STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING SPECIALIST I
Class Code: 5647-25 Date Established: 04-01-89
Occupational
Code: 7-3-3 Date of Last Revision: 10-20-11
BASIC PURPOSE: To coordinate,
supervise and instruct police and corrections training programs at the state,
county, and municipal levels.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Coordinates
and instructs classes in both the recruit academy and in-service police and
corrections training.
·
Certifies
departmental firearms instructors for state, local, and county police and
corrections agencies.
·
Updates
recruit academy lesson plans, examinations and training manuals by reviewing
relevant literature.
·
Writes lesson
plans, performance objectives and examinations for the Police Standards and
Training Council.
·
Contacts law
enforcement and correctional agencies in New Hampshire to coordinate efforts in
complying with adapted Council standards.
·
Determines eligibility
of local government units to participate in Council programs and prepares
follow-up reports on existing programs for participating agencies.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in
analyzing and interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in
order to arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or
scientific understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional
nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving direct service objectives by assessing agency
service needs and making preliminary recommendations for the development of
alternative short-term program policies or procedures. Errors at this level result in incomplete
assessments or misleading recommendations causing a disruption of agency
programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct
supervision of other employees doing related or similar work, 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 reviewing
summaries and reports and making management level decisions to solve problems
or to achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those
solutions and goals. This level also
requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the
general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands
of its client system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating
a combination of wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to
solve problems, and to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or
scientific thinking. This level also
requires planning policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based
on available criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in planning and
evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of professional,
technical and managerial standards under administrative direction and according
to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree
from a recognized college or university with major study in police science,
criminal justice, education, criminology, or police administration. Each additional year of approved formal education
may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Five years'
experience in the criminal justice field, one year of which shall have been at
a supervisory or management level and one year in developing, coordinating or
instructing law enforcement training programs.
Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for
one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: Must possess or be
eligible to obtain certification as a Police or Correctional Officer by the New
Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must be able to do
strenuous physical work including running, strength training, wrestling,
self-defense tactics, aerobic exercises, firing all types of firearms, driving
emergency vehicles on a skid pad at the edge of control, standing, sitting and
lifting.
2. Must pass physical
fitness testing each year based upon the testing standards required of active
law enforcement officers as established in RSA 188-F:27 III.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of modern training techniques. Knowledge of criminal justice training in
areas such as rehabilitation, counseling and treatment. Knowledge of recent court decisions applied
to criminal justice. Knowledge of
methods of apprehension and arrest of suspected law violators. Knowledge of prisons and methods of
supervision of prisoners. Knowledge of
community organizations dealing with criminal justice and rehabilitation of
prisoners. Skill in interviewing. Skill in coordinating efforts of different
level agencies. Ability to make
calculations using general mathematics.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to speak to groups.
Ability to supervise others. 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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