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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in inmate supervision, safety enforcement, and crisis intervention while maintaining compliance with legal and departmental standards. Proficient in report writing, effective communication, and problem-solving in high-stress environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Jailers License (TCOLE)Law Enforcement Civil Service Exam (LECSE)Inmate SupervisionCrisis InterventionReport Writing
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Hard Skills
Inmate TransportField TrainingSafety InspectionsInmate SearchesBasic ArithmeticReport WritingCrisis ResolutionPhysical RestraintEmergency ResponseRecord Maintenance
Soft Skills
Effective CommunicationProblem SolvingInterpersonal SkillsStress ManagementCounseling
Certifications & Qualifications
High School Diploma or GEDDriver's License/State Identification Card
Industry Keywords
CorrectionsInmate WelfareFacility Rules EnforcementEmergency ManagementCriminal Background Check
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Guard, observe, and transport inmates
- Enforce facility rules and policies
- Safeguard the safety and welfare of inmates and staff
- Complete field training and supervised corrections officer duties
- Remain on duty before, during, and after natural disasters and emergencies as directed
- Book, classify, observe, transfer, transport, and release inmates
- Conduct inspections, shakedowns, inmate searches, and key checks
- Conduct inmate head counts
- Complete, check, and process official papers and documents
- Intervene in and resolve fights, fires, medical emergencies, and other crises
- Restrain combative inmates
- Serve or supervise serving meals
- Supervise inmates performing cleaning duties
- Provide informal counseling
- Conduct safety and fire-exit inspections
- Assist with inmate telephone calls, mail, laundry, visits, and commissary
- Directly supervise inmate activities in housing
- Address complaints and resolve problems
Requirements
What you’ll need- High school diploma or GED
- Eighteen years of age
- Citizen of the United States
- Current/active Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Jailers License (TCOLE)
- Required Law Enforcement Civil Service Exam (LECSE)
- Attach High School Diploma/GED and Driver's License/State Identification Card
- Consent to a criminal background check
- Maintain TCOLE certification as a Corrections Officer
- Driving record must meet County and insurance carrier standards for official business driving
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to speak effectively before groups
- Ability to perform basic arithmetic and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages
- Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions
- Ability to maintain control in highly stressful situations
- Ability to learn laws, departmental policies, rules, regulations, instructions, and correctional literature
- Ability to write clear, concise reports and maintain complete records
- Ability to meet established physical standards
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Frequently stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands, and reach; occasionally sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Frequently lift/move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift/move more than 100 pounds
- Ability to lift prone inmates and separate fighting inmates
- Ability to observe inmates, watch monitors, conduct searches, and complete paperwork
- Ability to work around mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, weather, electrical shock, vibration, dust, body fluids, infectious diseases, and respiratory hazards
Benefits
Comp & perks- Biweekly pay
- Additional certification pay: Intermediate Jailer Proficiency - $38.46
- Additional certification pay: Advanced Jailer Proficiency - $50.00
- Additional certification pay: Master Jailer Proficiency - $67.31