Description
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.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
identify security threatsrestrain individualsundertake inspectionssee to the detainees' well-beingescort defendantsensure compliance with types of weaponscomply with the principles of self-defencepatrol areaspropose leisure activitiespractice vigilancemanage security clearancewrite situation reportscontribute to the formulation of correctional procedureshandle surveillance equipmentensure law applicationmaintain logbooksconduct friskconduct security screeningsoversee rehabilitation processmaintain operational communicationsrespond to enquiriesapply knowledge of human behaviouruse different communication channels