The Richland County Sheriff’s Department Physical Ability Evaluation is a timed event performed on a pass/fail basis. Candidates must complete the evaluation in a time of 6:18 (six minutes, eighteen seconds) or less.

The evaluation will begin with the instructor giving the candidate an address consisting of a street name and numbers. The candidate will repeat the address to the instructor, and once he/she runs past the first cone the candidate’s time will start. The candidate will perform the below listed items as shown by the instructor, and then correctly state the previously given address at the end of the evaluation. The time will stop once the candidate gives the correct address. (The penalty for giving the wrong address will be that the candidate must repeat the 200-yard run. The time will then stop at the end of the 200-yard run.)

1. Run 200 yards

2. Step up on an aerobic step bench 20 times

3. Perform 15 push-ups (not required to be continuous)

4. Perform 15 sit-ups (not required to be continuous)

5. Step up on an aerobic step bench 20 times

6. Perform 15 push-ups (not required to be continuous)

7. Perform 15 sit-ups (not required to be continuous)

8. Run 200 yards