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This position involves law enforcement protecting the public and preserving the peace, and serving in any of a variety of assignments in the Sheriff's Office. As a Deputy Sheriff, you need to interpret and enforce all applicable federal, state and local laws, general orders, directives, and policies and procedures of the Sheriff's Office. Deputies work a rotating shift that will include weekends and holidays. The Deputy Sheriff must be able to work independently under limited supervision. Posting closes on 12/31/09.

Physical Effort Required

PHYSICAL ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

PHY01 CLIMBING ABILITY The employee is required to be able to ascend or
descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and
the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing exceeds that of ordinary locomotion.

PHY02 BALANCING ABILITY The employee is required to maintain body
equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing on one or both feet, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing required exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

PHY03 STOOPING ABILITY The employee is required to be able to bend the
body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

PHY04 TWISTING ABILITY The employee is able to turn the body around to
both the left and right at least 45 degrees from the waist; and turn the head around to both the left and right at least 45 degrees.

PHY05 KNEELING ABILITY The employee is able to bend the left/right/both
legs at the knee(s) to come to rest on either or both knees.

PHY06 CROUCHING ABILITY The employee is able to bend the body downward
by bending the legs at the knees from a standing position and bending forward from a crouch position.

PHY07 CRAWLING ABILITY The employee is able to move about on hands and
knees or hands and feet.

PHY08 REACHING ABILITY Extending hand(s) and arm(s) fully or partially in
any direction. The type of reaching occurs constantly or consistently and may require reaching overhead, from shoulder level, and below the waist.

PHY09 STANDING ABILITY The employee is able to remain on both feet while
in an upright position without moving, ranging from minutes to several hours at a time if necessary.

PHY10 WALKING ABILITY The employee is able to move about on foot over
long distances to perform various task duties. The walking speed varies between 1 and 3 miles per hour. Walking surfaces include asphalt, concrete, rock, wood, grass, carpet, tile and stone.

PHY11 RUNNING ABILITY The employee is able to move about on foot and
maintain a pace of between 3 and 5 miles per hour
for up to one mile.

PHY12 PUSHING ABILITY Pressing hands and arms, or legs and feet in a
(heavy) continuous effort against objects/persons to move the object/persons away from the individual exerting the pushing force. The amount of pushing force is described as heavy (50-250 pounds).

PHY12a PUSHING ABILITY Pressing hands and arms, or legs and feet in a
(medium) continuous effort against objects/persons to move the object/persons away from the individual exerting the pushing force. The amount of pushing force is described as medium (25-50 pounds).

PHY13 PULLING ABILITY Using hands and arms in a continuous motion to
(heavy) draw objects/persons toward the individual exerting the pulling force. The amount of force the employee must pull is described as heavy (50-250 pounds).

PHY13a PULLING ABILITY Using hands and arms in a continuous motion to
(medium) draw objects/persons toward the individual exerting the pulling force. The amount of force the employee must pull is described as medium (25-50 pounds).

PHY14 LIFTING ABILITY Raising objects in an upward movement, or
(heavy) moving objects from position to position at the same level. The weight of the object being lifted or moved is described as heavy (50-250 pounds). The vertical lifting requirement ranges between 12 and 36 inches.

PHY14a LIFTING ABILITY Raising objects in an upward movement, or
(medium) moving objects from position to position at the same level. The weight of the object being lifted or moved is described as medium (20-50 pounds). The vertical lifting requirement ranges between 12 and 36 inches.

PHY15 FINGERING ABILITY Using fingers and thumbs to pickup, pinch, type,
fire weapons, activate spraying devices, two way
radios, switches, buttons, dials, or tie.

PHY16 HANDLING ABILITY Working with hands and arms to seize, hold,
grasp, turn objects. Ability to rotate and bend wrist.

PHY17 FEELING ABILITY Perceiving object attributes/characteristics such
as shape, size, texture, temperature by touching with the skin, particularly with fingertips.

PHY18 VERBAL COMMUNICATION Ability to express/convey directions, instructions,
ABILITY information orally in a clear manner. Ability to
communicate verbally within a wide decibel range from whispers to loud sounds. This is a critical requirement with regard to command and control type tasks, and important with regard to working with others on a day-to-day basis in a team-oriented setting.

PHY19 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION Ability to express ideas, instructions, directions,
ABILITY details, diagrams, and narratives in written form. Must be able to write in a clear manner. This is important for report, correspondence and documentation related tasks.

PHY20 HEARING ABILITY Ability to perceive, isolate, extract, analyze,
identify, locate source, and comprehend sound and voices within a wide decibel range, from whispers to loud noises. Ability to isolate and distinguish critical sounds/noise/oral communications from background noises. This is a critical ability with regards to officer safety requirements.

PHY21 REPETITIVE MOTION ABILITY The employee is able to endure constant motion of
extremities and/or joint areas.

PHY22 FAR VISION ABILITY Clarity of vision at or exceeding 20 feet.

PHY23 NEAR VISION ABILITY Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.

PHY24 MID-RANGE VISION ABILITY Clarity of vision at distance more than 20 inches
and less than 20 feet.

PHY25 DEPTH PERCEPTION ABILITY Ability to judge distances, dimensions, and spatial
relationships in order to see objects/persons as and where they are in relation to foreground/background objects and space.

PHY26 VISUAL FOCUS ABILITY Ability to adjust the lens of the eye(s) to bring
objects into clear and sharp focus from varying distances.

PHY27 COLOR VISION ABILITY Ability to see, identify, and distinguish colors.

PHY28 FIELD OF VISION ABILITY Ability to observe an area’s horizontal and vertical fields while eyes are fixed on a given point.

PHY29 SENSE OF SMELL Ability to perceive, distinguish, and locate source
of various smells and odors such as smoke,
alcohol, toxic fumes.

PHY30 INTERNAL WORK Work performed in an internal environment, i.e.
ENVIRONMENT office, vehicle, etc…

PHY31 EXTERNAL WORK Work performed in an external environment and
ENVIRONMENT the ability to tolerate inclement weather including heat, humidity, rain, cold, fog. May lead to possible exposure to hazardous materials and conditions; toxic conditions, fumes, odors, noise, vibration, dust, confined areas, and animal/human waste.

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Revised January 27, 2005