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CSM Correctional Officer 1
Entry Salary
$50,386.00
Pay Grade Max
$58,119.80
Qualification:**
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| High school diploma/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.). |
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| **Preferred |
| Qualification:** |
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| Preference will be given to applicants who are 21 years of age or |
| older. |
| Preference will be given to applicants who, in addition to meeting |
| the minimum qualifications, possess one or more of the following: |
| 1. One year of full-time experience as a uniformed officer in a |
| correctional setting. |
| 2. Completion of at least an associate's degree in criminal justice, |
| psychology, sociology, or a directly related field. |
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| **Note:** |
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| This Correctional Officer 1 (CSM) position is assigned to work at a |
| Close or Special Mission Prison. |
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| A Correctional Officer often must do things that many people would |
| find unpleasant either physically or mentally. In the past, many |
| people have taken the job of Correctional Officer without considering |
| the requirements of the job. |
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| Below is a list of requirements that Correctional Officers must be |
| willing to do on the job. CAREFULLY consider whether YOU are willing |
| to do EVERYTHING listed, if offered a job as a Correctional Officer. |
| For each job requirement on the list, please make a note of the tasks |
| you are willing to do and a note of the ones you are not willing to |
| do. |
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| Are you willing to: |
| 1. Work any shift(s) to include nights, days, weekends and holidays? |
| 2. Work every weekend, with your regular off days during the week? |
| 3. Work all holidays (Christmas, MLK. Jr. Day, etc.) which are not on |
| your regular off day? |
| 4. Work more than scheduled hours to include extra shifts? |
| 5. Wear a uniform to work each day? |
| 6. Follow a dress code, which includes restrictions on hair length |
| and facial hair? |
| 7. Be fingerprinted and have your background checked through the FBI |
| and other law enforcement agencies during pre-employment screening |
| and at any time during employment? |
| 8. Provide a Driver's History for the past seven years at your own |
| expense? |
| 9. Have a urine test to screen for use of illegal drugs both before |
| and after being hired, with the understanding that any positive |
| findings will result in adverse action? |
| 10. Have a physical examination by a physician, at your own expense, |
| if offered employment? |
| 11. Work in areas where you are in close contact with prisoners who |
| are sick and may have contagious diseases? |
| 12. Work in a locked area with prisoners who are guilty of violent |
| crimes (murder, rape, etc.) and/or who may be mentally ill? |
| 13. Give first aid, including CPR, to prisoners who injured or |
| seriously ill (HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis, etc.)? |
| 14. Work in a situation where you are cursed and/or physically |
| threatened by prisoners? |
| 15. Maintain your professional composure if bodily fluids were thrown |
| on you? |
| 16. Search (pat frisk) people, regardless of their sex, for things |
| they are not allowed to have; and visually search (strip search) the |
| body cavities of prisoners the same sex as you for prohibited items? |
| 17. Live for five (5) weeks, away from home, paid by the state, while |
| attending training, returning home only on weekends? |
| 18. Use firearms, including shooting an escaping prisoner (possibly |
| to death), if necessary? |
| 19. Risk your personal safety to rescue a fellow Correctional Officer |
| or a prisoner from attack? |
| 20. Report a fellow law enforcement officer who is breaking rules and |
| regulations? |
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| IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO ANY QUESTION, YOU CANNOT BE CONSIDERED FOR |
| A JOB AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL NOT |
| CONTINUE. |
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| A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MUST BE WILLING TO DO ALL OF THE ABOVE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB. |
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**Location Name:**
Phillips State Prison
