Occupation Atlasprison officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3327a087-cd36-4b02-ac1b-6455f59f9312
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.
Compare with another occupationCompare with juvenile correctional officer
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCSRealistic · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.33
- C Conventional4.81
- S Social3.86
- E Enterprising3.16
- I Investigative1.69
- A Artistic1.05
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Correctional Officers and Jailers (33-3012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- comply with the principles of self-defence
- correctional procedures
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- escort defendants
- identify security threats
- illegal substances
- law enforcement
- legal use-of-force
- patrol areas
- restrain individuals
- see to the detainees' well-being
- undertake inspections
Optional (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
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 12 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
juvenile correctional officer
9 shared · 4 more of its ownescort defendants, correctional procedures, illegal substances, restrain individuals
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5 shared · 8 more of its owncorrectional procedures, legal use-of-force, law enforcement, undertake inspections
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police trainer
5 shared · 13 more of its owncomply with the principles of self-defence, legal use-of-force, law enforcement, ensure compliance with types of weapons
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door supervisor
4 shared · 12 more of its ownillegal substances, comply with the principles of self-defence, restrain individuals, identify security threats
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crowd controller
4 shared · 15 more of its owncomply with the principles of self-defence, restrain individuals, patrol areas, identify security threats
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security guard
4 shared · 16 more of its owncomply with the principles of self-defence, restrain individuals, patrol areas, identify security threats
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court bailiff
3 shared · 7 more of its ownescort defendants, restrain individuals, identify security threats
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