STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CHIEF STATE PARKS PATROL PERSON
Class Code: 1926-15
Date Established: 09-27-93
Occupational Code: 3-3-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To perform supervisory and patrol work
for the purpose of maintaining law and order among patrons of the state park
system, using law enforcement methods and continuous patrol.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Trains and supervises
other park patrol personnel, participates in patrolling areas, and issues
parking violations as necessary.
·
Responds to park
patrons by providing directions and performs medical emergency functions while
notifying local service agencies.
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Supervises a park leasing
system of parking spaces in a park complex with responsibility for enforcing
contracts.
·
Installs and
maintains signs for the leasing business, as well as for parking areas within
the park complex.
·
Supervises and trains
parks patrol persons in meter installation, repair, removal and storage as well
as in money collection.
·
Supervises and
participates in the enforcement of drinking laws within a state park complex,
and investigates complaints and disturbances within the park.
·
Assigns schedule and
duties to all park patrol personnel.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance
appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of high school, G.E.D. or
it's equivalent. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Two years' experience in law
enforcement work such as a policeman or security officer. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of law enforcement activities
and the laws and ordinances pertaining to park security. Knowledge of laws and regulations
concerning arrests and the processing of evidence. Knowledge of police methods and procedures. Ability to enforce laws and park
regulations firmly and tactfully.
Ability to work with people and to secure their cooperation in a tactful
manner. Ability to prepare
investigative written reports.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
subordinate personnel, members of other law enforcement agencies, other state
employees and the general public using the state park complex. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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