Sebastian Bermudez 4A
Career Selection
Most of my life I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grow up and become an adult. I have recently done research in many career fields and I carefully considered three occupations I possibly see myself pursuing after earning a high school diploma. The three careers I’m interested in include Police Detective, Fire Inspector, and Sales manager.
A Sales manager has many responsibilities, but has much to offer. The sales manager median wage is $53.20 hourly while the yearly wage is around $110,660. The requirement for a sales manager include a four year bachelor's degree. Sales managers have certain task they do and the nature of the work includes fixing customer complaints about sales and service,
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The future employment outlook of a fire inspector is 6% growth from 2014- 2024. Statically there will be around 4,300 job openings through 2014-2024. The nature of the work I would have to do includes inspecting buildings to find hazards and code violations like the false electrical wiring and combustible materials. I would also have to regulate fire code requirements to architects, contractors and the fire service. The requirement to be hired as fire inspector is an associate’s degree. The work condition include working evening and weekends inside possibly dangerous and unstable buildings. Usually when entering this career field many people start as a regular firefighter and work a certain amount of years to be promoted to lieutenant or captain before anyone can be qualified for promotion as fire inspector. Firefighters experienced in this job usually take courses at fire academy for several months and practice guidelines for inspection, legal codes, courtroom procedures, and handling hazardous materials. However, I’m considering a third and final career as a police …show more content…
The projected employment outlook of a detective is 1% through 2014-2024 which is almost no change at all. There will be 28,300 job openings through 2014-2024. The requirement for a detective includes training in vocational schools or an associate’s degree. There is many careers in law enforcement related to a police detective like narcotics detective, detective supervisor, detective sergeant, and a fugitive detective. The work on a monthly basis would include providing a testimony as a witness in court case. I would also have to secure a dead body and check for evidence while also preventing anybody from tampering with the crime scene before a medical examiner can arrive. The conditions of police detective include working with blood, evidence, and graphic homicides. I intend to enter the field by becoming a regular police officer for many years and work my up to captain or lieutenant then get promoted to detective. In order to get experience for any police position the training includes attending a police training academy. The training includes classroom practice in state and local law, constitutional law, civil rights, and police ethics. The recruits would learn and practice in patrol, traffic control, firearm use, self defense, first aid, and emergency
Detectives encounter many different people daily who come from different backgrounds, and it is important that a detective has a way to communicate with anyone who walks into their precinct. Both electives and physical education are important to the instruction of any kind of police detective. Being a Homicide Detective means occasionally having to run, tackle, and have physical confrontations with individuals who can be dangerous. Therefore, participation in PE classes, health classes, and extracurricular sports during high school will aid the detective in the
Many times, it comes down to extra training and education one can bring to the job. My Marine Corps training has taught me many different skills such as: leadership, first aid and combat skills that I can use in any situation. The main thing any police department would look at is my urban combat training. This training gives me the ability to make decisions fast and in the heat of the moment while the world around me is in complete chaos. Having been trained to keep a cool, level head about me as I encounter dangerous situations, will help me if I need to take down a perpetrator who decides he wants to fight it out or do something else to resist arrest. My choice of career has also been influenced by my self-study of police literature that I read in my downtime in my barracks room and the extra education classes I have taken from teachers and professionals in the police field at the educational center on Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay. I read books about police training, as well as books written by retired police officers about different situations that happened and could happen while they were on the job. The classes taken at the education center on base were about police/security jobs. The started from local correctional officer positions all the way to the FBI and the situations that came with them. From those classes, I can draw a baseline of what any police
People have always had some kind of enforcement of law to protect them. The police officer’s main focus is to protect the citizens they are around and serve justice to criminals that get in the way of protecting citizens. This is an interesting career choice because the people with this career have a daily duty to keep the streets safe and clean from any dangers. The topics that will be covered are the salary of detectives their main duty, the typical day they experience, years on the job that are rewarded in different ways like a new job opportunity or an increase in pay, educational requirements, and skills required.
When we were little, we thought the word “Career” was not a big deal, but as a senior in high school the word has become our reality as we start to finish our last semester. The question we’ve been asked all these years was what do you want to be when you grow up? But our answer was simple; we don’t want to grow up. As an innocent kid it seemed like the time would never come, but it has. It’s time to get serious and really ponder on this question. My mind has wondered for so long on what my career would be. We all wanted to be an astronaut, but I never liked space or the fact of not having any gravity. What if I get lost in the universe? Maybe I’ll be a firefighter, but I never was interested. Well how about a cop? That’s it, a police
Being an arson investigator requires both skillsets in fire science and in investigations. Once a fire has been reported and put out, it is the job of an arson investigator to go in and assist in determine what caused the fire, and if there was any criminal activity involved. Arson investigators of study fires by setting them and observing the results and damages of these fires. This important to the study of fire science because it provides investigators with an insight about how fire burn in different environments, with different accelerant and other changing conditions. This become useful when investigating fires that were not started in a controlled setting.
Of course when figuring out what career you may want to pursue it is essential to inquire information from individuals who are working in that field of interest. In my case I decided to interview a longtime friend and active police officer in my hometown community. Officer Delancy from the Stuart Police Department located in Martin County, Florida. Officer Delancy has been a patrol officer for the last over twelve years and counting. As I talked with officer Delancy one question I asked him was why did he want to become an officer of the law. His reply was “I always knew I wanted to make my community a better place to live in and becoming an officer is one way I can help to do just that.” Officer Delancy felt the need to protect and serve our
Truly the Fire Chief should not be involved with the Union contract negotiations for two reasons. First being, that the Chief is not represented by the union, nor is their contract follow the provision that are a result of negotiations by the union and city. Being a salaried employee of the city, the Chief negotiates their own contract and is responsible to abide to the provisions of the contract. Which if negotiated could include language that excepts the Chief from participating on either side of the contact negotiations. Secondly, the Fire Chief is a representative of the department and its personnel, so for the Chief to be on the side of the city or locality. This could cause conflict within the department ranks and create a situation where
On or 6/17 the CIW Fire Dept was down to 2 “trained inmates” Leaving us 3/0 Staffed . Fire Chief Joel Johnson had the CIW Fire Department start doubling up fire captains on 6/20. At Noon on 6/20 central control contacted us via land line that there was a trash can fire between visiting and the Admin building. Being that this was the weekend the inmates had the day off and we do not house inmates at the fire house. Capt Smith and myself responded to the fire alone . When we arrived at scene we had heavy smoke and fire showing from 40 yard roll off dumpster with immediate exposure threat to the admin building which encompasses the Out Patient Housing Unit, Other direct exposures were 2 additional 40 yard roll offs dumpsters that were also over
Becoming a fire chief was the goal I set for myself since starting my career. I want to be involved in setting the direction, planning, and decision making of the department. I believe as an organization and profession we should leave the organization better for those that will fill our position, when we leave. I believe organizationally and professionally we should challenge the existing model and do all we can to serve the public the best way we can. Such as most fire departments have an entire division dedicated fire prevention, but never addressing medical emergencies, which account for over half of the responses of fire departments.
“Employment of detectives is projected to grow 5% from 2012 to 2022, slower than any other occupation.” (Criminal Justice Jobs) In other words, it would be difficult to obtain this career because of the duration of employment of current detectives. However, detectives held about 780,000 jobs in 2012. Also there are many alternatives besides becoming a detective. These careers include: private detectives, federal investigators, and crime scene investigators.
Knowing building construction is an important job requirement for a firefighter. Knowing how building construction works can determine whether you live or die in certain situations. One will discuss the differences between the various types of loads placed upon a structure and how they influence firefighting strategy and tactics during an emergency incident.
Let me first start by offering congratulations on your new position as Fire Marshal. I wish you great success in this new journey in your life. As we learned in our study of groups and teams, the addition of any new member to a group will change the working dynamics. You reference the amount of change that has already occurred prior to your arrival with a likelihood of additional change as you transition into your new role. Kinicki and Fugate (2016) note a challenge of any new group member is understanding often unwritten and seldom discussed norms that will have tremendous influence on the group and organizational behavior. This is a challenge it appears you are up to however with your noted confidence in your leadership abilities
I truly enjoyed reading the material for this week 's discussion. I found it fascinating to read how these people of passion were so revered as leaders. Something I found difficult while reading the stories of these various leaders was the details of what they did within their respective industries that made them successful. Although I recognize the importance of the details, I found myself continually fanaticizing about how the many different approaches would directly translate to the fire service. Because of the uniqueness of the fire service as an industry, I found it easier to relate to themes and concepts rather than the details. 'Strengths Based Leadership ' by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie For example Simon Cooper stated: "people create memories, not things. If we ask guests what color the carpet was in their guest room, they probably won 't know. The real value comes from the ladies and gentlemen (employees) who bring that hotel to life. Ten percent is the platform, but the rest is people. (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 43) As I read this I couldn 't help but think of the fact that our customers in the emergency response world (fire service) likely remember more about how we treat them than what uniform we wear or what kind of apparatus we arrive in, so long as we bring true caring and compassion to their bedside. In addition Cooper 's people over platform approach was obvious in this Rath & Conchie description: "then when he talked of the night-and-day difference that a
The primary responsibility of a sales manager is to direct the sales team. A sales manager serves as a guiding hand for the sales team; outlining staff training programs, developing strategies, and pushing team members to reach short-term and long-term goals (“Sales Manager” U.S. News). To be a successful sales manager, you’re going to need basic leadership skills. Good communication skills, an open-mind, creativity and determination, are just a few of the important skills necessary when it comes to managing your team. The role of a sales manager requires more than just knowing how to supervise, you need to be able to brainstorm ideas and grow with an ever-changing market.
3) Closed atrium where the atrium shaft is separated from the building by ordinary construction. The atrium floor may be used for recreation, restaurants or as a hotel lobby.