with the New York State Department of State;*
Or 2. one year of experience as a police officer or peace officer;
Or 3. one year of active U.S. military service where you performed security duties on a United States military base or vessel and an honorable discharge or under conditions in the NYS Restoration of Honor Act. Security duties must have been performed while working as military police or as security personnel performing foot and motorized patrol, control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, flight line security, crime prevention and/or physical security.
*Applicants must include their Security Guard registration number if qualifying under #1 above.
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.
26-922010Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. Job postings on StateJobsNY will contain the most up-to-date qualifications.
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 email notification so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.
Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through transfers opportunities or other examinations.
For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.
You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.