Compensation Range $35.91 - $45.49

Job Description Continuously ensures safety and security of inmates, staff, visitors, and the public; facilitates and protects the Constitutional rights of all persons, including, but not limited to; access to medical and dental care, law library, religious activities, legal representation, and d

The following are the steps for the hiring process:

• Step 1: Online assessment through the National Testing Network (NTN). Be sure you select Corrections (for the Detentions position) and Law Enforcement (for the Patrol position). You have the option to take the test from your home computer or select a test site. If you have taken the NTN assessment in the past year for another agency, you may have it moved to Weld County. Link: https://nationaltestingnetwork.com/publicsafetyjobs/
• Step 3: The deputy will give you a background packet at the PAT OR you may pick one up at one of two locations (HR 1150 O street OR Sheriff's Office Administration Building 1950 O st). Instructions and the hiring steps are included in the packet.

• Step 4: Polygraph - scheduled by the polygraph examiner.

• Step 5: Drug Screen scheduled by a Sheriff's Office Employee.

• Step 6: Physical fitness examination - scheduled by a Sheriff's Office Employee.

• Step 7: Psychological Exam -scheduled by the polygraph examiner.
• Step 8: Hired.

Required Qualifications MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS No experience required. High school diploma or GED required. Must be 18 years of age or older.

Must be in possession of, or ability to obtain upon hire, a valid Driver's License. Shift work required - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Shifts require working days, nights, weekends and holidays. Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English, and to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure, and operating manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of the general public or employees of organizations. Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables, in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to operate telephones; computer terminal, keyboard, photocopier, and scanning instrumentation; self-contained breathing apparatus and gas mask; two-way radios; and law enforcement-related equipment, such as restraints and handcuffs.