Protective services workers protect individuals and property
against fire and other hazards, maintain law and order and
enforce laws and regulations.
Tasks performed usually include: preventing, fighting and
extinguishing fires, rescuing persons and salvaging property and
goods during and after fires and major accidents; maintaining
law and order, protecting persons and property from hazards and
unlawful acts and arresting persons for
contraventions of the law; directing traffic and assuming
authority in the event of accidents; watching over and
maintaining discipline among inmates of prisons, reformatories
or penitentiaries. Supervision of other workers may be
included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit groups:
