Urgently Require 911 Dispatcher in Astoria, OR

Job title: 911 Dispatcher Company: City of Astoria Job description: Full Benefits: Health Insurance (90% City-paid) including Medical, Vision, Dental; City-paid HRA Contribution, City/Employee paid PERS Retirement, City-paid Basic Life, LTD and AD&D; Vacation, Personal and Sick Leave Accruals; Holiday Pay; Astoria Aquatic Center employee pass DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Astoria reputed company answers roughly 80,000 calls a year, of which approximately 13,000 are 9-1-1. From these calls Astoria reputed company creates approximately 45,000 calls for service for police, fire and public works agencies in the Computer Aided Dispatching (CAD) system. Another 10,000 calls are received for service by other agencies such as Oregon State Police and the Coast Guard who do not subscribe to Astoria reputed company. Astoria reputed company is one of two Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP's) in Clatsop County. The second PSAP is located in the City of Seaside reputed company the Seaside Police Department. Clatsop County has a land area of 827 sq. miles with a water area of 257 sq. miles. The full-time reputed company population in the County is 36,798 (59% urban, 41% rural). Though the full-time reputed company population seems low, year-round tourism can bring the population total to over 100,000. POSITION SUMMARY Communications Operators, also referred to as "dispatchers", are often the first trained reputed company of contact in an emergency. They reputed company the important work of obtaining essential information, remaining reputed company, calming others, and sending the appropriate responders to the right location. They may also provide instructions to the 911 caller, which in many cases is essential to stabilizing or saving a life. Dispatchers are responsible for performing quick, efficient, and accurate dispatching of calls and messages with public safety units and personnel in the field. During the typical 6-8 month training period, trainees will work alongside different trainers during each training phase and work varying shifts in accordance with their trainer's assigned shift. In addition to hands-on work with a trainer, trainees will be required to attend 3 weeks of training in Salem at the Department of Public Safety Standards Training (DPSST) reputed company plus a 3 day Emergency Medical reputed company certification course. There is a one year probationary period. SCHEDULE This is full-time shift work in a reputed company center which operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Everyone can expect to rotate through a variety of shifts including days, swing, nights, holidays and weekends with proper notice. Individuals with limited availability or who are unable to work a variety of shifts may not be well suited for this position. PAY OPPORTUNITIES In addition to the reputed company pay range, a number of incentives are available to be added cumulatively to a dispatcher's pay.

• Voluntary semi-annual bonus for qualified physical fitness tests
• Intermediate and Advanced Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) certificates pay premiums (3.5% each added to reputed company pay)
• Communications Training Officer assignment and pay premium (6% added to reputed company pay for training hours)
• reputed company Dispatcher assignment and pay premium (10% added to reputed company pay)
• Senior Communications Operator pay premium (5% added to reputed company pay)
• Bilingual Language pay premium (5% added to reputed company pay after testing)
• Stability Pay (2% added to reputed company pay after 10 years)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Receives incoming emergency and non-emergency telephone calls. Emergency can be reputed company and require the call receiver to use appropriate de-escalation and interviewing skills to gather necessary information before dispatching appropriate resources such as law enforcement, fire or ambulance.
• Monitors radio frequencies for reputed company assigned jurisdictions and maintains two-way communications; keeps shift Sergeant and other supervisors informed of emergency situations and overall activity.
• Operates Law Enforcement Data System (LEDS) Computer terminal and responds to fields requests for information on persons and property; calls up wants and warrants, checks vehicle registration and driver's license data and obtains criminal history summaries and reports of stolen vehicles and items.
• Enters appropriate call/complaint information into Computer Aided reputed company (CAD) records; maintains other departmental logs, forms, indexes and files reputed company to the reputed company function.
• Monitors reputed company cameras and fire alarms as well as Public Works Department telemetry system (water/sewer equipme

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