Rockhampton recruits start new QCS career
- Sixteen officers start new career at Capricornia Correctional Centre
- Family links highlight generational career opportunities within QCS
- Opportunities available throughout the state to join the frontline of community safety
Sixteen new Custodial Correctional Officers stepped up to join the frontline of community safety today (22 June) at a graduation ceremony in Rockhampton.
The officers will start their new careers at Capricornia Correctional Centre to deliver reform and rehabilitation to make Queensland communities safer.
With backgrounds in trades, mining, hospitality and retail, the new officers are now equipped with skills in conflict management and tactical operations to play a central role in reducing reoffending so there are fewer victims of crime.
The graduating cohort included three officers who followed family members into corrections, demonstrating the generational career opportunities available within QCS.
Queensland Corrective Services' frontline across the state has been boosted by more than 1500 officers in 18 months to make Queensland safer.
Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber congratulated the graduating officers for their dedication and commitment to community safety.
"Corrective Service officers play a vital role in protecting our communities and rehabilitating offenders so we have fewer victims of crime," Minister Gerber said.
"I welcome the new graduates into the QCS team and wish them all the best as they embark on this exciting step in their careers."
General Manager Capricornia Correctional Centre, Chief Superintendent Alan Houchin congratulated the officers as they start their new community safety frontline role.
"We welcome our newest officers and wish them the best as they embark on this exciting step in their careers," Chief Superintendent Houchin said.
"Working on the frontline of community safety is a team effort and we are strengthening numbers to deliver reform and rehabilitation that will mean less crime, fewer victims and safer communities.
"Corrections can be challenging but also extremely rewarding, and I encourage anyone looking for a career that supports community safety to take a look at the opportunities available."
There is a wide range of career paths and opportunities with Queensland Corrective Services working in custodial environments and in the community.
QCS is actively recruiting for positions across Queensland, including custodial officers, programs and education officers, case managers, occupational therapists, psychologists and counsellors working in correctional mental health.
