Staff role
Supervisor, Correctional Officer
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Correctional Officer Captain; Correctional Supervisor
Tasks
- Take, receive, or check periodic inmate counts.
- Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws.
- Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations.
- Respond to emergencies, such as escapes.
- Supervise and direct the work of correctional officers to ensure the safe custody, discipline, and welfare of inmates.
- Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items.
- Monitor behavior of subordinates to ensure alert, courteous, and professional behavior toward inmates, parolees, fellow employees, visitors, and the public.
- Restrain, secure, or control offenders, using chemical agents, firearms, or other weapons of force as necessary.
- Carry injured offenders or employees to safety and provide emergency first aid when necessary.
- Complete administrative paperwork or supervise the preparation or maintenance of records, forms, or reports.
- Supervise activities, such as searches, shakedowns, riot control, or institutional tours.
- Conduct roll calls of correctional officers.
- Instruct employees or provide on-the-job training.
- Resolve problems between inmates.
- Set up employee work schedules.
Knowledge
- Public Safety and Security
- Law and Government
- Administration and Management
- Psychology
- English Language
- Administrative
- Computers and Electronics
- Education and Training
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Customer and Personal Service
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Therapy and Counseling
Skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Clarity
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Information Ordering
- Far Vision
- Flexibility of Closure
- Perceptual Speed
- Selective Attention
- Reaction Time
- Static Strength
- Explosive Strength
- Trunk Strength
- Auditory Attention
- Fluency of Ideas
- Category Flexibility
- Time Sharing
- Response Orientation
- Stamina
- Gross Body Equilibrium
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