CSM Correctional Officer Position In Valdosta, Georgia

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Correctional officers are the law enforcement officials responsible for ensuring that prison rules and regulations are met, and for maintaining prison security. Vacancies are for a State of Georgia facility where you would work to prevent violence, escapes and other forms of disturbance.

On an average day, your duties as a correctional officer may include supervising prisoners’ activities, enforcing discipline, checking prisoners and their cells for dangerous contraband, and checking things like locks, doors and gates for signs of tampering. Another primary aspect of the correctional officer’s job is to monitor prisoners’ mail and visitors to check for contraband and safety threats.

Like most law enforcement jobs, as a correctional officer you will also spend a large share of your time on paperwork, writing reports about inmate conduct and reporting rule violations and general disturbances.

General Requirements and Training
The minimum requirements to be a correctional officer are that candidates to be at least 18 years of age, although 21 years is preferred, have no felony convictions, be in good health, and hold a high school diploma or GED.

A correctional officer’s education can include instruction on interpersonal relations, firearm training, and legal training. GDC provides training to its newest cadets at its five week long Basic Correctional Officer Training (BCOT) program in Forsyth, Georgia. After formal training is complete, new graduates will also go through on-the-job training.

Salary, Benefits, and Opportunities for Advancement

The median annual pay for correctional officers as of September 2019 was $33,103. The median annual earnings vary based on if you work a medium or a close/special mission correctional officer position. Benefits include paid holiday, sick and vacation, retirement plans, health and dental, and uniforms.

Qualified correctional officers may be promoted to the position of correctional sergeant, a job that has the increased responsibility of supervising and directing other officers. Further promotions are possible, all the way up to the position of warden, the head who is responsible for the overseeing the facility as a whole.

Qualifications: High school diploma or GED AND any combination of training and experience which would enable the applicant to meet the minimum standards of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (P.O.S.T.).