Career FAQ

Go to our application page and fill out our Communication Technician (911-Dispatcher) application.

View our minimum qualification for Communication Technician (911-Dispatcher).

Once you apply you will be contacted about the next Emergency Communication Pre-Employment test.

There is not a fee to take the Emergency Communication Pre-Employment test.

All correspondence will be sent to the e-mail address you provided on your application. Therefore, it is critical applicants provide a current e-mail address that is checked regularly.

Vacancies will be listed on our application website.

• Deputy hiring process
• Communication Technician (911-Dispatcher)
• Civilian careers

To ensure impartiality, resumes will only be accepted with our online applications. We do not review or respond to unsolicited resume submission through mail.

If you are having trouble logging in or are having other issues with their website, please contact 855-524-5627.

Keep your contact information current with us! Changes in address, email address, or phone number must be provided to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. You can do this by visiting our application website and logging into your account on governmentjobs.com. From there you can go to your account settings, change your contact information, and save your changes.

Important: We contact all applicants via email throughout the hiring process. If your contact information is not current, it may result in you missing important updates regarding your application.

On our application website, you will need to log in under your account, once you have logged into your account, in the top right hand corner of the page, should be your name or account name. Click on it and a drop-down box will appear, click on application. This will take you to another page that will show all of your job applications, if the application for the position your applied for says "Application Received", then we have received your application.

No, our minimum qualifications only require you to have a High School Diploma or G.E.D. View the Communication Technician (911-Dispatcher) minimum qualifications.

You must be 18 years old the time of employment.

Yes, the FCSO has a lateral transfer program (Advance Step Hiring) for potential applicants currently employed with another law enforcement agency as a Communication Technician/911 dispatcher. Get more information about Communication Technician Lateral Transfers.

There are no residency requirements due to a decision by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Yes. However, you must schedule your school around your work schedule.

We would be happy to consider your application again; if you are applying for the same position, we only accept applications once every six (6) months. If it's for a different position, submit a completed application for each open position you are interested in via our application website.

To stay updated you will need to go to our application website, once you have logged in, in the top left-hand corner of the page, under "Menu", select "Class Specifications". Once you have located the job(s) that you have interest in, click on the job - a screen will appear with the job description information on it. If there is a green "Subscribe" button in the top right-hand corner, you can request a job interest card. The job interest card will trigger an email to you once the job has become available for applications.

Please Note: For some of our jobs, the job interest card is unavailable, and you will not see the green subscribe button.

Yes! Military personnel and veterans who have or are anticipated to have, an honorable discharge is eligible and encouraged to apply. General discharge and uncharacterized discharge are also accepted but reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants who are discharged must submit their DD-214 (Member 4 copy) for discharge status verification.