Correctional Workshop Specialist (20024878)
Responsibilities
- Requires considerable knowledge of correctional workshop operating policies and procedures of the Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) shop
- Oversees work of incarcerated individuals assigned to the OPI workshop and/or engaged in service delivery
- Provides security and custody of incarcerated individuals
- Trains incarcerated individuals in proper work methods, equipment operation and/or safety practices in the assigned area
- Enforces institution rules and regulations
- Maintains control of supplies, equipment, and tools (e.g., issues and records daily tool and chemical usage, inventory supplies)
- Assigns and reviews work (e.g., schedules incarcerated individuals; monitors and evaluates work performed and completes quality control check)
- Ensures quality control specifications of products
- Prepares and maintains records and reports of workshop activities
- Inputs data into manufacturing system as assigned, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Oversees equipment maintenance (e.g., schedules routine and preventative maintenance) and/or workshop cleaning
- Escorts and/or transports incarcerated individuals
- Oversees shipping, receiving, storage and/or inventory of products and materials
- Prepares and submits reports
- Completes daily and month‑end inmate payroll, month‑end Earned Credit report, inmate performance evaluations (e.g., annual and special), and weekly inspection report
- Performs other related duties and security functions
- Attends in‑service trainings
- Works on special projects and committees
- Assists with ACA (e.g., institutional and OPI) files
- May be utilized in any other OPI shop due to staff shortage and/or extenuating circumstances
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Formal education in arithmetic that includes fractions, decimals & percentages
- 18 months of training or 18 months of experience providing work direction to employees or a work crew
- 3 months of training or 3 months of experience in employee training & development
- For positions assigned to the asbestos abatement program: successful completion of the following EPA‑regulated courses:
- Asbestos Building Inspection – Initial Course
- Asbestos Management Planner – Initial Course
- Asbestos Abatement Project Supervisor – Initial Course
Skills
- Corrections
- Customer Service
- Management
- Purchasing
- Stores & Inventory
- Sales
- Basic Documentation
- Active Learning
- Attention to Detail
- Creativity
- Developing Others
- Leading Others
Compensation
$23.65 per hour
Schedule
Full‑time
Location
DRC Central Office – Madison, Ohio, United States (Madison County – London)
Contact Information
Email: vlora.mcafee@drc.ohio.gov
Agency Overview
Guided by the mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Staff embrace core values and serve as role models for pro‑social behavior, conveying dignity and respect in the treatment of others.
The agency is tasked with frontline crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment, as well as effective community supervision. Its goal is to protect the public by helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of their communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all.