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  Washington State Patrol title head Communications Conditions & Standards

Communications officers work in a law enforcement agency and, therefore, potential candidates for these jobs must be willing and able to abide by certain conditions of employment and performance standards established by the Washington State Patrol. Please carefully review the following conditions and standards of employment and decide whether you can meet these standards. After review, please sign and date on the lines provided.

Conditions of Employment and Performance Standards


  • Be free from intemperance in the use of narcotics, controlled substances, alcohol, etc.
  • Work weekends, days off, holidays, and rotating shifts; e.g., continuous five-work-days-per-week shifts that rotate each 28 days to a different schedule of regular days and hours per week.
  • Type at least 35 words per minute net.
  • Operate and read monitors and computer terminals.
  • Communicate clearly when using radio equipment.
  • Hear adequately to perform the duties of the job.
  • Communicate effectively with irate persons.
  • Comply with departmental grooming standards; e.g., short hair (off uniform collar), short and clean fingernails, etc.
  • Report to work on time.
  • Work long and/or extended hours.
  • Respond on short notice to work.
  • Accept counseling and guidance from supervisors.
  • Accept responsibility for issued equipment.
  • Refrain from lying, stealing, and cheating.
  • Comply with departmental guidelines.

By my signature below, I hereby certify I have read and understand the above conditions of employment and performance standards and agree that I am willing and able to abide by these conditions and standards.
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At the time you appear to take the examination, you must provide a typing certificate verifying your ability to type 35 net words per minute in order to be admitted to the written/performance test. The certificate must be dated within one year of the date you appear for the written/performance test. Typing tests must have a signed cover letter or typing certificate from the place where you took the test, indicating business name, date, and a call back number. On-line tests are not acceptable.

 

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