Alarm Monitor (Part Time) Night Shift

About the role

Alarm Monitor Part Time Availability Night Shift: 1800 - 0600

Responsibilities

• Use communications equipment including telephone, radio, and other electrical or electronic alarm signal-receiving systems.
• Dispatch police, medical, fire department assistance, or other emergency services as necessary.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance.
• High school education or equivalency.
• Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and favorable driving history.

Qualifications

• General experience (one year):
• Any type of communication experience demonstrating knowledge of communications operations and procedures (excluding telephone switchboard operation or communications clerk roles).
• Skill in operating a typewriter-type keyboard (e.g., teletype, CRT).
• Professional interaction with the general public, government employees, and law enforcement agencies over the telephone.
• Ability to read, understand, and apply printed procedures, detailed orders, instructions, and training material.
• Ability to maintain poise and self-control under stress.
• Ability to compose clear, concise, and accurate reports and messages.
• Ability to speak in a clear, distinct, and understandable manner.
• Specialized experience (one year):
• Operation of voice radio circuits.
• Progressively greater knowledge of varied communication equipment operation.
• Operation of personal computer equipment, including data input and retrieval functions.
• Ability to handle stressful and/or life-threatening situations similar to those in police, fire, or EMS environments.
• Education substitution: Two years of education above the high school level may substitute for specialized experience, except for the ability to handle stressful situations.

Physical Capabilities

• Hearing: Unaided or correctable hearing thresholds at 20dB or below in each ear for 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz, and 30 dB or below for frequencies up to 3000 Hz.
• Vision: Monocular or binocular vision correctable to 20/20 (Snellen). Ability to correctly and reliably see and distinguish between red, green, and blue colors.
• Physical dexterity: Ability to manipulate equipment controls (e.g., switches, knobs, dials, buttons, levers, computer mice, keyboard keys), insert and remove plugs/connectors, operate tape machines, insert/eject/remove computer disks, CDs, DVDs, tapes, cassettes, and paper. Ability to fully operate equipment within reach while sitting or standing, grasp tube-shaped items, move about the operations center without collision, and traverse hallways and buildings independently.

Job Certifications

• Favorable criminal and credit background check.
• Favorable drug and alcohol screening results.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• A favorable National Agency Check (NAC) security clearance up to Secret may be required.

Training

• Electronic Security Systems (ESS).
• Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).
• Lenel Alarm System.