A professional who directs and coordinates vocational work programs in governmental correctional institution. Responsibilities include:

• Confers with administrative and supervisory staff of prison to schedule work programs consistent with security regulations, maintenance needs, and established vocational policy.
• Interviews and assigns inmates to vocational rehabilitation programs or work details in conformity with their education, previous skills, and available facilities of institution.
• Plans production assignments to meet output requirements and vocational instruction schedule.
• Establishes production standards and plans layout according to capacity of equipment, qualifications of staff, and procurement specifications of customers for prison-made products.
• Inspects equipment and facilities to recommend maintenance and replacement of obsolete machinery.
• Inventories and requisitions supplies to maintain efficient production.
• May prepare design drawings for production, according to customer specifications.
• May negotiate with purchasers to conclude contracts for manufactured products.
• May evaluate adequacy of vocational instruction and recommend changes in established curriculum, policies, and standards.