Public Safety Telecommunicators

KNOWLEDGE

• Customer and Personal Service
  Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.


• Public Safety and Security
  Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.


• Telecommunications
  Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.


• Administrative
  Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

SKILLS

• Active Listening
  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.


• Speaking
  Talking to others to convey information effectively.


• Social Perceptiveness
  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.


• Critical Thinking
  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.


• Coordination
  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

ABILITIES

• Oral Expression
  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.


• Oral Comprehension
  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.


• Speech Recognition
  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.


• Problem Sensitivity
  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.


• Selective Attention
  The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

PERSONALITY

People interested in this work, will do well at jobs that need;