STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CORRECTIONS SERGEANT
Class Code: 2276-18 Date Established: 03-03-81
Occupational Code: 3-2-5 Date of Last Revision: 09-08-10
BASIC PURPOSE: To review and enforce discipline, orderly
behavior and confinement of incarcerated residents and to ensure security
within an assigned area of a state correctional facility.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Conducts
ongoing security checks in assigned area, including reviewing resident behavior
and reporting violations, improper resident conduct, and potential security
breaches.
·
Supervises,
trains, and evaluates subordinate Corrections Officers; demonstrates correct
work methodologies as appropriate.
·
Issues and
controls security enforcement equipment, including keys, key chits, weapons,
and ammunition.
·
Maintains
constant surveillance in order to identify unusual occurrences relating to
security breaches; initiates emergency procedures as appropriate.
·
Reviews
security and authentication of appropriate documents relating to disciplinary
hearings and classification hearings.
·
Supervises
movements and interactions of residents and Corrections Officers, insuring
adequate resident supervision and accountability.
·
Inspects and
searches institution areas for contraband and insures protection of resident
possessions or evidential material.
·
Prepares
written incident and investigative reports; presents information at
administrative and judicial hearings.
·
Exercises
general supervisory police powers (including arrest) on and off grounds of the
facility when supervising or pursuing residents.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using business or
trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for contributing to
immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct provision of
services to the public or other state agencies.
Errors at this level result in inaccurate reports or invalid test
results and require a significant investment of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other employees
doing related or similar work, including scheduling work, recommending leave,
reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or interviewing applicants
for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job assignments in
an extremely disagreeable or dangerous working environment with continuous
exposure to an uncontrollable number of hazardous elements, including
occupational accidents, injuries, or diseases which result in total disability
or death.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including continuous
strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as
performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination
in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing reports,
and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to solving
problems and achieving work objectives.
This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions to
establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical
problems. This level also requires
providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying a
number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or
it’s equivalent.
Experience: Two years’ experience as a Corrections
Officer or equivalent experience such as law enforcement, police work, or
military experience in penology or law enforcement.
License/Certification: Possession of a valid New Hampshire
driver’s license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must possess and maintain full-time
corrections officer certification issued by the New Hampshire Police Standards
and Training Council.
2. Satisfactory completion of ongoing training
and performance standards as established by the Department of Corrections.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of criminal justice
methods, practices and procedures. Considerable knowledge of the methods and
objectives of discipline. Knowledge of
firearms and their use. Ability to
direct the work of subordinates in groups.
Ability to command respect from both residents and subordinates. Ability to act quickly and decisively and to
demonstrate leadership in emergency situations.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
other employees, law enforcement agencies and the general public. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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