Correctional Detail Officer C01 Transportation

Columbus Consolidated Government • Columbus, GA

20d

About The Position

The Correctional Detail Officer supervises state inmates performing maintenance at city parking structures, a METRA facility, and along bus routes. The officer is responsible for inmate and public safety, scheduling cleaning work, maintaining equipment and inventories, and keeping parking areas and grounds clean and presentable. Duties include painting poles, gates, and walls; removing spider webs; washing floors; collecting trash; cutting lawns; and picking up trash and cutting weeds along ten bus routes. Other related duties may be assigned.

The work is performed in an office, vehicle, or outdoor environments. The employee may be exposed to dust, rain, noise, dirt, grease, moving machinery, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and hot or cold inclement weather. The job requires working around potentially dangerous prison inmates daily and using protective equipment such as rain suits, gloves, dust masks, and goggles.

Requirements

• Knowledge of correctional techniques, management and supervisory techniques, cleaning techniques, and gardening and lawn maintenance practices.
• Skill in operating pressure washers, lawn mowers, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, sidewalk edgers, and sprinkler systems.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to read, write, perform mathematical calculations, and operate a motor vehicle.
• Specialized occupational training in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.
• Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the duties, usually gained through an apprenticeship or internship, or one to two years in a similar position.
• Possession of, or ability to readily obtain, certification by the Georgia Department of Corrections.
• Ability to supervise state inmate labor.
• Must pass P.O.S.T. certification within the department's required timeframe, normally within six months, though the timeframe may be altered.
• Possession of, or ability to readily obtain, a valid Georgia driver's license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
• Ability to perform the physical activities described, including lifting, climbing ladders, walking, standing, crouching, and other listed physical abilities.
• Ability to work around potentially dangerous prison inmates and in the listed environmental conditions, using required protective devices.

Responsibilities

• Supervise inmates performing maintenance at city parking structures, the METRA facility, and along bus routes.
• Maintain the safety of inmates and the public.
• Schedule cleaning of city public parking garages and parking lots.
• Maintain METRA lawn tools and equipment and inventory equipment.
• Paint poles, gates, and walls; remove spider webs from walls and ceilings; and wash floors.
• Collect trash daily from public parking garages and the parking lot.
• Cut lawns and maintain the appearance of parking grounds.
• Arrange for trash pickup and weed cutting along ten bus routes.
• Perform other related job duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED