This document compares the careers of a correctional officer and crop farmer. It includes graphs showing average salaries for each career. Tables provide details on average base salaries and bonuses for a correctional officer and crop farmer. Additional sections outline the job descriptions, education and training requirements, necessary skills, and similar career titles for each role.

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2. Resources
Salrary.com
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3. Y-Values
Crop famer
60%
50%
40%
30% Y-Values
20%
10%
0%
$30,000.00 $40,000.00 $50,000.00 $60,000.00

4. Correctional Officer
Y-Values
60%
50%
40%
30%
Y-Values
20%
10%
0%
$30,000.00 $50,000.00 $70,000.00

5. Correctional Officer
$2,523.00
$6,507.00 Base Salary
$1,498.00
Bouneses
$3,015.00
Social Security
$-
401k/ 403b
$39,146.00 Healtcare
Pension

6. Crop farmer
$6,507.00 Base Salary
$3,288.00
$1,952.00 Bouneses
$3,930.00 Social Security
401k/ 403b
Healthcare
Pension
$598.00 $50,771.00

7. $-
$40,000.00
$80,000.00
$100,000.00
$20,000.00
$120,000.00
$60,000.00
$45,811.00
$46,904.00
$115,358.00
$68,844.00
$54,422.00
$64,534.00
$99,052.00
$78,239.00
$58,301.00
Similar to a Correctional Officer
$62,703.00

8. Similar Job Titles to a Crop Farmer
$95,654.00
$80,328.00
$83,618.00
$108,149.00
$67,888.00
$67,173.00
$64,783.00
$110,000.00
$57,597.00
$100,000.00
$51,018.00
$50,403.00
$90,000.00
$80,000.00
$70,000.00
$60,000.00
$50,000.00
$40,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$10,000.00

9. Job Description- Crop Farmer
• Get soil ready
• Plant the crops
• Pick crops and
separate into parts
• Sell the crop in
stores
• Some crops go to
animal feeding

10. Job Description – Correctional Officer
•Overseeing
individuals in the jail
•Enforcing faculty
rules, regulations.
•Transporting inmates
to court and other
faculties
•1st response to events
of assults or
arguments

11. Education Needed & Training-CO
• High school diploma
• Consider a 4 year college
• Bachelors degree
• Or 3 years in the force
• Some law enforcement
and military ma be
required
• Police academy

12. Education Needed- Crop Farmer
•Science
courses, biology and
chemistry
•Learn food
consumers
•Join FFA or 4-H
•Work on local
farms

13. Skills & Abilities needed – Correctional
Officer
•High patience level
•Being tough inside
and out
•Cannot take things
personally
•Being able to read
•High Confidence

14. Skills and Abilities – Crop Farmer
•ability to grow and harvest
various types of crops
•knowledge of crop
diseases, weeds and pests, and
how to control them
•knowledge of climate and
weather conditions
•knowledge of soil and crop
rotation, and cultivation and
harvesting methods
•knowledge of food
safety, market certification
•skill using agricultural fertilisers
and chemicals
•skill driving combine harvesters
and other farm vehicles