TDCJ - Sergeant of Correctional Officers - Firing Range

Job Duties: This position performs entrylevel correctional supervisory and instructional work that supports firearms training and daily firing range operations. Key responsibilities include conducting weapons instruction, supervising trainees during firearms qualification, and instructing security and nonsecurity staff in defensive tactics, riot control, and chemical agent delivery systems. The role requires maintaining range safety, cleaning weapons and loading ammunition, maintaining range supplies and equipment inventory, assisting with range maintenance, and enforcing operational and safety standards during all livefire activities. Additional duties involve serving as a line instructor, aiding employees with marksmanship training, providing instruction in searches, inmate supervision, and emergency response, developing and revising lesson plans and training aids, administering examinations, and maintaining training records. This position ensures officers achieve and maintain firearms proficiency in a safe, controlled training environment. You'd be a GOOD fit if: High school diploma or GED 2+ years of correctional custody or law enforcement experience Willing and able to complete all required instructor certification courses within 6 months of hire You'd be a GREAT fit if: Experience in curriculum development and providing instruction Training or teaching experience Correctional custody or law enforcement supervisory experience Certification as a defensive tactics, firearms, or chemical agents instructor (or group fitness/personal trainer/martial arts instructor)For the full Job Description, please click the link below: Sergeant of Correctional Officers Firing Range

Additional Information: Travel 50% Position may spend 6¿10 nights away per month Work Site Visits NoStudy Material NoPre Service Training Academy Required Yes Hazardous Duty/Longevity Position Hazardous Outside applicants will be required to submit to preemployment drug testing as a condition of employment.

Contact Information: Questions concerning this Questions concerning theapplicationpositioncan be directed to:processcan be directed to: Gordon Salazar Kathy Chandonnet Hiring ManagerORHuman Resources 9362937416 9364374106 Gordon. Salazar@tdcj.texas.gov hr.selectionsteam 3@tdcj.texas.gov Important Note to the Candidate: Military Preference To receive MILITARY PREFERENCE, you are required to provide proof by attaching the necessary documentation to this job application. Military Occupation Specialty Codeshttps://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions Click on the occupational category for the position. Additional MOS can be found at the State Auditor's Office, Military Crosswalk Guide. The Texas Veterans Commission provides helpful employment information. Go to: http://www.texasskillstowork.com, http://www.onetonline.org, https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ or www.careeronestop.org for assistance translating your military experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications/requirements and skill sets. Applications submitted through Work in Texas Work In Texas (WIT) applicants must complete supplemental questions to be considered for the position. To complete the supplemental questions please go to CAPPS Recruit to register or login and access your profile. Eligibility An applicant must be eligible to work in the United States and must remain eligible, without sponsorship or any assurance of financial or other assistance from this agency, during the term of their employment.

EEO Statement: The State of Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services. You may make copies of this application and enter different position titles, but each copy must be signed. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of applications, unless specifically stated in the job vacancy notice.