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Correctional Officer Academy (Certificate of Training)

Yuba College · Marysville, CA

Cost
$422
Length
3 weeks
Working 6 months later
100%

Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

People enrolled
48
Finished the program
94%Based on 48 peopleTypical California program: 85% of 1,951 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Working 6 months later
100%Typical California program: 69% of 1,690 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported

The job this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Shrinking -5.1%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

Related work California expects more of

The U.S. Department of Labor lists these as related to the job above, and California projects growth in them rather than decline. Related is not the same as interchangeable: the training, the licenses and the pay can all differ, and this program does not train for these. It is a place to start asking, not a recommendation.

No regional figures for this program

This program's ZIP code reaches into more than one of the labor-market areas California publishes, and nothing in the state's own area titles says which one it belongs to. Either answer would look exactly like a correct answer here, so neither is given and the statewide figures stand alone.

Correctional Officers and Jailers

Job ads may call this: Jailer · Jailor · Jail Officer · Deputy Jailer

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

  • Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
  • Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
  • Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
  • Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
Show 4 more things this job involves
  • Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
  • Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.
  • Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
  • Search for and recapture escapees.
Typical pay in California
$98,811per year
Projected openings
31,850
Projected change
-5.1%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first
None
Training after you are hired
1 to 12 months

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

Theory and application of Corrections Officer Training. Meets CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation requirements. Units of course study include: Criminal Justice System, Codes and Statutes, professionalism/ethics, classification of inmates, contraband/evidence, booking and receiving, releasing, maintaining security, report writing, supervising inmates, distribution of supplies, monitoring health, management of inmate workers, screening visitors and mail, transport of outside facilities, emergency procedures, testifying in court, physical tasks and assaultive behavior and restraint techniques.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

Ask before you enroll, not after

The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

  • Yuba County Office of Education Business CenterComprehensive center

    Phone: 530-749-4580(ONE STOP) 530-599-3040 (EDD)

    1114 Yuba StreetSuite #214Marysville, CA 95901about 6.1 miles away

    Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Resource Room 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.)

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Sutter County One StopComprehensive center

    Phone: 530-822-5120

    875 Harter ParkwayBldg. 1000Yuba City, CA 95993about 10 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8a.m. - 5p.m.

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Business and Career NetworkAffiliate site

    Phone: 530-328-1953

    988 McCourtney RoadBrighton Greens Resource CenterGrass Valley, CA 95945about 21.6 miles away

    Hours: Monday – Friday, Resource Center Open: 8:30am-4:30pm

    Has a veterans' representative

At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you →