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Where a prison instructor can go next

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

Prison instructors educate legal offenders, including prisoners, on social rehabilitation and correctional behaviour. They assist prisoners in gaining skills which could facilitate their reintegration into society and increase their chances at finding employment after release. Prison instructors analyse the students' individual learning needs, plan and prepare teaching materials and sessions and update their learning records. They also ensure the working area and materials are safe from danger and accounted for, and supervise the students at all times.

Also known as instructional officer, prison training officer, teacher in prisons, prison and correctional instructor, correctional training instructor, prison teacher, prison educator, instructor in prisons.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: juvenile correctional officer, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
juvenile correctional officer 61% covered prison officer 59% covered probation officer 49% covered police trainer 44% covered correctional services manager 36% covered prison instructor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from prison instructor, 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 prison instructor 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 prison instructor needs 18 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
  • assess offenders' risk behaviour information skills
  • oversee rehabilitation process management skills
  • reinforce positive behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • training subject expertise education
  • correctional procedures services
  • comply with the principles of self-defence assisting and caring
  • identify training needs management skills
  • adult education education
  • practice vigilance assisting and caring
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Prison instructor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 prison instructor’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.