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Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsCorrectional Officers and Jailers

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

The transferable cut

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

Skills that transfer

You likely already have these from probation officers and correctional treatment specialists.

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

Gaps to close

What correctional officers and jailersasks for that you'll need to build.

  • No major missing skills among the top set.

Pay change

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

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

Honest tailoring

See how your resume lines up with Correctional Officers and Jailers

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