Tactical Skills/Scenario Instructor –APT- Limited Duration Part-Time (Public Safety Training Specialist 1) 

Initial Posting Date:
09/28/2026
Application Deadline:
10/11/2026
Agency:
Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Salary Range:
Position Type:
Employee
Position Title:
Tactical Skills/Scenario Instructor –APT- Limited Duration Part-Time (Public Safety Training Specialist 1)
Job Description:
Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Tactical Skills/Scenario Instructor – Part-Time (Public Safety Training Specialist 1)
This recruitment is for multiple, limited duration, part-time positions located in Salem, OR (4190 Aumsville Hwy SE) and is not represented by a union. This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified applicants and may be used to fill future vacancies.
Note: No cover letter is required to apply. Please refrain from utilizing AI tools to write your resume.
What you will be doing:
You will be working in DPSST’s Skills Training Section delivering pre-designed curriculum within the Scenario and Tactical Skills Program. This position will offer instruction to students in the following programs such as:
Basic Police Program
Basic Corrections – Local Program
Basic Parole & Probation Program
Armed Parole & Probation Program
Liquor & Cannabis Inspector Program
Successful applicants will demonstrate an ability to effectively coach and evaluate a student in the effective, legal, and legitimate tactics and techniques across several programs. Applicants may be placed for work within the Scenarios, Tactical Medicine, Building Search, and Active Threat Response Programs. DPSST expects instructors to maintain a safe and respectful training environment.
For a complete position description, please email Cassandra.Crandall@dpsst.oregon.gov to contact the recruiter.
About DPSST:
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) oversees the development of professional standards and the delivery of quality training for law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, firefighters, telecommunicators, and emergency medical dispatchers. DPSST is also the regulatory agency that enforces employment and training standards for the above listed public safety disciplines and licenses proprietary security managers, security contractors and officers, polygraph examiners, and private investigators.
Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging is a core value at DPSST. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. Employees are expected to uphold this value and foster an inclusive and equitable workplace.
What's in it for you:
· Supportive Working Environment
· Free parking
· Onsite Cafeteria
· Onsite wellness options
· Instructors who live more than 75 miles from the Academy and teach more than one day per week will be reimbursed mileage for one round trip in addition to lodging and meal expenses. Exceptions may be authorized with prior supervisory approval.
Minimum Qualifications:
Three (3) years of professional level experience related to scenario or tactical skills instruction and/or based on ORS 181.610 through 181.690. Typically, this experience is in the area of public safety (law enforcement officers, adult and youth corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service professionals, telecommunicators, and emergency medical dispatchers). Experience must have included delivering structured training sessions or on-the-job training.
Requested Skills/ Desired Attributes:
“What we’d like to see” – If you have these qualities, let us know!
Successful candidates selected to move forward will meet the minimum qualifications and present the requested skills/desired attributes within their application material.
Note: You do not need to have all of these qualities to be eligible for this position.
Experience as a coach or mentor.
Ability to readily adapt to unanticipated challenges.
Experience as instructor related to: Scenarios, Vehicle Stops, Building Search, Tactical Medicine, Active Threat.
Highly motivated individual with the ability to work independently and within a team environment.
Strong operational experience applying adult learning theory.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference may be given to candidates who currently hold or have previously held an intermediate law enforcement certificate within the last five (5) years, coupled with recent experience in the subject area.
Preference will be given to current or former Field Training Officers (FTO/PTO) who have completed an FTO/PTO course.