The public safety and government sector offers a broad range of career paths for those inspired to make the North Far North region a safer and more equitable place to live, work, and raise a family.
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Top jobs that Require Community College Credentials
How much will I make per hour?
What can I train for? | Job openings per year | Entry-level | Median | Experienced | Programs |
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Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers | 609 | $37.68 | $47.18 | $59.86 | View programs |
Correctional Officers and Jailers | 237 | $29.19 | $36.87 | $47.52 | View programs |
Firefighters | 181 | $30.10 | $38.51 | $46.43 | View programs |
Detectives and Criminal Investigators | 124 | $37.85 | $48.28 | $60.36 | View programs |
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | 90 | $59.29 | $64.05 | $80.01 | View programs |
Public Safety Telecommunicators | 70 | $27.90 | $35.01 | $38.20 | View programs |
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | 53 | $48.21 | $48.76 | $61.06 | View programs |
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | 43 | $39.89 | $48.81 | $62.06 | View programs |
Fish and Game Wardens | 42 | $35.71 | $40.06 | $43.60 | |
Private Detectives and Investigators | 32 | $18.73 | $24.71 | $32.92 | View programs |
Transit and Railroad Police | 29 | $18.90 | $26.53 | $35.38 |
Top Employers & Skills
Employers
- U.S. Customs And Border Protection
- City of Sacramento
- County of El Dorado
- State of California
- Digistream Investigations
- Wildfire Defense Systems
- Los Rios Community College District
- Sacramento Superior Court
- City Of Elk Grove
- City Of Roseville
- California State University, Sacramento
- Sacramento Sheriff's Department Foundation
- Placer County
- City Of West Sacramento
- University of California, Davis
- Deloitte
- Anthem Blue Cross
- City Of South Lake Tahoe
- California Public Utilities Commission
- General Dynamics
Specialized skills
- Law Enforcement
- Office Equipment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Crime Prevention
- Firefighting
- Punctuation And Capitalization
- Law Enforcement Practices
- Emergency Medical Services
- Interrogations
- Fire Service
Technology & software skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Operating Systems
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- SQL (Programming Language)
- Microsoft Access
- Database Software
Employability skills
- Valid Driver's License
- Communications
- Investigation
- Operations
- Management
- Customer Service
- First Aid
- Writing
- Report Writing
- Tactfulness
The North region encompasses seven counties (El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba).
The Far North region encompasses 15 counties (Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity).
Specialized skills are specific to the occupation, or group of occupations, and represent job-specific competencies.
Technical skills refer to the specific software and technology regularly encountered on the job.
Employability skills (sometimes referred to as “common skills”) are foundational skills that cross occupations and industries. Many common skills, like, communication and team work, are also considered soft skills.