TDCJ - Sergeant of Correctional Officers - Firing Range

Job Description

Applicants must submit both a résumé and a completed application to be considered. Both documents should include sufficient work history to assess qualifications.

For the most accurate and up-to-date information about your application, please log in to the CAPPS application portal regularly to monitor status changes or updates.

* To expedite the application process, please attach your valid government-issued photo identification card, your social security card or proof of authorization to work in the United States, and your proof of education (official diploma or transcript) *

Job Duties:

This position performs entry-level correctional supervisory and instructional work that supports firearms training and daily firing range operations. Key responsibilities include conducting weapons instruction, supervising trainees during firearms qualification, and instructing security and non-security staff in defensive tactics, riot control, and chemical agent delivery systems. The role requires maintaining range safety, cleaning weapons and loading ammunition, maintaining range supplies and equipment inventory, assisting with range maintenance, and enforcing operational and safety standards during all live-fire activities. Additional duties involve serving as a line instructor, aiding employees with marksmanship training, providing instruction in searches, inmate supervision, and emergency response, developing and revising lesson plans and training aids, administering examinations, and maintaining training records. This position ensures officers achieve and maintain firearms proficiency in a safe, controlled training environment.

You'd be a GOOD fit if:

High school diploma or GED
2+ years of correctional custody or law enforcement experience
Willing and able to complete all required instructor certification courses within 6 months of hire

You'd be a GREAT fit if:

Experience in curriculum development and providing instruction
Training or teaching experience
Correctional custody or law enforcement supervisory experience
Certification as a defensive tactics, firearms, or chemical agents instructor (or group fitness/personal trainer/martial arts instructor)

*For the full Job Description, please click the link below:

Sergeant of Correctional Officers - Firing Range

Additional Information:

Travel

50% - Position may spend 6¿10 nights away per month

Work Site Visits

No

Study Material

No

Pre-Service Training Academy Required

Yes

Hazardous Duty/Longevity Position

Hazardous

*Outside applicants will be required to submit to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment.

Contact Information:

Questions concerning this                                               Questions concerning the application

position can be directed to:                                              process can be directed to:

Gordon Salazar                                                                          Kathy Chandonnet

Hiring Manager                                               OR                      Human Resources

936-293-7416                                                                              936-437-4106

Gordon.Salazar@tdcj.texas.gov                                                  hr.selectionsteam3@tdcj.texas.gov

Important Note to the Candidate:

Military Preference

To receive MILITARY PREFERENCE, you are required to provide proof by attaching the necessary documentation to this job application.

Military Occupation Specialty Codes

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions
Click on the occupational category for the position.

Additional MOS can be found at the State Auditor's Office, Military Crosswalk Guide.

The Texas Veterans Commission provides helpful employment information. Go to: http://www.texasskillstowork.com, http://www.onetonline.org, https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ or www.careeronestop.org for assistance translating your military experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications/requirements and skill sets.

Applications submitted through Work in Texas

Work In Texas (WIT) applicants must complete supplemental questions to be considered for the position. To complete the supplemental questions please go to CAPPS Recruit to register or login and access your profile.

Eligibility

An applicant must be eligible to work in the United States and must remain eligible, without sponsorship or any assurance of financial or other assistance from this agency, during the term of their employment.

EEO Statement:

The State of Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.  You may make copies of this application and enter different position titles, but each copy must be signed.  Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of applications, unless specifically stated in the job vacancy notice.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED 2+ years of correctional custody or law enforcement experience Willing and able to complete all required instructor certification courses within 6 months of hire