NOVEMBER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR III FAIR

Salary: $64,613.00 - $73,765.00 Annually

Location : Sarasota, FL 34232

Job Type: CIVILIAN

Job Number: 2025-00176

Division/Bureau: Emergency Operations Bureau

Section (Cost Center): EOB-PUBLIC SAFETY COMM SECTION

Opening Date: 10/24/2025

Closing Date: 11/15/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

All applicants are required to upload the following documents with their application submission: Drivers License with current address, signed Social Security card, birth certificate issued by state or local government authority, High School diploma/GED, College transcript, DD214 Member-4, Name change documents, FDLE certification documents (certified positions), official arrest/charge documents. If a document does not apply to you, please upload an attachment with N/A, if a document is unavailable at the time of application, please list status of documentation (ordered, requested, in search of, etc.) If ALL requested documentation is not uploaded, your application will not be processed.

SCSO is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Description

*THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION FOR A COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR POSITION, THIS IS ONLY FOR INTEREST IN THE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR/ CALL TAKER JOB FAIR

Communications Operator/Call Taker Job Fair

Saturday, November 15, 10am-1pm

LOCATION: Sarasota County Emergency Operations Bureau

6050 Porter Way, Sarasota, FL 34232

General Description of Duties

Shift Work - The Emergency Operations Bureau (EOB) operates 24 hours per day/7 days per week. Shifts assignments include weekends, holidays, on call, hurricanes, evacuations, or other state of emergencies. Shifts are not rotating; you must be flexible and able to work 12-hour shifts including day shift (0700-1900) or night shift (1900-0700). There is no guarantee of shift assignment, it is based on the need once you graduate from the academy. Shift bid occurs once a year, the changeover and new assignments occur in January.

Tasks: Complete assignment as directed; maintain work areas; knowledge of general orders; assist and coordinate emergency assignments; process wrecker requests and maintain wrecker files; utilize resources; track and monitor appropriate personnel; route calls to the proper agency; respond and request assistance from another agency; receive and enter complaints into CAD system/screen construction; prioritize calls; operate telephone consoles/CML; operate NCIC/FCIC computer; operate the PSC computer/CAD; notify agencies/floor supervisor or robberies and priority events; maintain radio logs; and inform supervisors of events and activities in progress.

Minimum Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent

One year sequential experience

As a condition of continued employment, the 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Program must be completed, and the Florida Certification exam must be passed within 11 months of appointment to the position. Training: Communications Operator III (Call Taker) training will begin with a 7-week classroom style academy to include 1 week of EMD/EFD certification training and 16 weeks of field training. Operators will work 8-hour shifts during the agency paid training academy, and upon completion move to 12-hr shifts. Certifications: During the first year of employment Operators will receive certifications in the following:

9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicator Florida Certification

Emergency Medical Dispatch Certification (EMD)

Emergency Fire Dispatch Certification (EFD)

CPR Certification

Note: 8-hour shifts/40-hr work week during the 6-week paid training academy. Salary is $28.24 per hour/$58,739.20 annually based on 8-hr shifts.

Additional Information

2184

Long Term Cap $89,781

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office requires all employees to have either an associates degree, 60 equivalent hours from an accredited college or university or the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test. The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test measures verbal and quantitative skills. Sworn *Law Enforcement and Corrections Deputies must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 267 and Quantitative - 241. Civilians must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 248 and Quantitative - 241.

*Law Enforcement Deputies/Recruits must meet additional requirements to qualify.

Local institution to administer the Wonderlic: Suncoast Technical College ext. 62322. Fee $40 Hours of Operations: Monday through Thursday 7:30am to 3:00pm Friday 7:30am to 2:00pm. TESTING IS SCHEDULED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

If you are out of town, please contact your local technical institute. A complete report of passing scores must be submitted directly to the SCSO.

In compliance with the American Disabilities Act should you require any reasonable accomodation(s) to participate in the exam process, please advise the administering office and supply documentation so they may attempt to satisfy any special needs expeditiously.

If chosen for processing you will be required to submit to the following screening procedures: a comprehensive background investigation, a polygraph examination, medical examinations, drug and tobacco screening, psychological examination (certified and communications positions). By submitting this application you are agreeing to have a background investigator with the SCSO review any social networking websites that you might belong to. If you are not willing to submit to the above mentioned procedures, please do not submit an application.

Applicants who are found to be untruthful or omitted information on the application or during the background investigation process will be automatically disqualified and will not be eligible for future employment with the agency.

Applicants who are disqualified during the application process for not meeting the standards of the agency at the time of application submittal, or during the background investigation process will be eligible to reapply in one (1) year.

The SCSO now offers free, onsite, confidential mental health counseling services to all employees in addition to traditional EAP services.

01

Are you available for on-call employment?

Yes

No

02

Are you able to work a flexible schedule that includes nights, weekends, holidays, on call, hurricanes, evacuations, and other state of emergencies and have reliable transportation?

Yes

No

03

Have you used, tried, tasted, experimented with or possessed any illegal drugs, prescriptions not prescribed to you, or marijuana (or its derivatives) even in a state marijuana was legal within the last 12 months prior to this application?

Yes

No

04

Do you have any tattoos on your head, scalp, face, neck, or hands?

Yes

No

Required Question