Job prospects Correctional Officer in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Job opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Correctional service officers (NOC 43201) in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Multiple media reports of shortages in the corrections system have arisen, as considerable number of people have recently retired or left this line of work. The provincial government is offering a one-time retention bonus of $2,500 to active full-time members so they remain working in the system. It is also paying workers twice their usual pay rate to those who work on the first regularly scheduled day of rest. To add people to the workforce, the provincial government is also making efforts to attract people into its Recruit Training Program. This would include the required completion of the Correctional Officer Certificate program at the Atlantic Police Academy in Prince Edward Island.

Here are some key facts about Correctional service officers in Newfoundland and Labrador:

• Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Correctional service officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 74%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 17%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 91% compared to 83% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
• 74% of correctional service officers work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 40 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 77% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 23% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 23% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 38% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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