| The job of a corrections officer is a very | | | | Degrees will be an added advantage. Work |
| challenging profile where they face hazardous and | | | | experience in a related field such as security or |
| life threatening challenges that can turn out to | | | | guarding will also add to speeding up the selection |
| become stressful. There are various attacks that | | | | process. At few instances, a military background |
| take place on correctional officers and maintaining | | | | will be substituted for an educational qualification. |
| these crimes at normality is a difficult task. Opting | | | | The vital step here is to ensure that all applicants |
| for a career as a corrections officer is not an | | | | understand the on-the-job training and other |
| easy decision to make. There are a lot of | | | | factors that are made mandatory by the |
| sacrifices and plunges one needs to make in order | | | | American Correctional Association. |
| to maintain a good and stable orderly conduct. | | | | The American Correctional Association along with |
| This career is not means for the weak hearted, | | | | the American Jail Association will set ground rules |
| instead it is meant for the go getter that has an | | | | of what type of training is to be imparted to the |
| undying will power to hold up to the level of | | | | applicants. These rules and policies differ from |
| justice. | | | | techniques employed by correctional facilities. |
| Those individuals that express interest towards | | | | Trainees that are accepted into the program will |
| become a correctional officer should understand | | | | have to undergo a minimum of 200 hours training |
| that this job profile is not the same as that of a | | | | that covers disciplines ranging from firearms to |
| probation officer. A probation officer works with a | | | | self defense and tactical procedures. An additional |
| person who has been released from a prison | | | | 250 hours of training is made mandatory by the |
| term and need guidance on amalgamating with | | | | Federal Bureau of Prisons, US where trainees will |
| society once again. On the other hand a | | | | work under the direct supervision of an |
| correctional officer has a job that makes him | | | | experienced correctional officer. |
| responsible for maintaining and transportation of | | | | This career is a rewarding option for individuals |
| the prisoner. Additionally, he ensures that all | | | | that seek to enhance their skills as a part of the |
| federal procedures are maintained by the | | | | United States federal government. If this is a |
| correctional facility. | | | | career path that one desires to pursue genuinely, |
| In order to become a correctional officer, it is | | | | there are a plethora of information centers on the |
| mandatory that applicants hold a minimum | | | | internet that will help them in a more detailed |
| educational diploma of a high school. Collegiate | | | | step-by-step guidance method. |