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Control Number: <br />611.02.01.003 <br />Version: <br />4.0 <br />Title: <br />Vocational Work Projects: Offender <br />Selection and Crew Management <br />Page Number: <br />5 of 16 <br /> <br />• S-210, S-190 (Wildfire Origin and Cause Determination & Introduction to Wildland <br />Fire Behavior) <br />• Physical training. <br />5. Vocational Work Project Rules <br />All inmates assigned to the vocational work projects will sign appendix B, Vocational Work <br />Project Inmate Rules, and agree to abide by the rules that apply to vocational work projects. <br />Failure to sign the agreement will disqualify an inmate from a vocational work project <br />assignment. <br />6. Work Performance Evaluation <br />One (1) goal of the vocational work project program is to teach inmates how to succeed in <br />the work place. Expectations include teaching and modeling work ethics, problem solving, <br />appropriate personal interaction, how to follow directions, how to accept criticism, customer <br />service, etc. An accurate assessment of job performance, attitude, and behavior combined <br />with coaching and guidance is an important component of the vocational work project <br />program. <br />The supervising vocational work project staff will document the inmates’ work <br />performance in the Corrections Integrated System (CIS) as a contact note (C-note) <br />each month during the 60-day probationary period and quarterly thereafter. <br />Inmates are not permitted to solicit letters of recommendation or references from employees <br />of contracting agencies. If an employee of a contracting agency offers to write a Letter of <br />Recommendation or reference, the inmates must refer the person to the vocational work <br />project staff. <br />If the contracting agency employee has written a Letter of Recommendation, the vocational <br />work project staff will take the letter and forward it to the vocational work project lieutenant. <br />If the contracting agency employee has not yet written a Letter of Recommendation, but <br />wants to, the vocational work project staff will provide the employer with contact information <br />(e.g., the telephone number or email address of the vocational work project lieutenant). <br />7. Inmate Incentive Pay <br />A two (2)-level pay structure will be used in vocational work projects. Newly assigned <br />inmates will be on probation for 60 days at reduced incentive pay. <br />Vocational work project assignments will be divided into low-skill and high-skill categories <br />with a corresponding incentive pay differential. Inmates may be given raises incrementally <br />within the pay scale at the discretion of the facility head (or designee). Reductions in pay <br />may be used as corrective measures. The vocational work project lieutenant must <br />approve any reduction in pay, and the supervisor must document the performance <br />problems in the CIS as a C-note identifying the performance problem and including a <br />corrective plan with the desired performance objectives. <br />Pay Range Table <br />Job Assignment Pay Range <br />(probationary) <br />Pay Range <br />(non- probationary)