Quoted:
How stringent is the FBI in terms of physical requirments? If they examine my right knee and find it to have 9 mm of movement between the femur and tib/fib will they not permit further training? I just looked over the fitness test snd I could pass all of them except my uncorrected vision is 20/100 NOT the specified 20/40. Could I still make it beyond these shortcomings to train for Special Agent?
I think you may have misread the vision requirements. The uncorrected vision limit is 20/200, not 20/40. The CORRECTED limit is at least 20/20 in one eye and no worse than 20/40 in the other.
The physical requirements are fairly stringent, but are performance based. When you go for your pre-employment physical, you will be asked to fill out a health history form. You will be expected to include details about any hospitalizations, surgeries, etc. These questions will key the physician that you have had a knee problem. He will undoubtedly pay close attention to your knee. If the instability in your knee doesn’t prevent you from performing and doesn’t represent an undue worker’s comp risk, it shouldn’t be a problem.
What the Bureau doesn’t want is to hire someone with a weak or bad knee, have him or her re-injure it during training and then be on the hook for a lifetime of disability payments.
What does your own physician say about it? If he doesn’t think it’s a problem, will he put that in writing?
The intelligence analyst training involves no weapons or physical training. Analysts receive analytical and report writing training from CIA experts, in the classroom.
Agents, in 2004, receive about $45,000/year while at the academy. That goes to about 60, 000/year when you graduate (about 16 weeks) and about 90,000/year after 5 years. Top step, grade 13 field agents make about 120,000/year. Supervisors, Special Agents-in-Charge, etc make more.
Analyst’s salary varies based upon education and experience.