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Correctional Trade Instructor - Agriculture/Building Trades - Maine State Prison, Warren.
Grade 17: $25.66 to $32.97
(rate includes $1.00 Direct Care Stipend)
Job Class Code: 5350
Open: August 27, 2026
Close: September 11, 2026
MDOC is destigmatizing corrections for the betterment of all Maine communities. Through the 'Maine Model of Corrections', we promote the safety of our staff and residents while reducing barriers to meaningful rehabilitative opportunities. We facilitate restorative justice practices that equip justice-involved residents and clients with the skills they need to become contributing members of society upon release, including treatment, education, and job training. We are committed to rebuilding lives and are searching for great team players with a professional attitude and well-developed integrity and ethics to join us in this mission.
The Bureau of Human Resources is accepting applications to establish a register to fill a vacancy located at the Maine State Prison, Warren.
JOB DESCRIPTION: As a Correctional Trade Instructor, you will be responsible for the custody, security, discipline, treatment, rehabilitation, and training of residents located in the Maine State Prison.
Responsibilities include security, discipline, treatment, rehabilitation, and training of residents. Work involves supervising and instructing residents in a specific trade, assigning jobs to a crew, determining the equipment, supplies and tools necessary for a job to be completed by crew, and maintaining the security, control and safety of that crew.
This position will be responsible for supervising and instructing residents in building trades, construction, and agriculture. During the warmer months, this includes managing the garden, composting, and exterior groundwork.
Typical Duties:
- Observes, monitors, controls, and evaluates resident work activity
- Instructs residents individually and in crews using various methods and techniques such as actual work performances, presentations and demonstrations
- Records work activities and prepare reports of results
- Instructs residents in collateral and trade duties
- Confers with superiors in order to properly plan and schedule residents work crews and ensure productive training experiences.
- Communicates behavioral observations to treatment teams and makes recommendations relative to corrective actions
- Issues and instructs residents in the use and maintenance of equipment, tools, materials, and personal protective gear
- Counsels and advises residents regarding personal matters, institutional rules and regulations, health and safety standards, and treatment strategies
- Intervenes in and controls acts of negative and aggressive behavior using physical force, restraints, chemical weapons, and other methods
- Maintains accurate and complete records in order to comply with ACA and other administrative policy.
- Identifies and recommends purchases of equipment and machinery based on testing and assessment of product performance, cost, and durability
- Serves as a fully participating, voting member of the Unit Management treatment team and is directly responsible for making decisions regarding transfers, classification status, and job assignments in order to assist in the rehabilitative process and ensure effectiveness of unit operations.
- Assigns residents to jobs based on project needs and resident's level of experience in order to complete the project and ensure residents receive adequate training.
- Assists in the implementation of special treatment programs and on-site educational programs in order to participate in resident rehabilitation and treatment for reentry to the community.
- Investigates and reports violations of institutional rules to superiors in order to provide information and ensure and maintain safety and security.
- Instructs and teaches residents trade skills and work methods in order to develop job skills and prepare residents for work outside the institution upon release.
- Responds to emergency situations internal and external to the correctional facility as directed utilizing training and intervention skills in order to secure residents and maintain order.
A full description of the job plus all of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for this work can be found on the Bureau of Human Resources website.