(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
Job Description
Enforce law and order in rural or unincorporated districts or serve legal processes of courts. May patrol courthouse, guard court or grand jury, or escort defendants.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
96
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Execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody. |
95
|
Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests. |
95
|
Investigate illegal or suspicious activities. |
93
|
Record daily activities and submit logs and other related reports and paperwork to appropriate authorities. |
92
|
Take control of accident scenes to maintain traffic flow, to assist accident victims, and to investigate causes. |
92
|
Transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities. |
88
|
Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders. |
87
|
Locate and confiscate real or personal property, as directed by court order. |
86
|
Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders. |
82
|
Notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid. |
81
|
Place people in protective custody. |
77
|
Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators. |
73
|
Question individuals entering secured areas to determine their business, directing and rerouting individuals as necessary. |
37
|
Manage jail operations and tend to jail inmates. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
89
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
88
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
82
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
82
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
80
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
80
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
79
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
76
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
76
|
Getting Information
|
76
|
Processing Information
|
76
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
75
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
73
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
70
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
69
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
67
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
67
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
66
|
Thinking Creatively
|
63
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
62
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
62
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
62
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
61
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
61
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
59
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
58
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
53
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
53
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
53
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
53
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
53
|
Interacting With Computers
|
49
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
48
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
45
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
44
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
40
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
39
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
34
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
32
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
29
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
28
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|