Correctional Farm Crew Leader

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet • Fredonia, KY

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About The Position

Creating a Better, Safer Kentucky.

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 12 correctional facilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out the mandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.

The Correctional Farm Crew Leader at Western Kentucky Correctional Complex supervises a crew of inmates in the farm operations area of the institution.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Supervises inmates in farm activities (planting, cultivating, harvesting crops, feeding livestock, cleaning out barns, cutting bushes, pulling plants, transplanting seedlings, fence repairs, etc.
Provide direction to inmates on proper use of farm tools and care of livestock.
Enforce safety measures.
Maintains records and additional logs of supplies and inmate work time.
Maintain inventory.
Maintain preventative maintenance schedule on all farm equipment and maintain proper cleaning and storage of tractors and equipment.

Requirements

• High school graduate.
• Must have one year of agricultural or landscaping/grounds keeping experience.
• Additional education or training in agriculture or a related field will substitute for the experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Must be twenty-one (21) years of age.
• Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this job classification. Employing agency is responsible for ensuring employee possesses and maintains required licensure(s), certification(s) or other credentials.

Responsibilities

• Supervises inmates in farm activities (planting, cultivating, harvesting crops, feeding livestock, cleaning out barns, cutting bushes, pulling plants, transplanting seedlings, fence repairs, etc.
• Provide direction to inmates on proper use of farm tools and care of livestock.
• Enforce safety measures.
• Maintains records and additional logs of supplies and inmate work time.
• Maintain inventory.
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedule on all farm equipment and maintain proper cleaning and storage of tractors and equipment.

What This Job Offers

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