Correctional Officers & Jailers
Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.
Also called: Correctional Officer, Corrections Officer (CO), Detention Officer, Jailer
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- law and government
- administrative services
- customer service
Skills:
- talking to others
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- speak clearly
- recognize spoken words
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- 3M Electronic Monitoring
- Microsoft Access
