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SSOC 2024 unit

Other Services & Public Administration Verified · 21 Mar 2024

54130

Prison officer

Prison officer watches over and maintains order among inmates of prisons, reformatories or penitentiaries. He/she supervises inmates in a correctional facility and ensures the security and peace-keeping in the facility. He/she performs checks and searches to ensure compliance to regulations in addition to monitoring visitations and the activities of inmates.

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 5413 Prison Officers

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Prison officer watches over and maintains order among inmates of prisons, reformatories or penitentiaries. He/she supervises inmates in a correctional facility and ensures the security and peace-keeping in the facility. He/she performs checks and searches to ensure compliance to regulations in addition to monitoring visitations and the activities of inmates.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Correction facility guard •Ÿ  Correction officer •Ÿ  Gaoler •Ÿ  Prison warden

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Police officer, see 54121 •Ÿ  Auxiliary police officer, see 54123

Hierarchy context

5→54→541→5413→54130 Prison officer

Major group

5 SERVICES AND SALES WORKERS

Sub-major

54 PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS

Minor group

541 PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS

Unit group

5413 Prison Officers

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 54130 — Prison officer

ISCO-08

  • 5413 — Prison guards

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 54130 Prison officer Alternative Title 54130 Correction facility guard Alternative Title 54130 Correction officer Alternative Title 54130 Gaoler Alternative Title 54130 Prison guard Alternative Title 54130 Prison warden

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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