Probation Officer 1 Job Description

One of the job listing that appeared in the search engine given was “Probation Officer 1”. This job listing was for the location in, County of Adams, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Some of the basic job duties and responsibilities involved the prevention of furthering criminal acts and technical violations. This position is to assist with promotion of positive change for offenders residing in or returning to the community. It also included supervision of offenders during different community service projects and programs that are required. The salary of this job listing was starting at 14.66 the hour. It also was a full-time job, and required a bachelor’s degree. The second job listing that was discovered in the search, was “Prisoner Transport

They are to perform physical searches and verifies the identity of persons in custody, by obtaining fingerprints, conducting intoxilizer test, or even conduct prisoner interviews. This job listing also gives other duties such as assisting prisoners in court hearings with completion of documents. There were various other duties for this job listing, and it specify that the duties posted on this job listing were not intended to be the full description, that there could be other duties assigned that aren’t limited to the description of job. This job description requires at least a high school diploma or GED and basic law enforcement, corrections, or detention officer training programs. The salary of this job listed consisted from a range of 18.80-26.32 per

The transport officer requires some back knowledge of corrections, while probation officer 1 required a bachelor’s degrees. I thought this was interesting, because I would have thought that the transport officer, would need far more experience, since they are taking inmates to courts and assisting them with paperwork. I’d assume, they would have some knowledge of how the systems work, comparing it with probation officer 1, they require a bachelor’s degree because they are trying to restore the inmate to society, and I think it is very fulfilling that they can be able to help those that need it. Another difference noted: the salary difference was significant. It makes sense that the prisoner transport officer gets paid more because they are doing extremely difficult work, but probation officers are payed minimal, I think there could be a better to pay probation officers better, because they are trying to rehabilitate and spend much of their time monitoring those that have been