Section # 1: The Prison Officer - In-depth Introduction (pages 1-8)

The modern day Prison Officer has an important role to play in ensuring prisoners are treated decently and humanely, encouraging them to live useful, law-abiding lives once released from custody. Your role as a competent and effective Prison Officer stretches far further than ensuring prisoners abide to prison rules.

This chapter provides your with a detailed examination of the prison service, the prison officer and what the work of a prison officer is like and provides you with in-depth knowledge to prepare you for application process.

Section # 2: Eligibility Requirements Of The Prison Service (pages 9-12)

This chapter includes the requirements to become a prison officer so that you can ensure you meet their criteria. It will also answer and questions you have surrounding possible limitations in joining the prison service. It also examines the working hours and working environment of the prison officer.

Section # 3: Selection Process For Joining The Prison Service (pages 13-15)

Chapter 3 examines exactly what is involved in the recruitment process and what is required from you as a candidate.

Section # 4: The Top Insider Tips and Advice (pages 16-25)

- Current serving prison officers and those that have successfully gone through the selection process provide their 10 insider tips to give you the best chance of succeed first time.

Section # 5: On-Line Prison Officer Selection Test (POST) sample test questions (pages 26-32)

Within this section of the guide we have provided you with a sample of ‘on line POST test questions’ to help you prepare for the actual test.
 

    

Section # 6:The Assessment Day (RAD) (pages 33-79)

When you apply to become a Prison Officer you will be required to sit a recruitment test, which involves a number of sections including:

• Verbal logical reasoning test
• Numerical reasoning test
• Various other tests that assess your potential to
becoming a Prison Officer

In this chapter we have provided you with practice tests (OVER 46 PAGES) designed to help you improve your scores. Read the questions carefully and use a blank sheet of paper to write down your answers.

Also covered in this chapter:

- During the Selection Process you may be required to write a 100+ word essay stating the reasons why you want to become a Prison Officer or on another similar subject. We will show you how to prepare and what to include to score highly.

Section # 7: POST - Checking for Discrepancies Test (pages 80-84)

In this chapter of the guide we provide you with two sheets of information, which upon first inspection, appear to be identical. Your task is to read both sheets of information and list the discrepancies between sheet 1 and sheet 2. You have 5 minutes in which to complete the test. The answers are at the end of the section.

The aim of this chapter is to ensure you are fully prepared for the discrepancies test during the selection process.
 

Section # 8: POST - Language Test (pages 85-88)

During the Recruitment Assessment Day you will be required to listen, take notes and recall
heard information. In this chapter we provide you with an exact example of the Language test which includes information for a friend to read out and a number of question for you to then answer.

Section # 9:The Core Behavioural Skills and Role Play Advice (pages 89-93)

- The 6 core behavioural skills
-  Essential Role Play Advice
- Top Tips
- Tips For Passing The Role Play Scenarios

Section # 10: Structured Interview Advice (pages 94-97)

The purpose of the structured interview is to identify potential employee’s behavioural intentions by presenting them with a series of job related incidents and asking what they would do to resolve the situation.

Within this chapter we provide you with 16 interview questions that you could be asked and show you how to structure your responses to these questions so you stand out.

Section # 11: Passing The Prison Officer Fitness Test (pages 98-105)

The Prison Service use the ‘Job Related Fitness Test’ to determine a candidate’s ability to become a Prison Officer as part of the selection process. The Job Related Fitness Test is something that you must pass every year of your service to ensure that you stay fit enough to perform your duties as a Prison Officer.

The key objective during your preparation is to carry out exercises that are relevant to the tests you will be required to perform during this part of the selection process. Within this chapter we will show you exactly what is required of you during the fitness test and what you need prepare to ensure success.

Section # 12: How to get Prison Officer fit - Complete Information guide (pages 103-126)

This 20 page fitness guide will provide you with all the information to ensure you reach the level of fitness required to pass the prison officer fitness test before you arrive at the assessment day. It includes a number of routines you can follow including how to get fit without needing to go to the gym. An essential guide for anyone who is serious about becoming a prison officer.

 

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