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Alex Richardson __Career Pathway Project__ 8/25/10   7th Period 1. Name of your career. Cherokee County Sheriff 2. Name the college degree(s) you must have (or could be helpful to have) to achieve this career goal. A bachelor’s degree 3. How many years of college does it take to earn the degree(s)? A 4 year degree // 4. // Name 3 colleges you could attend locally to achieve or begin to achieve this career goal? (//include the college’s web addresses)// 1. [|http://affiliate.collegesurfing.com/form/strayer2/roswell.html?zip=30115&campus_key=42&state=GA&city=Canton] (Strayer University) 2. [|12369532|0|1042|Atlanta||iiiq20n7jsac3bmamqvr61mtg6|1282848427|1575828201] (ITT Technical Institute) 3. [] (Argosy University) 5. What training must you obtain to be able to begin this career (police academy, etc)? Police academy training lasting 3 to 6 months 6. How many hours/weeks of this training are required as a minimum? Some last 3 months 7. Name three local academies you could go to and how many hours/weeks each requires for graduation. Include the possible cost of attending and entry requirements. If your career is federal (FBI, US Marshal), find the federal academy you must attend and give its requirements for entry and graduation. There police academies in Tifton, Savannah, and Augusta. They are all around 100 to 200 dollars. 8. Name 5 activities of interest to you that someone in this career does on a regular basis. They get to keep the community safe, they get to patrol their town, they get to enforce the law, they get to help people in need, and get into car chases within their town 9. Name 5 things about this career you don’t think you would like. The work, the training, the physical needs, the amount of hours, and the people that don’t cooperate 10. Name 5 critical skills you need to be successful in this career. Need to be able to run for a certain distance, be able to swerve in and out of traffic, have good people skills, be able to shoot a weapon, and being able to arrest someone 11. Which skill do you believe is the **MOST** important? Why? Having good people skills because you need to be able to calm people down 12. What type of training/degrees must you obtain to “move up the ladder” in this career (promotions etc.)? A bachelor’s degree and the correct hours of training 13. Name 3 traits you have that would make this career a good fit for you. Being fit, people skills, and being able to run long distances 14. What is the average annual pay for a career like this? Translate that to hourly pay. They make an estimated amount of $31,000 a year. The estimated starting pay for a sheriff is $15.00 an hour. 15. How can you move up the pay scale in this career? By getting promoted in the career 16. What type of hours will you have to work? Would there be any travel involved? Usually they have to work 40 hours a week. No travel except for patrol is needed 17. Is this career one that is growing in the U.S.? Yes, this career is growing in the U.S.    18. Name 3 careers that go hand-in-hand with the one you have selected. 1. Patrol officer 2. A public information officer 3. Security guard