Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
Certification
Timeline
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Nathan Rostotski

Calgary,Alberta

Summary

Committed Correctional Officer skilled in maintaining order by enforcing rules and regulations in prison and jail settings. Handles difficult inmates and high-pressure situations with sound judgment and reasoned thinking demonstrated over five-year industry history. I am an active member of the FTO (Field Training Program) for the last two years where I mentor, instruct, review, and perform appraisals on new correctional officers. I have also received a Letter of Recognition for my role in administering life saving interventions

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Correctional Peace Officer

Government of Alberta
07.2018 - Current
  • Maintain care, custody, and control of inmates
  • Respond to emergency situations including assaults, fires, escapes, and medical distress
  • Issue violations, warnings, and institutional charges
  • Escort inmates within the community
  • Write reports and case notes about daily interactions
  • Conduct physical searches of inmates, their belongings, as we as searches of vehicles and the correction centre
  • Interact with inmates, professional visitors, and the public in a professional manner
  • Communicate and coordinate with other agencies in regards to inmate well-being, and custody transfer
  • Investigate any issues or incompatibles within a unit
  • Search cells of inmates to identify and confiscate contraband and other prohibited items.

Pre-Board Screening Officer

GardaWorld
07.2013 - 11.2019
  • Operate x-ray machines to look for IEDs, firearms, prohibited items, and non permitted items
  • Execute physical searches on travelers, looking for concealed weapons and other threats to airplane security
  • Use a hand held metal detector to search for and resolve any alarms on a person
  • Search baggage to find prohibited items and non permitted items
  • Screen third party employees before they enter the plane
  • Used explosive detection machines and chemical swab systems to identify potential hazards.
  • Screen airport employees before they enter restricted areas in the airport
  • Review boarding passes to ensure travelers are in the right checkpoint and that no one is entering a restricted travel area without a boarding pass
  • Search vehicles for concealed threats.
  • Interacted with public to give directions, explain rules, and regulations and respond to inquiries.

Product Process Specialist, Senior

Best Buy Canada
11.2011 - 05.2013
  • Monitor security cameras for suspicious activity and the identification of in store thieves
  • Address and resolve customer issues in a timely manner
  • Acting Manager on Duty when needed
  • Ability to exercise a high degree of confidentiality
  • Responsible for the securing of high valued items
  • Create bi-weekly employee performance reports
  • Photograph and document concealed damages
  • Member of the Employee Satisfaction Committee
  • Highlight and present theft and safety topics at daily meetings
  • Train new employees on warehouse procedures and protocols.
  • Used problem-solving and issue-resolution skills to promptly and successfully address production problems.

Volunteer

Breakfast Club of Canada
02.2012 - 04.2012
  • Made breakfast for children before school
  • November

Warehouse Associate

Alberta Distance Learning Centre
02.2010 - 06.2010
  • Assembled course information bulletins to be distributed to students
  • Unpacked and verified received orders
  • Helped to maintain required inventory levels
  • Posted and mailed students’ corrected lessons
  • In charge of cleanliness of warehouse/distribution area
  • Processed returned materials and prepared for recycle or redistribution
  • Assisted in shipping student materials and back ordered items

Education

Diploma -

Alberta High School

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Vista Virtual School
Calgary, Alberta

Government of Alberta Completion of Correctional Services Induction Training - undefined

Government of Alberta Certificate of Completion Oleoresin Capsicum devices - undefined

Government of Alberta Certificate of Completion FOIP: Focus on Privacy - undefined

Skills

  • Search and Seizure Procedures
  • Mentorship
  • Correctional Facility Procedures
  • Contraband Inspections
  • Behavioral Disorders Familiarity
  • Observation
  • Nonviolent Intervention
  • Safety and Security Enforcement
  • Conflict Resolution Skills
  • Safety and Risk Assessments

Accomplishments

    Letter of Recognition for my vigilance, sense of awareness, and resolve for investigating an inmate in medical distress, initiating emergency procedures, and beginning life saving techniques until the inmate was transported to the hospital, where he made a full recovery.

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Certification

Certificate of completion for Oleoresin Capsicum devices.


Certificate of completion FOIP: Focus on Privacy

Timeline

Correctional Peace Officer

Government of Alberta
07.2018 - Current

Pre-Board Screening Officer

GardaWorld
07.2013 - 11.2019

Volunteer

Breakfast Club of Canada
02.2012 - 04.2012

Product Process Specialist, Senior

Best Buy Canada
11.2011 - 05.2013

Warehouse Associate

Alberta Distance Learning Centre
02.2010 - 06.2010

Diploma -

Alberta High School

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Vista Virtual School

Government of Alberta Completion of Correctional Services Induction Training - undefined

Government of Alberta Certificate of Completion Oleoresin Capsicum devices - undefined

Government of Alberta Certificate of Completion FOIP: Focus on Privacy - undefined

Nathan Rostotski