CAREER GUIDE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT …

1 CAREER GUIDE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS. SOC Code: 13-1061. Pay Band(s): 4, 5 (Salary Structure). Standard Occupational Description: Coordinate disaster response or crisis MANAGEMENT activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare EMERGENCY plans and procedures for natural ( , hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological ( , nuclear power plant emergencies, hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Specialist positions in the Commonwealth are assigned to the following Roles in the EMERGENCY Services CAREER Group: EMERGENCY Coordinator II.

2 EMERGENCY Coordinator Manager I. While EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Specialists within the Commonwealth are all located within the EMERGENCY Services CAREER Group, individuals may want to pursue related public safety or administrative opportunities depending upon individual training, education, knowledge, skills, abilities, and interests. Other CAREER Group(s) that may be of interest are: Program Administration Policy Analysis and Planning Training and Instruction Public Safety Compliance Law Enforcement SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND TASKS. (Technical and Functional Expertise).

3 Skills Note: The technical and functional skills listed below are based on general occupational qualifications for EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Specialists commonly recognized by most employers. Typically, you will not be required to have all of the skills listed to be a successful performer. Recruitment and selection standards for an individual state job must be based on the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for that job as indicated in the job announcement and job description in the Employee Work Profile. 1. Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

4 2. Talking to others to convey information effectively. 3. Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. 4. Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem- solving and decision-making. 5. Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. 6. Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. 7. Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. 8. Actively looking for ways to help people.

5 1. 9. Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. 10. Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. 11. Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. 12. Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. 13. Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

6 14. Managing one's own time and the time of others. 15. Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. 16. Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work. Knowledge Note: The technical and functional knowledge statements listed below are based on general occupational qualifications for EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Specialists commonly recognized by most employers. Typically, you will not be required to have all of the knowledge listed to be a successful performer. Recruitment and selection standards for an individual state job must be based on the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for that job as indicated in the job announcement and job description in the Employee Work Profile.

7 The Knowledge of: 1. Relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. 2. Principles of situational analysis and planning. 3. Principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups. 4. Business and MANAGEMENT principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

8 5. Principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. 6. Materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. 7. The structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. Abilities Note: The technical and functional abilities listed below are based on general occupational qualifications for EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Specialists commonly recognized by most employers.

9 Typically, you will not be required to have all of the abilities listed to be a successful performer. Recruitment and selection standards for an individual state job must be based on the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for that job as indicated in the job announcement and job description in the Employee Work Profile. The Ability to: 1. Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. 2. Respond to a wide range of issues under stress. 3. Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

10 4. See details at a distance. 5. Speak clearly so others can understand you. 2. 6. Quickly analyze, make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. 7. Shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources) without being distracted. 8. Know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. 9. Identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. 10.