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Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-25. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• The notice requires a high-school diploma or GED. Relevant college coursework toward an associate degree is desirable, not an additional universally mandatory degree. Appointment level depends on qualifying experience and current POST/fire certifications.
• The notice lists a valid California driver's license with an F endorsement, qualifications of Alpine County Deputy Sheriff I and applicable California peace-officer standards. The underlying Deputy Sheriff I/Recruit descriptions, endorsement timing and full age, work-authorization and disqualifier criteria were not reviewed; obtain the current classification instructions directly rather than treating this as a complete eligibility checklist.
• At Deputy Sheriff Recruit appointment, meet that classification's qualifications and complete the POST academy and required training/certificates before advancement. This is distinct from Bear Valley Public Safety Officer Recruit, for which local law-enforcement experience is described as desirable and requirements of Public Safety Officer I must be met within 24 months of appointment.
• The public-safety recruit section names POST Basic, Firefighter I through an accredited fire academy within 24 months, First Responder Medical Card and CPR/automatic-defibrillator credentials. Confirm the timing for each credential; do not silently turn the entire advancement list into requirements already held by every novice at application.
• Public Safety Officer I adds six months as a Bear Valley public-safety recruit, ICS100/200 and supervisor-verified equipment/hazardous-material understanding. Officer II adds one year as county Public Safety Officer I OR two years with another agency, specified advanced fire/ICS credentials and hands-on extrication/vehicle-fire training. These are classification-specific advancement/placement rules, not novice prior-service prerequisites.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

The notice accepts recruit/lateral consideration and bases appointment level on experience and current POST/fire credentials. Public Safety Officer II includes an alternative of two years with another law-enforcement/public-safety agency, but complete equivalency, certification recognition, training waivers, salary credit and offer terms were not reviewed. Do not generalize these multidisciplinary rules to every deputy vacancy.

Recruiting contact

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Hiring outline

1. Read the actual current county notice and identify the appointment level. The reviewed notice was posted October 16, 2026 and marked open until filled, without a dated closing. No future availability or invented deadline is promised.
2. Complete the official county application. A résumé may supplement it but cannot replace it. The notice directs applicants to the county jobs site and permits mail to Alpine County Human Resources, 40 Diamond Valley Road, Markleeville, CA 96120. It says fax and postmarks are not accepted; confirm receipt and current instructions before sending documents.
3. Qualified applicants may be invited to an oral interview after application review. Offers are contingent on background and reference checks; the requirements also name comprehensive background work, fingerprinting and required pre-employment clearances. The notice does not establish a complete ordered process, exam provider, written score, polygraph requirement or interview questions.
4. Confirm appointment, POST/fire/medical credential milestones and any training/service obligations with county HR. The posting provides jobs@alpinecountyca.gov as HR contact; records/licensing and OHV-grant contacts on the sheriff page are separate. No application, background packet, email or consent was submitted in this review.
5. Published pay is separated into Deputy Sheriff Recruit and higher Bear Valley public-safety classifications, some following academy/training/certificate completion. Do not present the higher range as immediate novice academy pay or guaranteed lateral placement. Benefits, housing assistance/differentials and advancement have eligibility and performance conditions; actual academy cost coverage and any repayment agreement remain unverified.

Physical testing

The notice requires ability to perform essential law-enforcement, firefighting, emergency-response and search-and-rescue functions with or without reasonable accommodation. It supplies no scored applicant physical test, events, time limits, repetitions, pass thresholds, attempts or retest policy. Functional duties are not a numerical fitness preset. Obtain current testing and accommodation instructions for the appointed classification.

Benefits

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Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial guide reflects the original browser-visible county notice, whose body was absent from the bounded HTML text aid. It preserves deputy versus public-safety recruit versus I/II, pre-appointment versus advancement timing, degree preference and receipt rules. The public-safety assignment is part of the existing county sheriff employer, not a new agency or a claim that Enter Prepared has launched a fire product. Full current eligibility, training funding, numerical fitness standards and complete screening remain unverified. No JobPosting schema is supplied without a reviewed real deadline; no forms/accounts/outreach or hidden API reconstruction.

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