8-0161
SUFFOLK COUNTY
RADIO OPERATOR
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/civilservice
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LAST FILING
DATE: MAY 23, 2018
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: JUNE 30, 2018
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $32,018
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GRADE 12
SPECIFICATION # 0161
All
statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of
successful candidates are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application processing fee is $40.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/civilservice. Payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard
credit card and there will be an additional convenience fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of receipt of application
will be sent to all internet applicants via e-mail. Application may also be made using the
Suffolk County application for employment (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B). Make your check or money order payable to the
Suffolk County Department of Civil Service.
Do not send cash. Please indicate
the examination title and the last four digits of your social security number
on the face of your check or money order.
A separate application and processing fee are required for each examination
(identified by examination number) for which you are applying. The application processing fee is
non-refundable and non-transferable.
The application processing fee may be
waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans, auxiliary police, members
in good standing of a local fire district or ambulance
company and volunteer CERT members.
The fee may also be waived if you are unemployed and primarily
responsible for the support of a household and for recipients of Medicaid, SSI,
Public Assistance or those in a training program under the Job Training
Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by a state or local
social service agency. Internet applicants should complete the “Request for
Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form on-line. All other applicants
should complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form
and submit it with your application (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B). All claims for application fee waiver are subject
to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be
used to fill future vacancies for this title in Suffolk County Departments.
DUTIES
An employee in this class performs
specialized work in receiving, monitoring and sending messages over a two-way
communications system between a County Parks or Public Works Department base
station and its field crews. Duties may include making inquiries to the New
York State Police Information Network (NYSPIN) and motor vehicle information
computers. The incumbent performs routine clerical work in keeping a log of the
day's radio activity. Assignments are received from a technical supervisor, who
reviews work methods and records for effectiveness and for adherence to the
rules, regulations and procedures of the department or jurisdiction. Does related work as
required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from
a standard senior high school or possession of a high school equivalency
diploma.
Note:
Experience in the operation of the central radio of a two-way
communications system, including receiving, sending and logging messages, will
be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
Necessary Special Requirement
The job assignment may require
attainment of New York State Police Information Network (NYSPIN) certification;
affected employees must maintain this certification while employed in this
title.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The written test will cover
knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
Coding
and decoding of information;
2.
Map
reading;
3.
Record
keeping;
4.
Understanding
and interpreting written material.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Civil Service
Department reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/civilservice.
2.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service by June 27, 2018 are advised to contact the
Civil Service Department before the written test date at 853-5500.
3.
You
can view your room assignment and exam site on our home page at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/civilservice
under “Candidate Exam Room Assignment Search” seven days prior to the
examination date.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: February 23, 2018
GENERAL CONDITIONS OPEN-COMPETITIVE
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Paper
applications are available at the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service in
Hauppauge and at the Riverhead County Center display, or by sending a stamped,
self-addressed 9 ½” x 4” envelope for each title to: Suffolk County Department of Civil Service, P.O.
Box 6100, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099.
2.
Applications
postmarked after midnight of the last filing date may not be considered
eligible for this examination.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated
part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Civil Service for reconsideration prior to the written test date
appearing on this announcement. Appeals
received on or after the announced written test date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further consideration for purposes of this
competition. Unless otherwise specified,
the final rank order of the eligible list will be determined on the basis of
the scores received on the written test, plus veterans’ credits where
appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an application is rejected, due notice
will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are
permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards,
spell-checker, personal digital assistant, address books, language translators,
dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with
the rating of examination will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations which deal
with the rating of examination will apply.
10. The eligible
list established as a result of this examination will remain in force for at
least one year and may be extended by the Civil Service Department for a
maximum of four years. Changing
conditions may make it necessary to certify to future vacancies at higher or
lower salaries than those announced.
11. Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12. Pursuant to
Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established. No additional
credits will be granted after the eligible list is established.
13. Inquiries may be
made as to character and ability and all statements made by candidates are
subject to verification. Some employers
may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background
investigation.
14. Candidates must
be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the duties
of the job. Candidates who are appointed
to positions in the Suffolk County service may be required to pass qualifying
medical and/or physical and/or psychological evaluations.
15. Residency is not
required for taking any examinations.
However, some non-county jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries,
etc., give hiring preference to residents.
Some Towns also require employees to establish residency within the
Township. For employment in a Suffolk
County Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County
Law, residency within Suffolk County is required throughout employment with the
County. In any case in which residency
preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific residency standard
as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
16. Saturday Sabbath
Observers and handicapped persons: If
special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17. No smoking is
permitted in the building or on the grounds of the examination site.
18. If you will be
on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States on the date
of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service
before the last filing date appearing on this announcement for alternate test
date information.
19. Multiple
Examinations Scheduled for the Same Day:
If you have applied to take a written test announced by either one or
several local jurisdictions (county, town, city) scheduled to be held on the
same test date as this written test, you must notify each of the local
jurisdictions no later than two weeks before the test date, so they can make
arrangements for taking all tests at one test site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination center. If you have any questions please call the
Suffolk County Department of Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20. For information
regarding a weather related cancellation of this
examination, please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/civilservice
click on the “Weather Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the
bottom of that page. The following stations
will broadcast notice of cancellation:
WALK PATCHOGUE
97.5 FM
WBAB BABYLON 102.3 FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1 FM
WLNG SAG HARBOR
92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1 FM
WRCN MEDFORD 103.9 FM
NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND TV CHANNEL 12 website: www.news12.com
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Announcements and Applications Also Available At
SUFFOLK COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
725 VETERANS
MEMORIAL HWY.
WILLIAM J
LINDSAY COUNTY COMPLEX, BLDG. #158 Information Display Unit,
P.O. BOX 6100,
HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788-0099 Phone:
853-5500 County Center, Riverhead