Corrections Officers' Physical Abilities Test (COPAT)
Description of the COPAT for Alberta Corrections
Station 1: 50' Run
Corrections Officers are often required to run short distances during the performance of their duties. Stations 1,2, & 3 are part of the getting to the problem part of the test.
In Station 1, the participant runs 50' to Station 2. This short run includes two 90° turns.
Station 2: The Stair Run
Here the participant runs up and down six stairs. This activity is repeated 6 times consecutively.
Station 3: The Mobility, Agility, and Speed Run (30 meters)
From the Station 2, the participant moves through a 30 m zig-zag course of cones and must jump over 3 sticks placed 18" off the ground.
Station 4: Power Training Machine (the Pull and Push Station)
This station involves demonstrating the ability to control 70 lbs of resistance while moving through 180° arcs. This first part of this station is the Pull. The participant grasps a rope on the Power Trainining Machine (PTM) and pulls the the weight stack (70 lbs total) off its resting position. While keeping the weight stack off the resting position, the participant moves through the machine controlled 180° arc 6 times.
Once the Pull is completed successfully, the participant grabs the bar on the PTM and pushes the weight stack off its resting postion. WIth the weight off the resting position, the participant moves through 6 180° arcs as in the Pull.
The Pull-Push station is the first half of the resolving the problem part of the test.
Station 5: Modified Squat-Thrust-and-Stand and Vault Rail
This station involves modified Squat-Thrust-and-Stand (STAS) activity followed by jumping over a 3' (.91 m) vault rail. From the Pull-Push Station, the participant moves to Station 3 and begins by doing a STAS so that the chest and chin touch the mat. The participant then stands and vaults over the rail, touching the rail with only the hands. Landing on the feet, the participant then does a reverse STAS (to end up on your back) so that the shoulder blades touch the mat. The participant then stands and vaults over the rail and repeats the activity until a total of 10 Squat-Thrust-and-Stands (5 to the front, 5 to the back) and 9 Vaults are completed. Once the participant finishes the last STAS and stands up in a balances position, the time is stopped. This ends the timed portion of the test.
This station is the second half of the resolving the problem part of the test.
Sation 6: Weight Carry
This station is not part of the timed portion of the test, but is necessary to successfully complete the test. A rest period of 30 seconds is given between the end of Station 3 and the start of this station.
The participant must pick up a torso bag weighing 80 lbs and carry the bag in a controlled manner a distance of 50'. The bag must be carried so that it is always in front of the participant, and must be grasped by the hands only.
The station is the removing the problem part of the test, and is the last activity that must be completed.
To pass the COPAT for Alberta Corrections, the participant must perform all activities as per the defined protocal and complete the timed portion of the test within 3:20 minutes, and then demonstrate the ability to lift and carry the 80 lb torso bag a distance of 50'.
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