# Correctional Officer 3 (Transportation Sergeant) — Corrections · Alaska Jobs

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# Correctional Officer 3 (Transportation Sergeant)

Corrections

- **Location** — Fairbanks, AK
- **PCN** — 20-4111
- **Salary** — $38.43 Hourly (Range 14)
- **Type** — Full Time
- **Open to** — Department Employees Only
- **Bargaining unit** — Correctional Officers
- **Timing** — Year-round
- **Posted** — 2026-07-16
- **Closes** — 2026-07-30
- **Source** — Workplace Alaska (State of Alaska) (synced)

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Correctional Officer 3 for the Fairbanks Correctional Center (FCC) located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

***This position is open to Department Employees only***

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Watch Alaska DOC’s Correctional Officer video here:

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What You Will Be Doing:

The Transportation Sergeant is responsible for escorting inmates to outside medical appointments, including hospital and specialty medical facilities. This position also oversees prisoner transfers between correctional facilities. Duties include maintaining security and control of inmates and the facility, as well as responding to emergency situations to ensure the safety and security of staff, inmates, and the public.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Department of Corrections is committed to operating safe, secure institutions while providing essential services that support the health and well being of those in custody. The Food Service Lead directly supports this mission by ensuring safe, sanitary, and nutritionally appropriate meals for the prisoner population, including those with medical or special dietary needs. By training and supervising inmate workers in a structured, safety focused kitchen environment, this position contributes to institutional security, rehabilitation, and daily operational stability.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

There are strong opportunities for career advancement and professional enrichment within our facility, across the department, and throughout other state agencies. Staff gain valuable experience that supports both personal and career growth in a structured, team oriented environment. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes regular pay increases, comprehensive insurance benefits, and paid time off. This role also provides the meaningful experience of serving your community by supporting the daily operations and well being of those in custody. Joining our team means contributing to a mission driven workplace where your work truly matters.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position works within the secure side of the Fairbanks Correctional Center, a close security institution serving as an intake facility for Northern Alaska and providing unsentenced and sentenced prisoner housing.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.

Security: Knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines related to securing personnel, facilities, and information, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.

Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of military, weaponry, and intelligence operations; public safety and security operations; occupational health and safety; investigation and inspection techniques; or rules, regulations, precautions, and prevention techniques for the protection of people, data, and property.

Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Minimum Qualifications

Successful completion of the Alaska Correctional Officer Academy, or equivalent program accredited by the Alaska Police Standards Council

AND

One year of experience performing duties which support the custody, security, and rehabilitation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer II with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Special Note:

At the time of employment: be 21 years of age and a United States citizen or a United States National; have a high school or home school diploma recognized or certified by a state or a local school district within a state as having met that state's graduation requirement; or have a General Educational Development certificate.

Appointment to Correctional Officer 3 is conditional, pending successful completion of a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, drug screening, and medical examination.

This class series is considered technical/paraprofessional for purposes of evaluating minimum qualifications.

Possess a valid driver's license issued within the United States at time of appointment.

Some positions may require possession of a Commercial Driver's License with appropriate endorsements issued within the United States.

Positions in this job class are required to possess special certification(s) or additional training directly related to the primary function of the specific position as noted in the Position Description of record.

Employees must be willing to work shift assignments and on-call availability may be required.

Individuals not continuously employed since February 9, 1991, by the State of Alaska Department of Corrections in a "correctional officer," "probation officer," or "parole officer" position, as defined by 13 AAC 85.900, are subject to requirements established by Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC). As a condition of continued employment, these individuals must obtain a basic correctional officer certificate issued by the APSC within 14 months of hire.

Any employment action that resulted in discharge, resignation in lieu of discharge, or discipline, must be disclosed at the time of application to vacancies within this classification. Applicants who fail to provide this information will be deemed to be ineligible for interview or further consideration. Applicants with an employment action that makes them ineligible for certification under APSC regulations will be ineligible to receive an interview or further consideration.

For purposes of the minimum qualifications for this job class, "misdemeanor" means:

1) A crime classified as a misdemeanor in Alaska at the time the crime was committed.

2) A crime committed in another jurisdiction for which there was a conviction in that jurisdiction by a civilian or military court is a "misdemeanor" conviction if the crime has elements similar to those of a misdemeanor under Alaska law at the time the offense was committed.

3) An offense punishable as a misdemeanor in Alaska or under the law of another jurisdiction, that results in a completed suspended imposition of sentence, expungement of record, or a pardon, is considered a "misdemeanor" conviction unless the offense was committed by the person before the age of 21.

A qualified applicant may not:

Have been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court.

Have been convicted during the past ten (10) years by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court of a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, of a crime that resulted in serious physical injury to another person, or of two or more driving under the influence offenses.

Have illegally manufactured, transported, or sold a controlled substance during the past 10 years, provided you were under 21 years of age at the time.

Have illegally used a Schedule IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, or VA controlled substance during the past 5 years, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time.

Have used marijuana during the last year, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time.

Have been denied certification by the Alaska Police Standards Council or the responsible certifying agency in an

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