Sergeant MacDougall Correctional Institution, Ridgeville; BERKELEY Level 2

Responsibilities

• Conduct roll call; monitor officers on duty; instruct and explain rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Assist in non-routine problems.
• Make sanitation, safety, and security inspections of all buildings, building contents, grounds, and vehicles and correct or report shortcomings or deficiencies.
• Assign specific duties to subordinate officers to ensure cleaning of buildings, grounds, etc., and proper supervision and control of inmates in the wards, recreation area, and on special detail.
• Supervise and verify the accuracy of scheduled formal counts; make informal counts when required.
• Assist in special investigations and make recommendations to supervisor.
• Evaluate officers' duty performance; instruct and counsel officers in required duty performance standards.

Must successfully complete eight (8) weeks of SCDC Basic Training upon hire.

A high school diploma and relevant experience. A bachelor’s degree in a related field may substitute for the required experience.

• A high school diploma and eighteen (18) months experience in correctional, security, military, or police work.
• A degree in criminal justice or a related degree may substitute for 1/2 of required experience.
• Must be certified by the SCDC Training Academy and successfully complete the basic supervisory course within six (6) months of entry into the position.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.