{"id":769,"date":"2024-09-09T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ause1wordpress01.aws.mot-solutions.com\/en_us\/?p=769"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:01:30","slug":"join-the-iam911-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-test.motorolasolutions.com\/en_us\/join-the-iam911-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the #IAm911 Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"To the average person, a 9-1-1 operator may be someone who answers the phone and dispatches help. But at times when an emergency brings a call in to 9-1-1 we become more: investigators, counselors and friends<\/a> to the people who call for help. And that is why we are called telecommunicators. We use active listening to understand the situation beyond the words of the caller. A good telecommunicator has a sixth sense that allows him or her to pick up vital cues and react to them. We have all shared the experience where it is not what we have heard on the phone or radio, it is what was not heard that is most disturbing and telling of that event.<\/p>\n

You and I understand that our calling is vitally important and yet low-profile. We wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Nevertheless, I\u2019m calling on my fellow public-safety telecommunicators to come out from behind the scenes and take a stand.<\/p>\n

Every 10 years, a committee reviews the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. These are job categories used by federal agencies for statistical purposes.<\/p>\n

Public Safety Telecommunicators have long been classified by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system under \u201cOffice and Administrative Support Occupations.\u201d The time to change that is now.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve joined the #IAm911 movement, and I\u2019m asking you to join me if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Up to Us<\/strong>
\nWe need two things from the SOC:<\/p>\n