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SOC 33-3012 · O*NET 33-3012.00
Correctional officers and bailiffs correspond in the United States to O*NET-SOC 33-3012.00 (Correctional Officers and Jailers); the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook publishes Correctional Officers and Bailiffs in a combined category. The core is supervising detainees in correctional facilities such as prisons and jails, transporting them to and from court, hospital and similar locations, and maintaining order in the courtroom; daily work centers on roll call and counting, facility patrol, searching for contraband, handling conflicts according to procedures, and recording incidents and handover, with force and coercive decisions constrained by jurisdictional law and agency policy. On the China side, police officers in prisons and jails belong to the People's Police series and are not a one-to-one correspondence with this U.S. detailed occupation, and qualifications and law enforcement authority cannot be interchanged.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+0+75)/3+0.5)=33; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
The work rhythm is jointly determined by shift arrangements, the number of detainees and sudden conflicts; state prisons, local jails, courtrooms and transport positions differ markedly in their subjects, use of force and procedures.The core output is safety, order and traceable records: facility and personnel status under control, and incidents and handling verifiable, not 'being able to use handcuffs' or 'being able to shout someone down'.
Similar adjacent job titles do not mean the same authority; when comparing, first look at whether the role has statutory coercive power, who it supervises, and under what procedures it acts.
Suitable for a first try: able to stay alert for long periods in shift work and a closed environment, willing to repeatedly count, check, patrol and record according to fixed procedures, and able to take control of a situation first before acting when facing people who are angry, violent or emotionally out of control.Monitoring and recording systems can be treated as controlled aids, but system prompts or generated content must not be taken as unverified facts, threat assessments or a basis for coercive action.
33-3012.00 is Correctional Officers and Jailers, with bailiffs separately as 33-3011. Current O*NET28 tasks: 21 Core tasks cover counting, checking locks and facilities, monitoring behavior, searches and mail, entrance guarding, log and identity records, authorized control of situations, computer records, fire safety, transport driving, attending required position training, serving meals and distributing medication per prescription, mediation, reports, communication guidance, work assignment, clothing, tools and schedules; 6 Supplemental ones are pursuing escapees, processing intake, supervising colleagues, fingerprint collection, in-house investigations and recreational activities; 1 New one is safety inspection. Task categories are not frequency or statutory authorization, and the medication task grants no diagnosis or dosage decision authority. The BLS overview page has a combined basis and a separate position table, and the figures must be distinguished one by one. China's related police series does not map one to one to U.S. codes.
Career direction comparison
The table below compares correctional officers and bailiffs with five adjacent directions on four items: occupational direction, core work and outputs, key differences, and what choice fits better; wages use the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook May 2025 median annual wage basis, and occupational codes use the O*NET-SOC basis.
| Occupational directions | Core work and outputs | Key differences | What choice fits better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailiffs (O*NET-SOC 33-3011.00, adjacent detailed occupation; published by BLS in a combined category) | Maintain order in the courtroom, supervise persons on trial and carry out service of process and similar court business, working to the court session schedule; unlike continuous supervision in a correctional facility, the work subject and procedures are led by the court. | The key difference from this occupation is the workplace and procedure: it centers on courtroom order and judicial proceedings and does not involve long-term detention supervision; the BLS 2025 median annual wage is 56,600 USD (listed separately within the combined category). |
AI impact on the occupation
Direct answer: this round can verify the task catalogue and software keywords, but did not obtain agency AI deployment or net employment effects. Editorial candidate mechanisms: monitoring and access control systems, detainee management record systems, incident logs and report templates, and scheduling and roll call assistance tools may assist with transcription and compilation, with the effect requiring validation in actual processes; but roll call and counting and facility patrol, searches and contraband judgment, conflict control and the use of force, injury and risk identification, and communication with detainees and their families still depend on on-site personnel and are constrained by law and agency procedure. Technical exposure is not equal to organizational adoption, still less job disappearance or income change. AI Impact Score 33% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+0+75)/3+0.5)=33; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Mainland China wage reference
U.S. occupational code: O*NET-SOC 33-3012.00 (Correctional Officers and Jailers); the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook publishes Correctional Officers and Bailiffs in a combined category; mainland China has no corresponding occupation-level wage basis.
Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Insufficient evidence: no mainland China occupation-level wage distribution corresponding to correctional officers and bailiffs (O*NET-SOC 33-3012.00) was obtained
U.S. wage reference
Wages and this round's employment projection are based mainly on the single position 33-3012, with bailiffs 33-3011 and the 33-3010 combined value listed separately. This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed); annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality. The OEWS basis is pretax regular monetary wages for wage and salary jobs, excluding self-employed workers, direct household employees and unpaid family workers; official annual values may be cited, the standard 2080-hour conversion does not guarantee personal hours, and personal monthly take-home pay or overtime bonuses are not inferred.
| Wage position | Wage reference (annual/hourly) | Conversion boundary for annual income | How to understand this position |
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| Lower wage position (10th percentile) | 42,760 USD/year (10th percentile; hourly wage 20.56 USD) |
Occupational fit guide
Compare duty, counting and searches, communication, recording and exposure conditions item by item with your personal preferences; ability must be checked with training feedback and is not guaranteed by a questionnaire.Compare item by item with your own range of tolerance.
Worth experiencing further： Editorial self-question: are you willing to repeatedly verify, keep standing duty and communicate clearly in conflict; there is no measurement from preference to competence, so easier adaptation cannot be guaranteed.
Check real-world conditions first： First check shift and night shift arrangements, the types of people supervised, conflict and infection exposure, the scope of use-of-force authorization, and whether you can accept a closed environment and strict procedural constraints.
Try a small experience first： First complete one 'roll call and count—facility patrol—search and record—conflict scenario handling' exercise using a fictional shift, or make one visit and job-shadowing session at an agency, and then judge your preference.
Work stress, risks and occupational boundaries
Risks cluster in three categories: personal injury from conflict with detainees, violent attack, self-harm and harm to others; health risks from infection, contaminants and noise exposure; and liability and compliance risks from exceeding use-of-force authority, inaccurate records or unclear handover; fatigue from shifts and night shifts also accumulates.
O*NET task context supports hazard scenarios rather than accident rates; CDC supports health recommendations for U.S. facility staff; the Chinese People's Police Law and the regulations on police instruments and weapons separately support rights and responsibilities; the 2026 Prison Law is not yet in effect; NIST is a voluntary AI governance recommendation.
Typical settings：Physical attack may be encountered during searches, cell clearing, transfers or dispute handling; self-harm, self-mutilation and group conflict are different scenarios requiring observation; no simultaneous frequency was obtained; the O*NET survey shows 63% deal daily with violent or physically aggressive people and 70% encounter conflict situations daily; these are independent responses, not simultaneous occurrence or injury rates.
Entry, certificates and career development
Editorial ability path: gradually take on duty, records and collaboration under real training and position authorization; management or bailiff goals are checked separately, and certificates and on-site ability are not ranked against each other without validation. U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions.
Career prospects and moving to related occupations
The U.S. occupational total projection, actual recruiting by regional agencies and budget and staffing arrangements are checked separately; this round has no independent causal measure from Chinese budgets or the detained population to staffing distribution.A recruitment announcement can only indicate one unit's position demand at one point in time. The three cannot substitute for one another.
United States · Correctional officers and bailiffs (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025—2035 projections)
A decline of 7% (2025—2035; net change -29,500, rounded separately)
Overall employment change
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed); annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
Confirm the presence of each detainee by shift roll call and counting, monitor behavior in housing areas, work and activities, check locks, window bars, gates and access control, search people, vehicles and cells and inspect mail, guard entrances and screen visitors, mediate disputes according to procedures and use restraint and force within authorization, record identity, charges and incidents and write reports, transport detainees to and from court, hospital and similar locations, handle intake registration and daily affairs, and bailiffs also maintain order in the courtroom.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Needs caution: if you cannot bear conflict, exposure to violence and the emotional pressure of detainees, or are unwilling to accept round-the-clock shifts and strict procedural constraints, the actual work will not match your expectations.Fit judgments should be checked against real shift samples, supervisory feedback and agency procedures, and are not replaced by an interest type or a single test.
Low-risk verification: use a fictional shift to complete one 'roll call and count—facility patrol—contraband search—conflict scenario handling—incident record and handover' exercise; it only gauges work preferences, does not involve real detainees and is not equivalent to qualification, weapons authorization or a hiring outcome.All paper exercises on this page are fictional materials; real supervision, restraint, weapons and search procedures must be carried out by trained and authorized personnel under applicable law and agency procedure.
The editors summarize this as supervision and patrol, security control, and records, transport and affairs; a specific shift does not necessarily alternate all tasks at high frequency. Current O*NET28 tasks: 21 Core tasks cover counting, checking locks and facilities, monitoring behavior, searches and mail, entrance guarding, log and identity records, authorized control of situations, computer records, fire safety, transport driving, attending required position training, serving meals and distributing medication per prescription, mediation, reports, communication guidance, work assignment, clothing, tools and schedules; 6 Supplemental ones are pursuing escapees, processing intake, supervising colleagues, fingerprint collection, in-house investigations and recreational activities; 1 New one is safety inspection. Task categories are not frequency or statutory authorization, and the medication task grants no diagnosis or dosage decision authority.
Roll call and count records, facility defect and corrective work orders
Search and handling records, contraband lists and transfer records
The nine sections on this page use the U.S. Correctional Officers and Jailers (33-3012) as the statistical subject: supervision of people in detention facilities, facility security and record handover. Bailiffs belong to the adjacent occupation 33-3011; the frozen Chinese name on this page does not mean the two share a single statistical series. Compare by actual task subject and legal authority; occupational adjacency does not transfer qualifications. Bailiffs manage courtroom order; patrol officers include street-level enforcement; detectives investigate evidence; security guard tasks may also include control or removal, but the authority is verified per actual jurisdiction and cannot be absolutely described as having no coercive power at all; probation work includes community supervision, violation investigations and service linkage.
| Dimension | Main directions | Comparison directions |
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| Core purpose | Supervise detainees in detention facilities and maintain order, and transport them to court or hospital by position; the dedicated courtroom order duties of bailiffs are listed separately. | Core purpose of adjacent positions: bailiffs maintain order and serve process in court; police officers and patrol officers patrol and enforce the law; criminal investigators investigate cases; security guards protect specific premises and property; probation officers and correctional treatment specialists supervise community corrections and treatment plans; and first-line supervisors handle scheduling, assessment and escalation of handling. |
| Main objects and basis | Detainees and persons on trial, facilities and access control, contraband and mail, visitors and families; the basis is applicable law, court orders and agency procedures, along with shift rosters and handover records. | Objects and basis of adjacent positions: court participants and case files (bailiffs), street conditions and reports (police), case evidence (investigators), premises and assets (security guards), community correction subjects and treatment plans (probation officers), and teams and assessment standards (first-line supervisors). |
| Core process | Roll call and count → patrol and monitor → search for contraband → control the situation and restrain under authorization → record incidents and logs → transport or hand over. | Processes of adjacent positions: maintaining courtroom order and serving process, patrol and questioning, investigation and evidence gathering, access control and patrols, periodic reporting and plan review, and scheduling and quality spot checks. |
| Main outputs | Controlled facility and personnel status, traceable incident and handling records, and transport and handover that comply with procedures. | Outputs of adjacent positions: courtroom order and documents, public order handling and reports, case files, security incident records, correction progress reports, and team and quality records. |
| Responsible party | Correctional officers and bailiffs are responsible for carrying out supervision and patrol, compliance in the use of force, the truthfulness and completeness of records, and the continuity of transport and handover; sentencing, case characterization and agency policy are not decided by them alone. | Responsible parties of adjacent positions: bailiffs are responsible for courtroom safety; police for on-scene enforcement; investigators for evidence and cases; security guards for premises safety within the contract scope; probation officers for supervision plans; and first-line supervisors for teams and discipline. |
| Collaboration and supervision | Collaborate according to procedures with shift personnel, duty supervisors and medical, psychological, educational and social work staff; handle and escalate according to procedures when violence, self-harm, illness or facility defects are found; demonstrate to standards when training new colleagues, and the use of force must be within authorization and documented. | Collaboration of adjacent positions: bailiffs work with judges and clerks; police with the command center and prosecutors; investigators with laboratories and prosecutors; security guards with property management and police; probation officers with courts and treatment agencies; first-line supervisors report upward and assign tasks downward. |
| Conclusion boundary | Similar position titles do not mean the same authority: whether the role has statutory coercive power and arrest authority, who it supervises and under what procedures it acts determine the scope of authorization and where responsibility lies, and titles cannot be interchanged. | Check the target occupation's tasks and authority of the position item by item; this occupation has Supplemental tasks for supervising colleagues and in-house investigations, so all management and investigation work cannot be absolutely excluded. |
confirm the presence of each detainee by roll call and count by shift, monitor behavior in housing areas, work and activities, and correct violations and maintain order according to procedures.
check locks, window bars, gates and access control, carry out fire, safety and sanitation inspections, record defects and report for repair and temporarily control them according to procedures.
search people and vehicles, clear and search cells for contraband, inspect mail, and when weapons, drugs or similar contraband are found, preserve the evidence and transfer it according to procedures.
use restraint, police instruments and force to maintain discipline in situations permitted by procedure, mediate disputes among detainees, handle violence and self-harm risk and report immediately.
record identity, charges and incidents, maintain the daily log, and submit oral and written reports to supervisors on detainees' work quality, violations and abnormalities.
Transport and affairs｜transport is Core; intake and fingerprints are Supplemental; serve meals and distribute medication per prescription without obtaining diagnosis or dosage adjustment authority, with tasks verified by position and procedure.
Six recurring professional judgments: whether each roll call and count has been verified one by one; whether facility and contraband risks are found and handled; whether the use of force is within authorization and proportion; whether incidents and handling are recorded truthfully and completely; whether transport and handover are continuous and traceable; and whether the person stops and escalates according to procedures when exceeding authority or facing higher risk.
Judgment one: has each roll call and count been verified one by one
Judgment two: have facility and contraband risks been handled
| Better suited to people willing to work according to judicial procedure in a courtroom environment and able to adapt to the rhythm of court sessions. |
| Police and Detectives (33-3051.00／33-3021.00, adjacent occupations) | Patrol the streets, handle calls, investigate cases and collect evidence, with statutory arrest and law enforcement authority. | The key difference from this occupation is the enforcement subject and the source of power: it faces the public rather than detainees, and law enforcement authority is granted by police law; the BLS 2025 median annual wage is 77,310 USD (Police and Detectives combined basis). | Better suited to people willing to enforce the law proactively in an uncertain street environment and able to accept field work and shifts. |
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| Detectives and Criminal Investigators (33-3021.00, adjacent occupation) | Conduct investigation, evidence gathering and interrogation around case facts, form case files and refer them to prosecutors. | The difference is that the work object is case evidence and suspected facts rather than daily order inside a detention facility; it belongs to the same BLS 'Police and Detectives' combined category, and wages and employment must be checked under that basis. | Better suited to people who prefer evidence gathering, interviews and case file work and are willing to track a single case over the long term. |
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| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists (21-1092.00, adjacent occupation) | Supervise correctional subjects in the community or in institutions, assess risk and carry out treatment and assistance plans, usually requiring a bachelor's degree. | The difference is that the focus is on correctional treatment and supervision plans rather than facility supervision and the use of force; the BLS 2025 median annual wage is 66,270 USD, and entry usually requires a bachelor's degree. | Better suited to people willing to do risk assessment, case management and assistance work and who have the relevant educational background. |
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| Security Guards (33-9032.00, adjacent occupation; O*NET marks it Bright Outlook) | Carry out access control, patrols and property protection at specific premises, with authority usually deriving from contracts and premises rules and generally without police coercive power. | The difference is the source of authority and the subject supervised: it focuses on premises and property within the contract scope and does not have statutory supervision authority over detainees; the BLS 2025 median annual wage is 38,050 USD. | Better suited to people who want to start work relatively quickly, begin with premises security, and then decide whether to move into law enforcement or corrections. |
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| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers (33-1011.00, adjacent occupation) | Responsible for scheduling, assessment, discipline and escalation of handling, directly managing correctional teams and bearing responsibility. | The difference is management responsibility: it shifts from individual execution to team and discipline management, and usually requires prior front-line correctional experience. | Better suited to people who have already built front-line experience and are willing to take on responsibility for staffing, assessment and escalation of handling. |
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Conclusion: these directions all work in order and safety settings, but the subjects supervised, statutory coercive power, whether they hold arrest authority, entry education and responsibility chains differ markedly; when choosing, base the decision on the target position's actual duties and jurisdictional authorization, not just the occupational title.
Next step: use the exercise materials on this page or one facility visit to verify the target direction's supervision subjects, use-of-force authorization and shift arrangements, and then decide on a direction.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Refers to the degree to which a task can be completed or assisted by existing technology; it does not indicate whether agencies actually adopt it, nor does it indicate changes in staffing or wages.
Adoption requires checking budget, facilities, security review, data and training conditions; this round has no adoption speed data, and adoption is not guaranteed to be generally slower than technical capability.
Refers to actual changes in staffing numbers and wages, which are jointly determined by budget, regulatory policy, the detained population and regional labor markets; this page has no verifiable single-occupation causal data for this occupation.
| Work directions | Tasks | Current changes | Human control points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counting and presence verification | Roll call and confirm the presence of each detainee | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): head count and roll call assistance tools can reduce manual compilation. | Roll call one by one and verify on site, handling discrepancies such as absences, medical visits and transfers. |
| Facility security | Check locks, window bars, gates and access control | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): equipment self-checks and access control alarms can indicate defect locations. | Confirm structural integrity on site and record defects, and temporarily control and report for repair according to procedures. |
| Searches and contraband | Search people, vehicles and cells and inspect mail | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): mail scanning and property registration systems can assist screening and documentation. | Judge the nature and risk of contraband, preserve the evidence and transfer it according to procedures. |
| Conflict handling | Mediate disputes and handle conflicts according to procedures | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): alarms and location prompts can assist in dispatching support. | Judge the risk level, use restraint within authorization and proportion, control the situation and report immediately. |
| Records and paperwork | Record identity, charges and incidents and write reports | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): record systems and report templates can generate drafts and summaries. | Check facts and the timeline, confirm that exceptions and handling are truthful and complete and have them signed by the responsible person. |
| Transport and transfer | Transport detainees to and from court, hospital and similar locations | Editorial tool opportunity to be verified (not measured adoption): route and status tracking can assist handover registration. | Check identity, restraint method and accompanying personnel, handle exceptions en route and complete the handover. |
| Daily affairs | Serving meals, distributing medication and arranging schedules | Editorial opportunity to be verified: a compliance system can indicate confirmed prescriptions and schedules and does not let a generative model decide dosage on its own. | Check medical orders and identity, distribute according to procedures and record exceptions and refusals. |
Below are listed item by item the sources used on this page, what they actually regulate or measure, and their usage limits.
Below, tasks are divided into three categories: the part more easily changed by tools, the part where people still carry judgment and responsibility, and the part where both sides must be checked at the same time.
What AI mainly changesEditorial direction to be verified: incident and identity records, log compilation, report templates and scheduling and roll call assistance can be completed automatically by systems with generated drafts. Specific performance, data permissions and human review are checked separately, and automatic completion by the system is not guaranteed.
Still the responsibility of peopleCheck whether records match on-site facts, and confirm that exceptions, injuries and handling are truthfully entered and signed by the responsible person.
What AI mainly changesEditorial direction to be verified: video monitoring, access control and electronic fencing, and abnormal behavior alerts can assist in finding risks and indicating locations. Specific performance, data permissions and human review are checked separately, and automatic completion by the system is not guaranteed.
Still the responsibility of peopleVerify on site whether an alarm is genuine, judge whether intervention and escalation are needed, and do not treat system prompts as a basis for action.
What AI mainly changesEditorial direction to be verified: detainee management, medical and medication, visits and scheduling can be centrally managed with less duplicate entry. Specific performance, data permissions and human review are checked separately, and automatic completion by the system is not guaranteed.
Still the responsibility of peopleCheck identity and medical orders, distribute medication and arrange schedules according to procedures, handle conflicting information and protect privacy.
The following are editorial control verification suggestions; specific agencies must validate them and incorporate them into the applicable procedures, and they are not general procedures that can be directly executed.
Check detainee identity, head count and record sources and confirm they have not been overwritten, merged or mismatched; input errors go directly into supervision and handling.
Keep human review for roll call and counting, the genuineness of alarms, and contraband and risk judgments, and do not let system prompts replace on-site confirmation.
Incidents, conflicts, injuries and the use of force are recorded according to agency rules and signed by the responsible person, stating the time and basis and traceable to a specific shift.
Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided.
Setting and adjusting system parameters, permissions and alarm thresholds must be performed by trained and authorized personnel; unvalidated model suggestions must not replace law and agency procedures.
Tools do not bear the supervision responsibility of the actual agency or law enforcement entity; if false or missed alarms are not identified and affect handling, they may affect personnel safety and review, and the actual consequences and responsibility are checked under jurisdictional procedures.
Control measures:Treat system prompts as clues, verify on site before acting, and write the basis for the judgment into the record.
Missing or inaccurate key records may hinder review and reconstruction of the process; check the actual on-site information and other materials rather than inferring that all basis is lost or nothing can be reconstructed.
Control measures:Record on the spot according to facts and the timeline, distinguish observation from inference, and have it signed by the responsible person and handed over.
Editorial risk hypothesis: relying on prompts may hinder independent judgment; this round did not obtain a causal measure of skill degradation in this occupation.
Control measures:Maintain basic training in controlling situations and restraint, and clearly state escalation conditions and the authorized scope.
Detainee medical, case and identity information is sensitive data, and unauthorized access causes compliance and security consequences.
Control measures:Access on a minimum-necessary and agency-permission basis, retain audit logs, and report immediately when an exception is found.
Editorial risk hypothesis: relying on systems may affect on-site observation and handover, and no causal evidence for this occupation was obtained; omitted information should be corrected according to the actual procedures.
Control measures:Maintain basic training in patrol, counting and handover, and handover must clearly state the head count, status and outstanding items.
First practice the fundamentals of roll call and counting, facility patrol, searches and recording, then learn to use jail management and monitoring systems.
Treat system prompts as clues, keep the ability to judge risk, contraband and the proportion of force independently, and record truthfully.
Clarify the responsibility boundary and access permissions of systems and people, and write key review and escalation points into procedures and training.
Train on-site observation and conflict handling together with recording, privacy and exception escalation under a human-machine division of labor.
Current O*NET28 tasks: 21 Core tasks cover counting, checking locks and facilities, monitoring behavior, searches and mail, entrance guarding, log and identity records, authorized control of situations, computer records, fire safety, transport driving, attending required position training, serving meals and distributing medication per prescription, mediation, reports, communication guidance, work assignment, clothing, tools and schedules; 6 Supplemental ones are pursuing escapees, processing intake, supervising colleagues, fingerprint collection, in-house investigations and recreational activities; 1 New one is safety inspection. Task categories are not frequency or statutory authorization, and the medication task grants no diagnosis or dosage decision authority.
Source:O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers (33-3012.00) occupational profileOriginal materials ↗
2025 U.S. Lightcast hot hiring technology page: Office2%, Excel and Outlook each 1%, and Word/PowerPoint/Access each below 1%; proportions for Acrobat and Facebook are not provided. That page does not list jail management or electronic monitoring software; job posting keyword proportions are not usage rates, AI adoption rates or personal proficiency.
Source:O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers hot technologies (33-3012.00)Original materials ↗
No. O*NET work context percentages describe tasks and environmental conditions (such as conflict exposure, infection exposure and decision frequency) and do not include data on technology adoption, staffing numbers or changes in personal income.
Source:O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers detailed information (33-3012.00)Original materials ↗
There is no verifiable causal data for this occupation. Technical capability, organizational adoption and staffing numbers are three different levels, and this page does not write any of them as a conclusion.
Source:O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers detailed information (33-3012.00)Original materials ↗
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed); annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
Source:BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Correctional Officers and BailiffsOriginal materials ↗
Task exposure cannot directly determine when a position disappears; this round has no causal evidence from deployment to staffing outcomes for this occupation.
Source:ILO：Generative AI and Jobs — Refined Global Index of Occupational ExposureOriginal materials ↗
Roles and responsibilities should be clarified, access and operation records retained and human oversight points set; the governance framework does not replace law, court orders and agency procedures.
Source:NIST：Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)Original materials ↗
Next step: check the three categories of task change above against specific agency settings item by item — which steps are already handled by monitoring, access control or record systems, which still require human judgment, and who is responsible for supervision and handling outcomes.
NBS2025 public administration, social security and social organizations urban non-private units at 119,465 yuan pretax annual average, used as background only when the actual unit's main industry matches; that table has no corresponding private industry value. The China occupation-level median, percentiles and job posting offer statistics for this occupation were not obtained. The legal-entity basis is 5 or more people, excludes self-employed and freelance workers, and includes bonuses and allowances; it cannot be treated as police pay, monthly take-home pay or occupational percentiles.
Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain verifiable job posting offer statistics for Chinese correctional supervision positions; a single posting cannot represent the national level
Mainland China public information search entry: National Bureau of Statistics wage and statistics release pages; this round did not obtain a standalone value for this occupation.
| Educational background | Position directions | Notes and verification suggestions |
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| U.S. preparation basis (not a China threshold) | Supervision, patrol and records positions in detention facilities | U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions. |
| Basic conditions and announcements for the Chinese People's Police | Housing unit duty, transport and courtroom order positions | Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another. |
| Actual position duties and appointment conditions | Compete for management, education and correction, or technical positions in some units | Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided. The 2026 revision of the Prison Law was promulgated on 2026-04-30 and takes effect on 2026-11-01; as of 2026-10-09 in this round it had not yet taken effect, and the new provisions are not treated as current enforcement procedure. |
| Actual conditions of the management direction | Housing unit shift leader and team management direction | Management preparation can refer to actual scheduling, assessment and coordination duties; appointment to leadership in the People's Police has separate statutory conditions, and no appointment announcement from the target unit was obtained, so it is not guaranteed that front-line experience alone qualifies one to compete for the post. |
NBS2025 public administration, social security and social organizations urban non-private units at 119,465 yuan pretax annual average, used as background only when the actual unit's main industry matches; that table has no corresponding private industry value. The China occupation-level median, percentiles and job posting offer statistics for this occupation were not obtained. The legal-entity basis is 5 or more people, excludes self-employed and freelance workers, and includes bonuses and allowances; it cannot be treated as police pay, monthly take-home pay or occupational percentiles.
Main employment settings: supervision and patrol positions in detention facilities such as prisons and jails, courtroom order and transport positions, and records, registration and affairs positions inside detention facilities.
Common settings: housing unit positions centered on shift duty, courtroom positions centered on transport and court appearances, and administrative positions centered on intake registration, files and affairs processing.
Common settings: detention facilities operate round-the-clock shift duty covering nights, weekends and holidays; courtroom and transport positions work to court session schedules and escort arrangements, and the rhythm must be checked with the specific unit.
This round has no causal data from AI to wages for this occupation in China; industry statistics do not measure this effect, and a data gap does not prove that tool change can never be measured.
| Official annual values may be cited; the standard conversion does not guarantee personal hours |
| Percentiles are statistical positions, not novice, senior or supervisor levels; workers at the same percentile differ greatly in agency type, shift pattern and workstation duties. |
| Median wage position | 58,940 USD/year (median, May 2025 wage data; median hourly wage 28.34 USD) | Not equal to a fixed monthly income | The median indicates the midpoint of the distribution: half of workers under this national basis are below and half above that value; it is not an average starting wage and does not mean it is reachable on entry. |
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| Higher wage position (90th percentile) | 93,220 USD/year (90th percentile; hourly wage 44.82 USD) | Does not mean sustained high income all year | The OEWS basis is pretax regular monetary wages for wage and salary jobs, excluding self-employed workers, direct household employees and unpaid family workers; official annual values may be cited, the standard 2080-hour conversion does not guarantee personal hours, and personal monthly take-home pay or overtime bonuses are not inferred. |
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Wages · 10th percentile：42,760 USD/year (10th percentile; hourly wage 20.56 USD)；The 10th percentile is the low-end statistical position of the annual wage distribution under this basis； it is not an entry-level starting wage and does not convert into personal monthly income or take-home pay；O*NET national wages: 33-3012.00 (2025 wage data)
Wages · 25th percentile：48,640 USD/year (25th percentile; hourly wage 23.38 USD)；The 25th percentile means about one quarter of workers earn less than that value annually； it is a statistical position and does not indicate a seniority level or job duties；O*NET national wages: 33-3012.00 (2025 wage data)
Wages · median：58,940 USD/year (median, May 2025 wage data; median hourly wage 28.34 USD)；The median indicates the midpoint of this occupation's national wage distribution； it is not an average wage, an entry-level wage or an employer offer； the BLS combined basis median is 58,850 USD/year and bailiffs are listed separately at 56,600 USD/year；O*NET national wages: 33-3012.00 (2025 wage data)
Wages · 75th percentile：75,850 USD/year (75th percentile; hourly wage 36.47 USD)；The 75th percentile is the position of the upper quarter of the distribution, from the same statistical period； it cannot be used to infer years of experience or management duties；O*NET national wages: 33-3012.00 (2025 wage data)
Wages · 90th percentile：93,220 USD/year (90th percentile; hourly wage 44.82 USD)；The 90th percentile is a statistical position and does not prove differences caused by shift overtime or experience； this occupation's 2025 national wages.
BLS statistics and the O*NET profile serve different purposes: the former for wages, employment and projections, the latter for tasks, work context and preparation levels; they are kept separate when cited.
The employment shares and wages of the following four employer types come from BLS 2025 data for this occupation, with shares and median wages kept separate; the employer category is not a guarantee of personal income.
Percentiles are distribution positions, not seniority or rank; the source does not show the respective contributions of region, shift, hours and experience.
The projection is a change in the occupational total, not an individual's probability of finding work; under this basis all openings come from replacement demand for transfers or retirements.
| Industry | Pretax median annual wage; employment shares are in the notes | How to understand it |
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| State government | 59,990 USD/year | State government: 52% of this occupation's 2025 employment, median pretax annual wage 59,990 USD. |
| Local government | 58,500 USD/year | Local government: 40% of employment, median pretax annual wage 58,500 USD. |
| Federal government | 74,630 USD/year | Federal government: 4% of employment, median pretax annual wage 74,630 USD; this is not an education requirement proportion. |
| Facilities support services | 46,910 USD/year | Facilities support services: 3% of employment, median pretax annual wage 46,910 USD; the four categories total 99% and are not forced to add up to 100%. |
The OEWS basis is pretax regular monetary wages for wage and salary jobs, excluding self-employed workers, direct household employees and unpaid family workers; official annual values may be cited, the standard 2080-hour conversion does not guarantee personal hours, and personal monthly take-home pay or overtime bonuses are not inferred.
Duties, agency and region should be checked against actual hiring; this round has no national classification that pays registration-only work and transport work separately, and different pay bases are not derived directly from task differences.
The specific regional agency, shifts and benefit arrangements are checked against the actual position; this round did not obtain an independent causal measure of each factor on personal income.
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed)； annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed)； annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed)； annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
O*NET occupational interest baseline
RCS (Realistic, Conventional, Social)Realistic corresponds to patrol, searches and maintaining on-site order; Conventional corresponds to recording, logs and handover according to procedures; Social corresponds to communication and assistance with detainees, families and colleagues. The code comes from the official interest profile and is not a personality label.
The interest code published on the O*NET summary page for this occupation is RCS: Realistic corresponds to patrol, searches and maintaining on-site order, Conventional to recording, logs and handover according to procedures, and Social to communication and assistance with detainees, families and colleagues. Please check it against actual tasks — whether you are willing to keep executing according to procedures amid shift work and conflict risk; the interest code only describes activity types, does not predict job performance and does not constitute a hiring or weapons authorization standard.
Is my interest type close to correctional supervision work?
The interest code published by O*NET for correctional officers and bailiffs (33-3012.00) is RCS: Realistic corresponds to patrol, searches and maintaining on-site order, Conventional to recording, logs and handover according to procedures, and Social to communication and assistance with detainees, families and colleagues. Treat the code as a clue to activity types, not as a personality label.
Do not use it this way:The interest code only describes activity types, does not predict job performance and does not constitute a hiring standard.
Explore my occupational interestsDo my personality traits help with supervision work?
Repeated verification and conflict communication can be observed; this round has no Big Five correlation strength or threshold for this occupation, so it cannot be called the most directly related.
Do not use it this way:Trait descriptions do not diagnose personality and do not predict whether someone can handle a specific supervision position.
Explore my Big Five traitsCan MBTI tell me whether I fit a housing unit or a courtroom position?
MBTI-type tools describe preferences and are not occupational assignment tools; the difference between housing unit and courtroom positions lies mainly in the subjects supervised, the form of duty and the procedures, not in a preference type. Please check it against actual task experience.
Do not use it this way:Type results must not be used as a basis for hiring, scheduling or promotion.
Explore my personality preferencesCan the Enneagram help me understand why I want to be a correctional officer?
Enneagram-type descriptions are motivation cues: wanting to work in public safety and order maintenance, wanting stable employment in a public institution or the public sector, or wanting to build experience and then move toward management correspond to different choices. Treat it as a questioning tool, not as a job conclusion.
Do not use it this way:Do not treat motivation descriptions as a career choice conclusion or a basis for employment.
Explore my motivation cuesWhat cognitive demands does supervision work involve?
The preparation level for this occupation is Job Zone 1–2 (SVP below 6.0), and the work mainly involves executing by procedures, handling multiple tasks in parallel and judging risk on site; IQ-type scales describe general cognitive performance and have no official correspondence with job requirements.
Do not use it this way:Cognitive test results are not used as a hiring standard and do not replace physical, health or political review conditions.
Explore my cognitive performanceDoes this require strong communication skills?
Supervision positions require continuous communication: with detainees, families, shift colleagues and supervisors; the O*NET survey shows that 84% deal daily with unpleasant, angry or rude people and 63% deal daily with violent or physically aggressive people. Emotion-type tools only offer a self-observation angle and are not a job threshold.
Do not use it this way:Do not judge hiring or scheduling by communication style, and do not treat emotional descriptions as health conclusions.
Explore my communication cuesBetter match:Roll call, patrol and recording are this occupation's tasks and can be used to observe preferences; this round has no most common entry route or fit success rate.
Note:Shifts include night shifts and holidays; conflict and infection exposure are relatively high and alertness must be maintained for long periods.
Better match:This occupation 33-3012 includes transport to and from court, hospital and similar locations; maintaining order inside the courtroom is the adjacent bailiff direction 33-3011. Editorial observation: practice mobile handover and external collaboration records, without using them to determine suitability or statutory authority.
Note:This occupation's transport hours, routes and agency dispatch are checked separately; adjacent bailiffs usually work to the court session schedule. No comparison of high field intensity for this occupation was obtained, so specific risks are observed by task.
Better match:Maintain order in the courtroom, supervise persons on trial and carry out service of process and similar court business; compared with detention facility supervision this relies more on judicial procedure.
Note:Already an adjacent occupation: the workplace and procedures differ, and its duties and authorization requirements must be checked separately.
View related occupations:BailiffsBetter match:Patrol the streets, handle calls and investigate cases, with statutory arrest and law enforcement authority.
Note:The subjects and source of power differ from supervision positions, and moving across requires supplementing law enforcement and investigative training.
View related occupations:Police and detectivesBetter match:Supervise correctional subjects in the community or in institutions, assess risk and carry out treatment and assistance plans, usually requiring a bachelor's degree.
Note:The focus is on correctional treatment and case management, and moving across requires the relevant educational background and training.
View related occupations:Probation officers and correctional treatment specialistsBetter match:Carry out access control, patrols and property protection at specific premises, with authority usually deriving from contracts and premises rules.
Note:Security guard tasks may include control, warning, arrest or removal, and the task catalogue grants no jurisdictional authority; their subjects, statutory authority and agency conditions must be checked separately, without uniformly ranking the breadth of coercive power or inferring pay and promotion differences.
View related occupations:Security guardsSupervision positions involve a great deal of repeated roll call, patrol and recording every shift; being able to accept repetition and make each check real is the precondition for safety.
Incident records and handling are reviewed by supervisors and later proceedings; only by treating rework as part of the verification process rather than as something aimed at the individual can improvement continue.
63% daily contact with violent attackers is a U.S. response; when risk occurs, protect people and request support according to the applicable emergency procedure, and no general order for taking control first is given.
Legal procedural limits and work autonomy responses are kept separate: in the U.S., 50% have a lot of decision freedom, 26% some and 21% limited, so limited decision freedom cannot be inferred for all decisions from executing the law.
According to the O*NET survey, 87% report continuous contact with others and 93% have face-to-face discussions daily; you must handle detainees' requests as well as communicate with families, colleagues and supervisors.
BLS states that shift work for these positions covers round-the-clock periods including weekends and holidays; O*NET shows 80% work indoors every day. People sensitive to night shifts or closed environments should check shift arrangements first.
Shifts at this occupation's detention facilities cover day and night, weekends and holidays; adjacent bailiffs usually work to the court session schedule. This occupation's transport roster is checked per agency and position and is not uniformly equated with court session hours.
Editorial observation: use fictional record samples and appropriate training feedback to check accuracy, communication and outstanding items; it is not guaranteed that practice volume explains fit better than a test score; real facility visits or job shadowing require actual permission.
No. Tests describe preference cues, do not predict job performance and do not constitute a hiring, qualification or weapons authorization judgment; the real judgment comes from task samples and training feedback.
Use the fictional exercises on this page or one facility visit and job-shadowing session to check the real conditions, and compare your observations item by item with the target position's shifts, subjects supervised and authorization scope.
Main positions：Housing unit duty, search, transport and courtroom positions
Possible consequences：Personal injury causes time off work and staff shortages, and improper handling may trigger wider loss of control and liability.
Reducing risk：Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided.
Basis：O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers detailed information (33-3012.00)
Typical settings：U.S. responses: daily disease 63%, noise 63% and contaminants 36%; 36% almost touching and 51% at arm's length; the 51% must not be treated as the total for all close proximity, and no measurement was obtained showing searches involve more concentrated exposure than other positions.
Main positions：Housing units, medical rooms, transport vehicles and search positions
Possible consequences：Disease and noise require workstation-specific occupational health assessment; this round did not obtain infection, hearing loss or absence rates for this occupation, and diagnosis is not inferred from exposure responses.
Reducing risk：Protect people according to actual workstation protection and agency exposure procedures; when disease exposure occurs, report promptly and obtain an appropriate professional health assessment; this round has no complete general cleaning or recovery procedure, so rescue must not be uniformly stopped first, nor should arbitrary washing be done.
Basis：BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Correctional Officers and Bailiffs · g04-force
Typical settings：Using restraint and force beyond authorization under pressure or emotion, or failing to record or accurately record the handling afterwards, removes the legal basis for the action; retaliatory and excessive use likewise constitute exceeding authority.
Main positions：Positions carrying out restraint, searches and control of situations
Possible consequences：Exceeding authority brings legal liability, disciplinary consequences and loss of agency reputation, and removes the basis for subsequent proceedings.
Reducing risk：Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided.
Basis：BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Correctional Officers and Bailiffs · g04-cdc
Typical settings：Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Main positions：People working in detention facilities and courtroom positions in mainland China
Possible consequences：Treating a classification name, police rank or one unit's system as uniform work authorization causes distorted judgments and misplaced responsibility.
Reducing risk：Carry out duty, search and use-of-force procedures according to applicable law, regulatory rules and unit systems and keep records; the specific authority and scope of responsibility follow current rules, and this page does not constitute a law enforcement authorization or qualification opinion.
Basis：Official published text of the People's Police Law
Typical settings：Failing to count one by one, failing to record incidents and injuries, or omitting head count and status at handover may hinder the identification and review of escape, wrongful release or supervision failure risks; check the actual on-site inspection and other materials rather than inferring that nothing can be found.
Main positions：Positions responsible for roll call and counting, incident records and shift handover
Possible consequences：Missing or inaccurate key records may hinder safety incident investigation and responsibility verification; the traceable scope must be checked against actual records and other materials.
Reducing risk：Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided.
Basis：NIST：Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) · O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers detailed information (33-3012.00)
Typical settings：BLS states supervisory positions cover round-the-clock including weekends and holidays; U.S. responses include daily time pressure 62%, face-to-face 93% and angry or rude contact 84%, with consequences of error 41% extremely serious and 32% very serious, not at least fairly serious 41%.
Main positions：Housing unit and transport positions covering round-the-clock shifts
Possible consequences：Shift pressure should be checked against individual scheduling and health management; this round has no causal measure from night shifts to disease and accidents for this occupation, and no diagnosis is inferred from emotional questionnaires.
Reducing risk：Arrange shifts and rest according to agency rules, use psychological support and employee assistance resources, and report and seek help according to the system during sustained fatigue or emotional distress.
Basis：BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Correctional Officers and Bailiffs · O*NET OnLine: Correctional Officers and Jailers summary (33-3012.00)
Qualifications and credentials must be checked item by item: education and the recruitment examination, physical fitness assessment and political review, pre-service and on-the-job training, and police rank and law enforcement authority are not the same level of status and cannot substitute for one another.
| Entry positions | What you mainly do early in the job | Ability materials the editors suggest observing | How to prove it without experience | Difference from other directions |
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| Housing unit duty trainee position | Become familiar with housing unit layout, roll call and counting and record requirements under shift supervision, verify the head count against a checklist and document it truthfully. | Procedural awareness, recording standards, health and physical fitness conditions, political review and recruitment conditions. | A fictional roll call, counting and record sample. | Leans toward supervised duty and does not independently take on use-of-force handling. |
| Housing unit duty position | Independently carry out housing unit duty: patrol facilities, monitor activities, search for contraband and handle common violations. | Duty stability, handling according to procedures, record completeness and awareness of requesting support. | A fictional patrol and incident record sample. | Responsible for daily order in the housing unit, and force must be used within authorization. |
| Transport and court appearance position | Carry out transport and supervision of detainees to and from court and hospital according to procedures and complete handover. |
Under the U.S. basis this occupation usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, with a preparation level of Job Zone 1–2; some agencies have age requirements and some federal agencies require a bachelor's degree or related work experience.
The O*NET summary page education requirement response proportions show 92% indicating a high school diploma or equivalent is needed and 8% indicating a two-year degree is needed; the U.S. basis and the recruitment and educational requirements for People's Police in mainland China cannot be directly equated.
Supervision and transport positions usually require meeting health and physical fitness requirements and completing a training academy and pre-service training; specific standards are set by the agency and jurisdiction.
Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Able to complete roll call, counting and patrol according to procedures during shifts, able to identify and handle contraband and common conflicts, able to use restraint within authorization and able to truthfully record incidents and handover (from O*NET task and work context data).
U.S. responses: accuracy 67% extremely important and 16% very important, PPE68% daily, and consequences of error 41% extremely serious and 32% very serious; these are not hiring thresholds.
Deliverable: a fully fictional shift's roll call, counting and patrol records, including head count, facility status, findings and handling.
State the source of each item of information (on-site observation, another person's statement or to be verified), and the head count and status must not contradict each other.
Deliverable: a one-page record stating the course of the incident, the handling taken according to procedures, whom support was requested from and reported to, and the conditions for recovery.
Distinguish actual observation from speculated causes, do not treat assumptions as confirmed results, and do not use real case materials.
Deliverable: a shift handover checklist noting the head count, status, outstanding items and responsible person, which the successor can use to review.
Deliverable: a one-page note explaining how you arranged handling and reporting under shift and conflict pressure, which step took the most time and what you will practice next; it must not contain real agency, detainee or case information.
| Stage | What may be assessed | Observation evidence | Usage boundary |
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| Procedure and law question and answer | Whether you can clearly explain the basic requirements for roll call and counting, patrol and search, the source and limits of use-of-force authority, and when support must be requested and reported. | Answer records and explanation of the basis. | A single agency's assessment method does not represent a uniform national process. |
| Scenario judgment | When facing conflict, violence, self-harm or contraband, whether you can describe the handling sequence, restraint and escalation actions, and the records and evidence that must be protected. | Answer records and the basis for the judgment. | The assessment scope is set by the agency and jurisdiction, and this page does not infer it. |
| Records and privacy question and answer |
| Qualification/preparation item | Mainly suited to whom | Practical role in job seeking | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Registration and processing conditions | Investment considerations | Important limitations |
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| Educational background (senior high school and above) | People preparing to enter supervision and law enforcement related positions | Chinese basic conditions and specific announcements are kept separate; the typical U.S. high school level is listed separately | Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained | Per the educational requirements in the target unit's recruitment announcement | Uniform fees and duration not obtained | Education does not represent law enforcement authorization or competence for the post. |
| Recruitment examination and physical fitness assessment |
Fictional scenario: at a fictional jail, during the 23:40 roll call in housing unit A on the night shift, 24 detainees were expected but 23 were present; the cell door record shows that detainee was taken to the medical room by the duty officer at 23:10 but there is no entry recording a return; at the same time housing unit B reported a detainee who was agitated and made self-harm statements, and a mail inspection elsewhere found suspected contraband. In that day's records, a 22:30 patrol was left blank, and the handover sheet only says 'handled'.
Materials provided: shift roll call and patrol records; transport and medical visit registration; housing unit roster; incident report template; summary of restraint and search procedures; handover sheet.
Materials not provided: the detainee's specific whereabouts and medical room records, the nature of the suspected contraband, and the approval process for whether isolation or escalation is required. If the exercise requires these conditions, please clearly write down your assumptions and the parties you need to confirm with.
Please write a one-page night shift handling and handover plan: including the order for verifying the roll call discrepancy, confirmation and escalation of the person's whereabouts, graded handling of self-harm risk and requesting support, preservation and transfer of contraband, the method for completing and correcting records, and the items to hand over to the next shift.
The plan should state which information comes from the scenario materials and which is still assumptions, and explain whether it relies on the roll call records, the registration sheet or the procedure summary.
The plan should include: verification (first recheck the roster and roll call records to confirm whether the discrepancy is a registration omission or an actual absence), whereabouts confirmation (if the medical visit registration is missing, verify according to procedures with the medical room and the duty supervisor, and do not write it off on a verbal statement alone), risk handling (for self-harm statements, request support according to the grading, keep observation, and if necessary restrain under authorization and report immediately), contraband (preserve the evidence, register and seal it and transfer it according to procedures, without handling it yourself), records (make explanatory corrections to the blank patrol and the 'handled' handover, stating the corrector, time and basis, and never alter the original records) and handover (clearly state the head count, discrepancies, actions taken and items still to be confirmed).
Find a public material on detention facility safety or law enforcement standards, mark three requirements related to duty, records or use of force, and write down what you want to confirm.
Using a fictional housing unit and shift, compile the roll call and counting, facility patrol and record requirements into an actionable checklist, and note the actions and whom to report to when a discrepancy is found.
Using fictional roll call and handover records, find conflicts in head count, time or numbering, compile them into a to-be-verified list, and do not infer the nature of the incident.
Write out the handling sequence for one conflict or self-harm risk: observation and calling for support, restraint and isolation under authorization, recording, reporting and recovery conditions, and note which steps must be decided by authorized personnel.
Using fictional data, write a shift handover including head count, status, outstanding items and responsible person, which the successor can use to review.
Typical responsibilities：Become familiar with housing unit layout, roll call and counting and record requirements under shift supervision, verify the head count against a checklist and document it truthfully.
Promotion evidence：Able to complete roll call, counting and recording according to procedures and report immediately when a discrepancy appears.
Qualification boundaries：U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions. Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Next steps：Become familiar with facilities, access control and search procedures.
Typical responsibilities：Independently carry out housing unit duty: patrol facilities, monitor activities, search for contraband and handle common violations.
Promotion evidence：Stable duty, handling according to procedures and truthful recording, and able to request support when an exception occurs.
Qualification boundaries：Complete in-house training and position authorization according to agency rules.
Next steps：Add transport collaboration according to real agency arrangements; a bailiff goal is a separate appointment and does not rotate automatically.
Typical responsibilities：Coordinate duty and handover across multiple housing units, guide new colleagues and handle exceptions in transport and registration.
Promotion evidence：Able to coordinate on site and keep records and handover continuous.
Qualification boundaries：Arranged according to agency rules.
Next steps：Learn the basics of scheduling and assessment.
Typical responsibilities：Participate in scheduling, assessment, discipline and escalation of handling, and bear team management responsibility.
Promotion evidence：Able to balance safety, records and team management requirements.
Qualification boundaries：The management direction usually requires front-line experience, with conditions set by the agency.
Next steps：Check that adjacent occupation's duties and appointment requirements.
Typical responsibilities：Assist with escort registration, in-vehicle supervision and handover verification, and record head count and status according to procedures.
Promotion evidence：Able to verify identity and status and truthfully fill in the handover record.
Qualification boundaries：U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions. Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Next steps：Learn exception handling en route and coordination procedures.
Typical responsibilities：Independently carry out transport and supervision of detainees to and from court, hospital and facilities.
Promotion evidence：Able to restrain and hand over according to procedures, and handle and report exceptions en route according to procedures.
Typical responsibilities：Assist with intake registration, identity and charge records, fingerprint collection and file organizing.
Promotion evidence：Able to verify identity and paperwork according to procedures and enter them truthfully.
Qualification boundaries：U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions. Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Next steps：Learn record systems and privacy requirements.
Typical responsibilities：Maintain incident logs, shift records and reports, and verify facts and the timeline.
Promotion evidence：Records can be reconstructed by others through review, and exceptions and handling are truthful and complete.
Complete roll call and counting, patrol and recording under shift supervision, able to verify head count and status against a checklist and document it truthfully; the goal is to make the basic actions of procedures, recording and escalation into habits.
Independently carry out housing unit duty: patrol according to procedures, search for contraband, handle common conflicts and violations, use restraint within authorization and request support and report when exceptions occur.
Editorial development thread: transport, registration and training roles may be added according to agency arrangements; bailiffs are an adjacent occupation requiring separate appointment, and cross-courtroom rotation is not guaranteed to be a required step for promotion.
Participate in scheduling, assessment, discipline and escalation of handling; this stage usually corresponds to adjacent occupations such as first-line supervisors of correctional officers, whose duties and appointment requirements must be checked separately.
Does not explain：The projection is a change in the occupational total, not an individual hiring probability; a decline in the total does not mean there are no job openings, and under this basis all openings come from replacement demand.
United States · Correctional officers and bailiffs (O*NET 33-3012.00 basis)
Certification and training search entry
Certification and training information
O*NET provides a certification and training search entry for this detailed occupation, used to verify certificate and training information; this is an information entry description, not a demand signal.
Does not explain：The certification and training entry does not predict job counts or wage levels.
Editorial compilation for this page · Correctional officers and bailiffs
Recruiting and examination verification basis (editorial compilation)
How recruiting and examination information is verified
Editorially compiled explanation of the basis for checking position information: recruiting and examination announcements can only indicate one unit's position demand at one point in time.
Does not explain：Recruiting and examination announcements do not represent national demand, the median wage or uniform entry requirements.
These are skill adjacency relationships and do not mean automatic promotion or that no further learning is needed.
Transferable：Shared abilities: maintaining order, supervision and procedural constraints, and records and handover.
To be supplemented：To be supplemented: courtroom procedure, judicial documents and service rules, plus handling methods in courtroom settings.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: on-site judgment, maintaining order, and records and evidence awareness.
To be supplemented：Supplement the target patrol officer's street-level enforcement, on-scene aid, traffic and investigative procedures and appointment conditions; this occupation already has Supplemental tasks for in-house investigations and pursuing escapees, so not all law enforcement experience should be judged missing.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: risk assessment, case communication and understanding of correctional settings.
To be supplemented：Supplement community supervision, case management and service referral, violation investigation and the target appointment conditions; this round did not obtain the target unit's educational requirements, and direct transfer on the basis of occupational adjacency is not guaranteed.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: access control, patrols, premises safety and records.
To be supplemented：Supplement the target contract, premises rules, training and statutory authority; O*NET security guard tasks include control and removal, so it cannot be asserted from the name alone that there is no coercive power at all or that authority is always narrower.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: duty experience, understanding of procedures and on-site handling.
To be supplemented：To be supplemented: scheduling and assessment, discipline management, escalation of handling and team management responsibility.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: fact verification, records and chain of evidence awareness.
To be supplemented：To be supplemented: case investigation, interrogation and evidence gathering procedures, and case file referral.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: daily duty, behavior observation and communication.
To be supplemented：To be supplemented: care and counseling methods, case records and cross-agency collaboration.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Shared abilities: patrol, maintaining order and emergency handling.
To be supplemented：To be supplemented: transit system enforcement, jurisdictional rules and specialized training.
View occupation detailsCorrectional officers and bailiffs mainly supervise detainees and maintain order in correctional facilities and courtrooms; police officers and sheriff's patrol officers patrol the streets, handle calls and hold statutory arrest authority; bailiffs maintain courtroom order and carry out service of process and similar court business (BLS publishes this in a combined category with this occupation); security guards focus on premises and property protection within the contract scope and generally do not have police coercive power.
Monitoring and access control systems, detainee management record systems, incident logs and report templates, and scheduling and roll call assistance tools can reduce transcription and compilation; but roll call and counting and facility patrol, searches and contraband judgment, conflict control and the use of force, injury and risk identification, and communication with detainees and their families still depend on on-site personnel and are constrained by law and agency procedure. Technical exposure is not equal to organizational adoption or job disappearance.
What can be verified is change at the task level: the three task categories of records, logs and reports, monitoring, access control and alarms, and detainee information and schedules can be partly taken on by tools; this page has no single-occupation adoption rate or displacement data.
On-site observation and risk judgment, searches and contraband handling, conflict control and the proportion of force used, the truthfulness and completeness of records, the continuity of transport and handover, and review and privacy awareness when using monitoring and recording systems.
U.S. May 2025 median annual wage 58,940 USD and hourly wage 28.34 USD (single-occupation basis for 33-3012.00), with percentiles at annual wages 42,760／48,640／58,940／75,850／93,220 USD; the BLS combined basis median is 58,850 USD/year and bailiffs 56,600 USD/year; no occupation-level wage value was obtained for mainland China, and this page treats it as a gap rather than filling it with an industry average.
The U.S. preparation level is Job Zone 1–2, and the education requirement response proportions show 92% indicating a high school diploma or equivalent is needed and 8% indicating a two-year degree is needed; usually one enters a training academy first and then agency on-the-job training, with some federal agencies requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience. In mainland China, police officers in detention facilities belong to the People's Police series, and recruitment and training follow recruitment and unit rules.
There is no uniform national license in the United States, and training academies and on-the-job training are mostly arranged by agencies; in mainland China, recruitment, police rank and law enforcement authority for the People's Police are set by the public security and judicial administration systems, and specific conditions are checked against the target unit's recruitment announcement and current rules.
First use the fictional shift materials on this page to complete one 'roll call and count—facility patrol—search and record—conflict scenario handling' exercise, or attend one agency visit and public briefing, and then check the target position's shifts, subjects supervised and authorization scope.
The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook shows that under this combined basis employment falls 7% over 2025—2035 (-29,900), with about 30,000 openings per year all coming from replacement demand; the total declines but replacement openings continue to arise, and shifts cover round-the-clock periods, so it must be checked against the actual demand of local agencies.
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Nine-section material update: 2026-10-09; source years are listed separately.
Sources are layered: O*NET33-3012 tasks and context for this occupation, 2025 wages and 2025—2035 trends; BLS lists this occupation and the combined table including bailiffs separately; NBS2025 matching industry background; China's People's Police Law, the regulations on police instruments and weapons, and the not-yet-effective 2026 Prison Law; and CDC, ILO method, the NIST voluntary framework and clearly marked editorial suggestions.
Usage limits：O*NET supports courtroom order, safety, and people and evidence management; BLS separately supports courtroom document tasks, and not all document duties such as service of process are described as the original O*NET list.
Usage limits：Only supports the investigation, evidence gathering and interrogation tasks of detectives and criminal investigators; it is an adjacent occupation whose work object is case evidence rather than daily order inside a detention facility.
Usage limits：Security work includes access control, patrol, alarm reporting and control and removal tasks, which does not prove that no jurisdiction has any coercive power or that it is always narrower than this occupation's authority.
This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed); annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality. U.S. O*NET Job Zone1–2 for this occupation, SVP below 6, education responses 92% high school or equivalent and 8% two-year degree; BLS states usually high school plus a training academy and on-the-job training, with federal positions requiring a bachelor's degree or related experience and some states requiring state certification. Actual agency conditions are checked separately; not a China threshold or a uniform requirement for all positions.
Usage limits：Article 2 of China's People's Police Law covers public security, state security, prisons, and court and procuratorate judicial police; Articles 26—29 set out the corresponding basic recruitment conditions, open examination, strict assessment and training, with additional conditions for leadership positions. The basic condition of senior high school or above does not mean the target position necessarily accepts senior high school; this round did not obtain the target unit's complete educational requirements, political review, physical fitness and recruitment rules. Police rank, position, training and specific law enforcement authority are kept separate and cannot substitute for one another.
Usage limits：Only supports the patrol and enforcement tasks of transit and railroad police (adjacent occupation) within the transit system; the jurisdiction and training system differ from this occupation.
Usage limits：Only supports the scheduling, assessment and escalation of handling tasks of first-line supervisors of correctional officers (adjacent occupation); management duties are not equal to this occupation's daily duty responsibilities.
Usage limits：Only supports the residential care and counseling tasks of residential advisors (adjacent occupation); the nature of responsibility differs from detention supervision.
Usage limits：Supports the street-level patrol, questioning and law enforcement tasks of police officers and sheriff's patrol officers (adjacent occupation); the enforcement subject and source of power differ from this occupation and cannot represent this occupation's wage and employment data.
Usage limits：Supports this occupation's preparation level (Job Zone 1–2, SVP below 6.0), education requirement response proportions (92% high school or equivalent, 8% two-year degree) and interest codes (RCS); it does not represent a specific agency's hiring conditions and is not equivalent to mainland China requirements.
Usage limits：Supports community supervision, case management, violation investigation and service referral tasks; this round did not verify the adjacent occupation's wages or the target recruitment conditions, and this link is not used to support the BLS median.
Usage limits：Six occupational interest exploration tools, not Big Five, MBTI, EQ, a hiring standard or a competence prediction.
Usage limits：NBS2025 public administration, social security and social organizations urban non-private units at 119,465 yuan pretax annual average, used as background only when the actual unit's main industry matches; that table has no corresponding private industry value. The China occupation-level median, percentiles and job posting offer statistics for this occupation were not obtained. The legal-entity basis is 5 or more people, excludes self-employed and freelance workers, and includes bonuses and allowances; it cannot be treated as police pay, monthly take-home pay or occupational percentiles.
Usage limits：A NIST voluntary AI governance framework, not a statutory industry handling procedure.
Usage limits：The OEWS basis is pretax regular monetary wages for wage and salary jobs, excluding self-employed workers, direct household employees and unpaid family workers; official annual values may be cited, the standard 2080-hour conversion does not guarantee personal hours, and personal monthly take-home pay or overtime bonuses are not inferred.
Usage limits：Supports this occupation's 28 tasks, context, interests and preparation levels; the current industry page does not state the year, so it cannot be called a complete 2024 survey. Adoption rates and causality are not in this profile.
Usage limits：2025 U.S. Lightcast hot hiring technology page: Office2%, Excel and Outlook each 1%, and Word/PowerPoint/Access each below 1%; proportions for Acrobat and Facebook are not provided. That page does not list jail management or electronic monitoring software; job posting keyword proportions are not usage rates, AI adoption rates or personal proficiency.
Usage limits：NBS2025 public administration, social security and social organizations urban non-private units at 119,465 yuan pretax annual average, used as background only when the actual unit's main industry matches; that table has no corresponding private industry value. The China occupation-level median, percentiles and job posting offer statistics for this occupation were not obtained. The legal-entity basis is 5 or more people, excludes self-employed and freelance workers, and includes bonuses and allowances; it cannot be treated as police pay, monthly take-home pay or occupational percentiles.
Usage limits：Explains OEWS coverage, wage composition and conversion assumptions; it does not provide specific values for this occupation and is not used to convert hourly wages into personal monthly income.
Usage limits：Publishes this occupation's annual wage percentiles of 42,760／48,640／58,940／75,850／93,220 USD and hourly percentiles of 20.56／23.38／28.34／36.47／44.82 USD; percentiles are statistical positions, not rank levels, and cannot be converted into personal monthly income or take-home pay.
Usage limits：Provides a certification and training search entry for this detailed occupation, used to verify certificate and training information; it is an information entry description that does not predict job counts or wage levels and does not replace the qualification conditions of mainland China.
Usage limits：Supports the task exposure method; this round did not obtain a score directly matching this occupation or deployment causality.
Usage limits：Supports this occupation's (33-3012.00) tasks, detailed work activities and work context percentages; the page uses a single-occupation basis and does not include technology adoption or job displacement data.
Usage limits：This link supports patrol officer tasks; for detectives 33-3021 see the separate announcement, and this page is not used to support combined wages or appointment qualifications for the two positions.
Usage limits：This occupation 33-3012: 2025 employment 397,800 people and 2035 projected 368,200 people, a projected decline of 7%, with BLS listing a net change of -29,500 (endpoints and change are rounded separately and the endpoint difference is not recomputed); annual average openings 28,400 (2025—2035, O*NET citing BLS). The 33-3010 combined basis including bailiffs, at 415,800 people, a decline of 7%, a net change of -29,900 and about 30,000 per year on average, is listed separately and not mixed in. Openings are not a net increase, current hiring or a hiring rate, and the projection is not AI displacement causality.
Usage limits：Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided.
Usage limits：The 2026 revision of the Prison Law was promulgated on 2026-04-30 and takes effect on 2026-11-01; as of 2026-10-09 in this round it had not yet taken effect, and the new provisions are not treated as current enforcement procedure.
Usage limits：Supports U.S. facility infection prevention and health service recommendations, not Chinese statutory procedures, medication dosage guidance or occupational disease rates.
Usage limits：Proposes tool opportunities, ability observations and development threads based on tasks; it is not measured adoption, a personality fit study or a real training certificate.
Note: this page distinguishes official statistics, regulatory standards and editorial compilation; source names and their scope of application are not interchangeable. U.S. and mainland China data are in separate columns: U.S. wages use the single-occupation basis for 33-3012.00, employment and projections use the BLS combined basis, and mainland China is treated as a gap; the three do not substitute for one another. When the statistical period, survey subjects and pay basis differ they are cited separately; no interpolation and no filling in with adjacent occupations or industry averages. The exercise materials are all fictional or based on public materials and do not constitute training proof, law enforcement authorization or a hiring promise.
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Judgment three: is the use of force within authorization and proportion
Judgment four: are incidents and handling recorded truthfully and completely
Judgment five: are transport and handover continuous and traceable
Judgment six: did you escalate according to procedures when exceeding authority or facing higher risk
| Accuracy of procedural execution, handling of exceptions en route and completeness of handover. |
| A fictional transport and handover record sample. |
| The emphasis is on movement and handover, and specific transport hours are checked against agency dispatch rather than uniformly following court sessions. |
| Intake registration and records position | Handle intake registration, identity and charge records, fingerprint collection and file organizing. | Accuracy of identity verification, standards for paperwork and system entry, and privacy awareness. | A fictional registration and file verification sample. | Leans toward administrative and records work with less contact with use-of-force handling. |
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| Courtroom order position (adjacent bailiff direction) | Maintain order in the courtroom, supervise persons on trial and support judicial procedure. | Understanding of procedure, on-site order maintenance and collaboration ability. | A fictional courtroom order and personnel handover sample. | It is a courtroom setting, and the work subject and procedures are led by the judiciary. |
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2025 U.S. Lightcast hot hiring technology page: Office2%, Excel and Outlook each 1%, and Word/PowerPoint/Access each below 1%; proportions for Acrobat and Facebook are not provided. That page does not list jail management or electronic monitoring software; job posting keyword proportions are not usage rates, AI adoption rates or personal proficiency.
The editors suggest checking whether the target announcement requires tool proficiency; job posting keywords are not evidence of personal proficiency, core ability or law enforcement authorization.
| Answer records or comparison against record samples. |
| The assessment standards are set by the agency and jurisdiction, and this page does not infer them. |
| Job shadowing and trial-period observation | Comprehensive assessment of duty execution, conflict handling, record quality, handover completeness and procedural compliance under shift supervision. | Sampling of trial-period duty and incident records, and review of the handling process. | Assessment and appointment conditions are set by the agency, and this page does not constitute a hiring or law enforcement authorization promise. |
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| People applying for supervision and courtroom related positions |
| Recruitment of People's Police involves open examination and strict assessment; physical fitness arrangements are checked separately in the announcement |
| Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained |
| Per the registration and assessment arrangements in the recruitment announcement |
| Uniform fees and duration not obtained |
| Passing the examination does not mean obtaining law enforcement authority or a specific position assignment. |
| Political review and background check | People applying for positions such as People's Police that require review | The specific political review and background check arrangements are checked against the applicable rules and the target announcement for the relevant year, without inferring national usage frequency. | Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained | Submit materials per the recruitment and review rules | Uniform fees and duration not obtained | The relationship between the review outcome and position assignment is set by the unit. |
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| Pre-service and on-the-job training | Personnel who have been hired and entered the training stage | Statutory training and actual position training are checked separately | Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained | Organized by the training institution or unit | Uniform fees and duration not obtained | Passing training does not mean permanent authorization, and it must be executed per position and system. |
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| Police rank, position and law enforcement authority (checked separately) | Personnel bearing law enforcement and use-of-force duties | Police rank does not independently determine statutory handling authority | Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained | Granted per current regulations and unit systems | Uniform fees and duration not obtained | Articles 4 and 7—13 of China's Regulations on the Use of Police Instruments and Weapons by the People's Police limit the circumstances, the necessary limits, stopping use, and responsibility for rescue and reporting; not all supervision situations permit force, and police rank or a supervisor's opinion cannot replace the legal conditions. In cases of violence, injury, self-harm or exposure, protect people, request support and report according to the applicable emergency procedure; this round did not obtain the complete suspension and recovery procedure of each agency, so no general operating sequence is provided. |
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| Duty and management training | People preparing to take on duty and management responsibilities | Editorial management learning direction; the actual training requirements and recognition are checked per position, with no evidence of competitive benefit. | Check against applicable regulations and target position conditions; no national prevalence rate across positions was obtained | Per unit systems and position requirements | Uniform fees and duration not obtained | Management training is not the same as authorization for safety or law enforcement responsibility positions. |
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The 2026 revision of the Prison Law was promulgated on 2026-04-30 and takes effect on 2026-11-01; as of 2026-10-09 in this round it had not yet taken effect, and the new provisions are not treated as current enforcement procedure.
The reference deliverable only lists the elements that should be included and does not require the exact wording of the example; being able to explain the basis for the judgment is enough.
This exercise only tests roll call verification, record and escalation awareness, contraband handling and handover organization ability; it does not evaluate whether a real agency's handling is compliant and does not constitute a hiring, law enforcement authorization or real case handling recommendation.
Do not use real agency, detainee or case information; any real use of force, search or medical visit procedure must be carried out according to your unit and the law.
Have a peer review your conclusions and gap markings using only your materials, and record the questions they raise.
Return to the judgment checklist on this page and write down three reasons you are willing to continue and two conditions that require caution.
Qualification boundaries：Complete in-house training and position authorization according to agency rules.
Next steps：Learn courtroom order and judicial collaboration procedures.
Typical responsibilities：Collaborate with the court, clerks and bailiffs to maintain trial order and personnel handover.
Promotion evidence：Able to support judicial procedure and keep records complete.
Qualification boundaries：Per jurisdiction and agency rules.
Next steps：Learn cross-agency collaboration and document handover.
Typical responsibilities：Coordinate transport, courtroom and medical arrangements and handle complex handovers.
Promotion evidence：Able to balance procedural, safety and timeliness requirements.
Qualification boundaries：Per agency procedures.
Next steps：Check cross-agency authority and responsibility requirements.
Qualification boundaries：Complete in-house training and system authorization according to agency rules.
Next steps：Learn data quality and statistical linkage.
Typical responsibilities：Verify that identity, incident and handover fields match the original records; this round has no institutional evidence for moving from this occupation to a public health statistics position.
Promotion evidence：Fields match the individual case materials and are traceable.
Qualification boundaries：Per agency and statistical release basis.
Next steps：Learn the statistical basis and release process.
Typical responsibilities：Responsible for record standards, data quality and privacy compliance and handle cross-department coordination.
Promotion evidence：Able to balance data quality, privacy and management requirements.
Qualification boundaries：Per agency rules and regulatory requirements.
Next steps：Check the relevant privacy and data governance requirements.
Usage limits：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
