Certificate of Training

This Certificate of Training was awarded to a prison officer, H. Jones, on 14 April 1959 after completing an In Service Training Course.

The program included

Gaol Rules, Regulations and Procedure.

Characteristics and Use of Firearms.

Penology I.

English. Arithmetic.

First Aid, Physical Training.

Prison Officer Training

The Public Service Board ruled that from the 25th January, 1957, no officer could be permanently appointed until after successful examination in the following, "English Expression, Arithmetic, Rules and Regulations, Penology Part 1, Characteristics and Use of Firearms." Moreover, the Board also gazetted new regulations to cover promotions. To become a Senior Penal Officer, the applicant had to successfully complete "Institutional Book-keeping and Store keeping, Penology Part 2, and the Acts associated with Penal Establishments." Applicants for Chief Penal Officers' positions had to complete "Institutional Management and Penology Part 3." 75 By the end of the decade, prison officer and promotional training had developed from a cursory pragmatic model to a systemised career-orientated programme.(1)

(1) Patterson 1997.

Held in Phillip Jones Collection.