NOC 4422 – Correctional service officers

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 4422 is for Correctional service officers

NOC skill type/level: Skill Level C

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Post-secondary education in correctional services, police studies or criminology may be required.
• Correctional officer recruits must successfully complete the Correctional Service of Canada training course to be employed by federal institutions.
• Correctional officer recruits are usually required to complete a basic training course to be employed by provincial/territorial institutions.
• Physical agility, strength and fitness requirements must be met.
• Correctional service supervisors require experience as a correctional service officer.
• First aid certification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training are usually required.

List of Job Titles for NOC 4422 – Correctional service officers

• Convict guard
• Correctional facility guard
• Correctional institution guard
• Correctional institution head matron
• Correctional officer
• Correctional officers supervisor
• Correctional service officer
• Correctional services unit supervisor
• Corrections officer
• Detention attendant
• Detention guard
• Escort – correctional services
• Head correctional officer
• Head matron – correctional service
• Institution guard – correctional service
• Jail guard
• Jailer
• Matron – correctional service
• Penal institution guard
• Penitentiary guard
• Prison guard
• Prison officer
• Reformatory guard