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To learn more about these classes, please contact your local Staff Training Coordinator, or the central Staff Training and Employee Development office in Salem at (503) 378-2498.
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New Employee
Orientation
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The department offers a 40-hour New Employee Orientation (NEO) program to all employees new to the department, prior employees who have been away from the department for two years or more, and full-time contractors. The NEO program is designed to provide new employees base-line information on the mission, vision, values, concepts, principles, policies and rules of the agency, focusing on the Oregon Accountability Model. Selected functional units, such as Inmate Workforce Development, Security Threat Group Managers, and Emergency Response Managers provide information pertaining to their responsibilities. Skill-based training such as CPR and First Aid is also included. Newly hired staff are expected to successfully complete the NEO program within their trial service period. Additionally, custody series staff are expected to complete the DOC NEO before attending the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) Basic Corrections Academy.
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Annual
In-Service
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Each annual 40 hour training program is designed to meet the training requirements for both custody and non-custody employees and contractors. The program´s design is based on employee surveys, focus group results, out-side regulatory agency requirements, and training need assessments, and the program’s design and presentation is intended to further the department’s mission and goals while strengthening teamwork and communication among and between staff and functional units.
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Preparation
For Supervision
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This 32 hour National Institute of Corrections course effectively serves as an introduction to supervisory concepts and is designed for those staff who might be seen as or who want to be considered for the next generation of department management.
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Management
In-Service
Traning
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Each year a variety of subjects are delivered which are specific to the needs and duties of department management employees. This 16 hour intensively interactive course provides participants with a standard set of knowledge and skills focusing on leadership and decision-making, communication, management of security, legal issues, ethics, and personnel procedures.
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Tactical
Basic
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This program provides rigorous training in tactical response procedures as well as intense physical conditioning to staff selected to serve on one of the department’s Tactical Emergency Response Teams. Upon successful completion of this three-week course, TERT members undergo numerous additional hours of training each year.
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Contractor
Orientation
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This one-day program, specifically designed for the part-time contractor (less than 20 hours per week), provides the information needed for them to work within the department in a manner that is both safe and constructive for the worker, the inmates, and other staff with whom they will have contact. The program includes presentations on work-place safety, professional conduct, working with inmates, including special-need inmates, and institution security practices and protocols.
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Basic
Firearms
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This three-day program is designed to provide basic training in the safe handling and usage of the department’s standard weapons, the .38 revolver, the shotgun, and the semi-automatic carbine. Students receive classroom instruction and intense hands-on practice, all within the context of the Rule on Use of Force, including Lethal Force. Current department policy requires successful completion of this course only for those students who have been unable to satisfactorily pass the annual armed post qualification test.
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Cell Extraction
and OC Spray
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The Cell Extraction class covers the basics of the department’s procedure for removing resistant inmates from their cells within the context of the Rule on the Use of Force, the composition of a cell extraction team, and the responsibilities of each team member. Students are then coached through one or more practice extraction drills. Chemical Agents are often a part of forced move situations. In this class, the various chemical agents available within the institutions are identified and each type’s specific uses, contra-indications and de-contamination processes are explained.
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Range Master
Training
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The current one-week Range Master program trains selected staff to serve as department fire-arms instructors. The curriculum covers safety issues, training techniques, student and range management, a review of the Rule on Use of Force as it pertains to the employment of lethal force, and the specifics of the approved lesson plans for each of the department’s standard weapons as well as the curriculum for Mobile Patrol officers. Participants are expected to practice teach during the program. Successful graduates are qualified, under the supervision of the Staff Training Section, to train other employees in any of the department’s fire-arms programs.
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Train the
Trainers
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The Staff Training Section conducts "Train the Trainers" sessions for a variety of training topics within the Orientation and In-Service programs. Department employees interested in serving as an adjunct trainer may be required to attend the Instructor Development course, in addition to the more "content" oriented Train the Trainer sessions in their expressed areas of interest. Some Train the Trainer modules, such as Medic First Aid, require successful completion of a proprietary instructor trainer course, which is coordinated by, or taught by the Staff Training Section.
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