Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a correctional services manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a correctional services manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Correctional services managers manage the operations of a correctional facility. They supervise personnel, develop and oversee correctional procedures, and ensure the operation is compliant with legal regulations. They perform administrative duties and facilitate cooperation with external institutions and staff providing aid to the facility.

Also known as chief detention officer, senior superintendent jail, chief prison officer, superintendent of jail, correctional institution director, senior superintendent of jail, superintendent jail, prison governor.

Managers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: police commissioner, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
police commissioner 64% covered police inspector 44% covered prison officer 42% covered juvenile correctional officer 40% covered army general 37% covered correctional services man… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from correctional services manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a correctional services manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A correctional services manager needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • supervise correctional procedures management skills
  • contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures management skills
  • manage security clearance management skills
  • correctional procedures services
  • legal use-of-force business, administration and law
  • law enforcement services
  • evaluate employees management skills
  • maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • undertake inspections information skills
  • identify security threats assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a correctional services manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Correctional services manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a correctional services manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.