HARBOR PATROL OFFICER
$63,870 - $77,635 Annual Salary + PERS Safety Retirement + Excellent Benefits

This new position is a rare opportunity to add an additional full-time Harbor Patrol Officer to our cadre. Our officers
love serving and supporting the activities and facilities on the waterways around Morro Bay, and you will too!

WHAT YOU WILL DO A DAY IN THE LIFE

Forget monotony when you join the tight-knit
As a Harbor Patrol Officer, you will perform a wide

Morro Bay Harbor Patrol team. You may start
variety of public services, including patrolling the

your morning by welcoming a sailboat to the
Morro Bay harbor and waterways, beaches, and

Morro Bay Harbor and assisting them with slip
parking areas; enforcing local and state laws

or mooring rental. After an hour of physical
regulating boating operations, public safety, boater

training (swimming, paddling, running, etc.),
assistance, emergency response including medical

you get a call for an overturned kayaker. Once
aid and firefighting, maintenance of City waterfront

the kayaker is brought to safety, you assist the
facilities and boats, marine wildlife assistance,

Marine Mammal Center in capturing a sick sea
information and assistance to the general public

lion on the beach. Later that day you are called
and related work as required. This job is enhanced

by a fishing boat with engine trouble a couple
by the collaboration with other agencies, including

miles outside the Harbor. You and your partner
the Coast Guard, Police, Fire, State Parks, and Fish

tow the boat back to the harbor averting the
and Wildlife. The experience you draw from this

potential for injury or property damage.
ever-changing environment is vast and filled with a
sense of being a part of the waterfront community.

Patrol hours are approximately sunrise to
Every day is different at this job. You must be self-

sunset, so you head home to dinner with your
motivated to work independently but at the same

family and friends, where you talk about how
time, a dedicated team player.

you and your fellow Harbor Patrol Officers made

THE HARBOR TEAM Morro Bay a safer place. No graveyard shifts
We are an energetic, close-knit team that together meets here! Helping others in the harbor is your
the ever-changing challenges of the Harbor and mission, however, so you are periodically on call
waterfront activities. The Department consists of a and ready to come in during emergencies. You
Harbor Director, a Harbor Business Coordinator, a Harbor will work 4 10-hour days, with three days off per
Patrol Supervisor, 4 Harbor Patrol Officers plus Reserve week to play and enjoy the beautiful Central
Officers, a part-time clerical aid, and Beach Lifeguards. Coast.

COMPENSATION TIME OFF BENEFITS
$63,870 to $77,635

Vacation = 80 hours to start CALPERS Safety Retirement 4% COLA in July 2023
Holidays = 13 per year
Sick Leave = 96 hours per year 100% paid employee health, dental, vision,Incentive pays: $600 per year for Captain's insurance. Generous contibution for family

License, RWC Operator $600 per year. coverage.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING SHOW US YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
You will be able to understand, interpret, Harbor Patrol Officers at the City of Morro Bay have a
and explain to the general public high level of physical fitness, boating, and marine
departmental policies, rules, instructions, knowledge along with a strong desire to serve and
laws, and ordinances; operate a patrol protect people, animals, and property. If selected, you
boat safely and effectively; swim; will show us you are resourceful, athletic, quick on your
administer first aid and CPR; read and feet, an out-of-the-box thinker with a genuine passion
write at the level required for successful for all things in the ocean environment. During the
job performance; maintain cooperative testing process, you will demonstrate your knowledge of
working relationships; be on periodic 24- the operation and maintenance of boats, nautical
hour standby with a 30-minute recall. You equipment and instruments, rescue boat and towing
will have a valid driver’s license and two operations; basic firefighting and law enforcement
years of boat operation experience. techniques; advanced safety, first aid, and lifesaving

techniques; laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances
What puts you on top of the list: governing harbor operations; standards and methods for
Specialized training in harbor patrol operating a harbor facility and experience with oversight
desired, Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR and of part-time personnel.
first aid, or EMT preferred. USCG Captain’s
License must be obtained within one year Testing will take place on Thursday, January 19, 2023. If
of employment. Most of all, you will be the you pass, interviews will be held on Friday, January 20,
best fit for our close-knit team. 2023.

Swim test in Morro Bay, 500 yards in 12 minutes or
less
Practical boating test, show us how you operate a
boat
Written test
Panel interview APPLY @
Boating rescue scenario test

HOW TO APPLY
Complete a city application form with a resume
included, and email to:
HR@morrobayca.gov

Applications are available at the City of Morro Bay
Website www.morrobayca.gov

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
AND RESUME BY SUNDAY, Should you have any specific questions about theposition or department, you may contact Harbor Patrol

JANUARY 8, 2023 Supervisor Becka Kelly at (805) 772-6573.
@ 5 PM

For general applicant questions or to request an
accommodation, contact Human Resources at
805-772-6207 or hr@morrobayca.gov

THE CITY OF MORRO BAY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER