Correctional Officer

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1\. Attends pre-service training programs at the Texas Department of

Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Correctional Training Academy and receives

on-the-job training while working with experienced correctional officers

at the assigned facility. 2. Searches for contraband and provides

security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and

other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various

assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing

stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights.

• Provides custody and security of offenders including observing
  
  

actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform \"pat\" and

\"strip\" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes

assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by

walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and

other forms of transportation. 4. Supervises and provides security of

offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance,

laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural

operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and climbing

around the inside or outside of buildings; works outdoors and indoors

without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and

machinery; and is subject to all types of weather. 5. Responds to

emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for

escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first

aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender

or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders;

and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents

and firearms, to control offenders. 6. Reads, reviews, and properly

applies information found in offender records which is related to the

offenders health and safety and to the security of the facility;

provides leadership and technical guidance to other staff; complies with

policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforces offender

disciplinary rules; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and

reports. Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be

determined and assigned as needed