As a Prison Instructor, you will need to master following:

• adult education
• apply intercultural teaching strategies
• apply knowledge of human behaviour
• apply teaching strategies
• assess offenders' risk behaviour
• assess students
• assist students in their learning
• comply with the principles of self-defence
• correctional procedures
• encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
• guarantee students' safety
• identify training needs
• observe student's progress
• oversee rehabilitation process
• perform classroom management
• practice vigilance
• provide lesson materials
• reinforce positive behaviour
• show empathy
• training subject expertise

It also helps to know the following:

• interview people
• manage resources for educational purposes
• behavioural disorders
• conduct frisk
• contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures
• criminology
• develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements
• escort defendants
• identify available services
• identify security threats
• law enforcement
• legal use-of-force
• maintain operational communications
• mentor individuals
• propose leisure activities
• psychological counselling methods
• restrain individuals
• use different communication channels
• write situation reports