prison officer
Prison officers supervise inmates in a correctional facility and ensure the security and peace-keeping in the facility. They perform checks and searches to ensure compliance to regulations, monitor visitations and the activities of inmates as well as participate in programs of rehabilitation, and ensure records maintenance.
Also called: prisoner custody officer, turnkey, prison warden, detention officer, corrections officer, gaoler, prison guard, jailer
- 12
- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- juvenile correctional officer9 skills in common
- police officer6 skills in common
- correctional services manager5 skills in common
- police trainer5 skills in common
- crowd controller4 skills in common
- door supervisor4 skills in common
- security guard4 skills in common
- court bailiff3 skills in common
Essential skills
12Optional skills
17- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- conduct frisk
- conduct security screenings
- contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures
- criminology
- ensure law application
- handle surveillance equipment
- maintain logbooks
- maintain operational communications
- manage security clearance
- oversee rehabilitation process
- practice vigilance
- propose leisure activities
- respond to enquiries
- surveillance methods
- use different communication channels
- write situation reports
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