Correctional officers commit to community safety at last graduation of 2025
- QCS celebrates last graduation of the year welcoming 47 new custodial officers, including 15 First Nations graduates
- Three experienced officers recognised for 50 years of service between them
- Recruitment open for 2026 offering a wide variety of career pathways and opportunities
Forty-seven new Custodial Correctional Officers (CCOs) marched out in front of family and friends to join the community safety frontline today (12 December) as Queensland Corrective Services celebrated its final officer graduation for the year in Brisbane.
The new officers join more than 1,000 CCOs recruited in the past year to strengthen frontline numbers at correctional centres across Queensland and play an essential role in delivering safer communities across the State.
After completing 10-weeks of intensive training which has equipped them with fundamental skills in conflict management, tactical skills and QCS policies and legislation, the new officers will be deployed to Arthur Gorrie, Brisbane, Brisbane Women's and Wolston correctional centres, and the QCS Escort and Security Branch.
QCS' workforce diversity has been further bolstered with 15 new First Nations officers joining the agency.
Three experienced officers with 50 years of working in corrections between them were also presented with Long Service and Good Conduct medals at the ceremony.
Representing the Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber MP, the Member for Lockyer Jim McDonald MP congratulated the graduating officers for their dedication community safety.
"Queensland's Custodial Correctional Officers play an important role protecting the community and holding offenders to account," Mr McDonald said.
"These new graduates will soon be working to ensure the security of our prisons and safety in our communities.
"I congratulate them for their hard work and wish them the very best as they step into their new roles."
QCS Commissioner Paul Stewart APM congratulated the new officers on their commitment to community safety and welcomed them to QCS.
"Our officers are our greatest asset, and we are strengthening our numbers to deliver reform and rehabilitation that will mean less crime, fewer victims and safer communities," Commissioner Stewart said.
"I am particularly pleased to see the diversity of our workforce further bolstered by today's graduating group which is fundamentally helping deliver effective correctional services that address offending behaviour.
"We also acknowledged the long-term dedication of some of our more experienced officers who were presented with Long Service and Good Conduct medals today, their extensive experience is instrumental in guiding their new colleagues as they embark on their new career.
"Working on the frontline of community safety can be challenging but also extremely rewarding and we encourage anyone looking to play their role in making our communities safer to consider a career in corrections - our recruitment for 2026 is open."
Queensland Corrective Services is actively recruiting for good, public safety focused jobs and careers including trade instructors, dog squad officers, psychologists, counsellors, cultural liaison officers and administration.
Becoming a Custodial Correctional officer is the starting point for an exciting career with Queensland Corrective Services with a wide range of career paths and opportunities.
Custodial Correctional Officers enjoy excellent employment conditions including a competitive salary and superannuation, employment security, salary packaging and health and wellbeing programs.
