Correctional officer resume

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Bronson McQueen

25 Pleasance St
Darwin NT 0800
T: (09) 4873 5642
M: 0477 082 311
E: b.mcqueen@email.com

Career Summary/Overview

I am a professional and qualified correctional officer with four years experience in a corrections facility. A fair but firm keeper of the peace, I work well in maximum-security prison environments. It is my hope to secure employment in a corrections facility where I can continue to maintain order and help inmates rehabilitate.

Education

Work Experience

Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily operations and schedules of the facility
• Monitor the integrity of perimeter, locks, ventilation, etc
• Monitor centre CCTV
• Investigate perimeter disturbances
• Contact police or emergency services when necessary
• Write nightly reports on activities
• Oversee various rehabilitation programs and work activities
• Escort prisoners to, from and within the facility
• Defuse volatile situations
• Restrain, contain and control inmates where necessary

Achievements:

• Defused over 50 volatile situations through use of both force and communication
• Gained respect of inmates and co-workers alike
• Awarded 2010 Labor Omnia Vincit award for dual management of prisoner electronics work training program

Responsibilities:

• Monitored rail network and addressed incidents of anti-social behaviour, alcohol and drug related offences, weapon offences and vandalism
• Contacted police or emergency services where necessary
• Maintained safety of passengers, pedestrians and drivers

Achievements:

• Received Outstanding Service Award from the Transport Minister under Operation Railroad
• Logged over 200 criminal incident reports over my two years – the highest in Perthrail history
• Honed my communication and diplomacy skills

Other qualifications

• Current first aid certificate
• National Police Certificate
• Driver’s licence, class C

Personal Interests

My interests include gym training, AFL, squash, 4WDriving.

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