What the posting asks for

• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• Full time, Permanent employment

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Correctional officer recruits must successfully complete the Correctional Service of Canada training course to be employed by federal institutions.
• Correctional officer recruits are usually required to complete a basic training course to be employed by provincial/territorial institutions.
• Physical agility, strength and fitness requirements must be met.
• Correctional service supervisors require experience as a correctional service officer.
• First aid certification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training are usually required.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Correctional service officers (NOC 43201). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Observe conduct and behaviour of offenders and detainees to prevent disturbances and escapes
• Supervise offenders during work assignments, meals and recreation periods
• Patrol assigned area and report any problems to supervisor
• Conduct security checks and scanning of visitors, inmates and their cells, working areas and recreational activity areas
• Observe behaviour of offenders and prepare reports
• Escort detainees in transit and during temporary leaves

About the employer

• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region