Protective services workers not elsewhere classified

Protective services workers, all other, include lifeguards, crossing guards and animal control officers.

Job Responsibilities

• Patrolling beaches and swimming pools to prevent accidents and to rescue bathers from drowning
• Monitoring traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets
• Responding to citizen complaints concerning stray domestic animals, livestock and wildlife, issuing warnings and citations to owners and impounding lost, homeless and dangerous animals
• Patrolling an assigned area to enforce parking regulations
• Directing traffic