Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Core tasks

1. 01Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
2. 02Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
3. 03Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
4. 04Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
5. 05Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
6. 06Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

• Repeating same tasks4.00
• Degree of automation2.66
• Time sitting3.75
• Originality (ability)2.75
• Conflict situations4.47
• Hands-on objects/tools2.91
• Outdoors / weather3.49
• Disease exposure3.40
• Decision freedom4.16

Top abilities

• Oral Expression4.12
• Written Comprehension4.00
• Problem Sensitivity4.00
• Deductive Reasoning4.00
• Oral Comprehension3.88
• Inductive Reasoning3.88
• Written Expression3.75
• Speech Recognition3.75

Essential skills

• Reading Comprehension3.88
• Active Listening4.00
• Writing3.75
• Speaking4.00
• Mathematics1.88
• Science1.75
• Critical Thinking3.88
• Active Learning3.38
• Learning Strategies2.25
• Monitoring3.75