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Career transition

Correctional Officers and JailersProbation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

What it takes to move from correctional officers and jailers into probation officers and correctional treatment specialists — the overlap, the gaps, and the pay change.

The transferable cut

Refit analysis ·10 of the top skills overlap between Correctional Officers and Jailers and Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists — Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, so that experience transfers directly. The main gaps to close are few. Median pay moves from $57,970 to $64,520 (+11%).

Skills that transfer

You likely already have these from correctional officers and jailers.

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Writing
  • Monitoring
  • Active Learning
  • Learning Strategies
  • Mathematics
  • Science

Gaps to close

What probation officers and correctional treatment specialistsasks for that you'll need to build.

  • No major missing skills among the top set.

Pay change

Correctional Officers and Jailers
$57,970
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
$64,520

Re-angle your Correctional Officers and Jailers experience toward Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Honest tailoring

See how your resume lines up with Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

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