Communications Officer Testing

[Jfal89]

I have a test coming up on Thursday I just got a call about for a communications officer job (job located in a city outside of Houston).

Can anyone shine a light into what's this going to be focused on? I'm assuming its a civil exam that's focused on reading and writing comprehension. Could use any input, as I am short notice.

They also have a Police Officer job exam coming at the end of June I will be putting in for.

[mnazary]

Is that basically a 911 dispatcher? If so, that is what I do now. The test was just a basic dispatch test that proves you can multitask to a certain degree. It isn't realistic to what we really do but it does filter out some people out there.

I would say either just take only one of the exams. Average training time for dispatch is 9 months-1 year. They will frown on you trying to apply to patrol if you get hired on as a dispatcher so soon. In my city, they asked me to wait 1.5-2 years after my hire date to apply for patrol which I am now doing this summer.