Correction Officer Jobs in Pennsylvania
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Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Mercer
- Mercer, PA
- 3 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Fayette
- La Belle, PA
- 3 days ago
Correctional Officer Correctional Systems Officer
- Minersville, PA
- 3 days ago
Supervisory Correctional Officer Captain
- Lewisburg, PA
- 3 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Greene
- Waynesburg, PA
- 3 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Smithfield
- Huntingdon, PA
- 12 hours ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Greene
- Harrisburg, PA
- 3 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Somerset
- Somerset, PA
- 4 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Fayette
- Harrisburg, PA
- 4 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - Quehanna Boot Camp
- Karthaus, PA
- 5 days ago
Correctional Officer (Senior Officer Specialist)
- Waymart, PA
- 5 days ago
- Gettysburg, PA
- 5 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Coal Township
- Northumberland, PA
- 6 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Camp Hill
- Camp Hill, PA
- 7 days ago
Corrections Officer Trainee - SCI Rockview and Benner Township
- Harrisburg, PA
- 7 days ago
Demographic Data for Pennsylvania
Moving to Pennsylvania? Find some basic demographic data about Pennsylvania below.
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Top Hiring Companies
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Licensing / Certification
Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Correction Officer positions.
Highest Education Level
- High School or GED (28.8%)
- Bachelor's Degree (28.3%)
- Associate's Degree (17.3%)
- Vocational Degree or Certification (12.7%)
- Master's Degree (7.6%)
- Some College (3.3%)
- Some High School (1.2%)
- Doctorate Degree (0.8%)
Average Work Experience
- None (78.7%)
- 1-2 years (14.6%)
- Less than 1 year (6.8%)
Qualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Correction Officer position
= trending- Background Checks
- Background Investigations
- Business Correspondence
- Closing
- Communication Skills
- Community Policing
- Complaint Resolution
- Corrections
- Crime Prevention
- Criminal Justice
- Crisis Intervention
- Crisis Management
- Customer Service
- Defensive Tactics
- Documentation
- Driving
- Drug Testing
- Education Experience
- Emergency Management
- Events
- Filing
- Firearms
- High School Diploma
- Interviewing
- Investigation
- Juvenile Justice
- Law Enforcement
- Leadership
- Management
- Military Background
- Narcotics
- OC Spray
- Patrol
- Policy Administration
- Problem Solving
- Public Safety
- Recordkeeping
- Regulations
- Report Writing
- Security Training
- Special Weapons and Tactics
- Staff Supervision
- Surveillance
- Taser
- Training and Development
- Weapons
- Youth Development
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