DOC East Moline CC Correctional Officer Trainee

DOC East Moline CC Correctional Officer Trainee

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Job Requisition : 52517
Closing Date: 06/30/2027 11:59 p.m.
Agency: Department of Corrections – East Moline Correctional Center
Class

Title:

CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINEE – 09676
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5018 a month;
Full Range $5018 – $6435 a month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Rock Island
Number of Vacancies: 100
Bargaining Unit Code: RC006 Corrections Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the Illinois Department of Corrections Website:
Become a Correctional Officer.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

The Correctional Officer Trainee position, for a period not to exceed three months, will receive formalized and on‑the‑job training in security and custodial duties for IDOC. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to be physically fit at the level required at screening prior to arrival at the Training Academy. Upon successful completion of Pre-service Security Training, IDOC cadets will participate in a formal ceremony at the academy and cadets are awarded certificates and badges and sworn to the Oath of Office.

• Receives eight weeks of formalized pre-service security training at the Illinois Corrections Training Academy, including firearms training required by regulations.
• Receives on-the-job training under immediate supervision of a qualified correctional employee.
• Assigned each work week to another correctional employee to assist in running lines, yard, dining room, housing units, facility buildings, writs, observe individuals in custody, perimeter patrol, armory, counting, shakedowns, movement, etc.
• Travels by using a state issued vehicle to complete assignments.
• Receives one week orientation at the facility.
• Given formal training in housing unit work, report writing, out-count work, yard work, running lines, individuals in custody, their assignments, chain-of-command, security buildings, disciplinary procedures, and any other training deemed necessary.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of…