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Public Service & Safety Occupations
The occupations below are in the Public Service and Safety career cluster.
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| Occupational Title |
O*Net Link |
| Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers |
23-1021.00 |
| Anthropologists and Archeologists |
19-3091.00 |
| Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators |
23-1022.00 |
| Archivists |
25-4011.00 |
| Astronomers |
19-2011.00 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists |
19-2021.00 |
| Bailiffs |
33-3011.00 |
| Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers |
11-9199.11 |
| Budget Analysts |
13-2031.00 |
| Building Cleaning Workers, All Other |
37-2019.00 |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists |
17-1021.00 |
| Civil Engineers 🔥 |
17-2051.00 |
| Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other |
21-1099.00 |
| Community Health Workers |
21-1094.00 |
| Compliance Officers |
13-1041.00 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other |
15-1299.00 |
| Conservation Scientists |
19-1031.00 |
| Construction and Building Inspectors |
47-4011.00 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria |
35-2012.00 |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers |
33-3012.00 |
| Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners |
27-3092.00 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks |
43-4031.00 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers |
33-9091.00 |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators |
33-3021.00 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance |
43-5032.00 |
| Economists |
19-3011.00 |
| Education Administrators, All Other |
11-9039.00 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs |
43-4061.00 |
| Emergency Management Directors |
11-9161.00 |
| Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other |
17-3029.00 |
| Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health |
19-4042.00 |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health |
19-2041.00 |
| Epidemiologists |
19-1041.00 |
| Facilities Managers |
11-3013.00 |
| File Clerks |
43-4071.00 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators |
33-2021.00 |
| Firefighters 🔥 |
33-2011.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers |
33-1011.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers |
33-1021.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives |
33-1012.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other |
33-1099.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers |
33-1091.00 |
| Fish and Game Wardens |
33-3031.00 |
| Forensic Science Technicians |
19-4092.00 |
| Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists |
33-2022.00 |
| Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators |
33-9031.00 |
| Geographers |
19-3092.00 |
| Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians |
19-4043.00 |
| Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other |
37-3019.00 |
| Human Resources Managers |
11-3121.00 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other |
43-4199.00 |
| Interpreters and Translators |
27-3091.00 |
| Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates |
23-1023.00 |
| Judicial Law Clerks |
23-1012.00 |
| Lawyers |
23-1011.00 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |
43-6012.00 |
| Legal Support Workers, All Other |
23-2099.00 |
| Legislators |
11-1031.00 |
| Life Scientists, All Other |
19-1099.00 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers |
33-9092.00 |
| Management Analysts 🔥 😎 |
13-1111.00 |
| Managers, All Other |
11-9199.00 |
| Mathematicians |
15-2021.00 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities |
43-5041.00 |
| Nuclear Technicians |
19-4051.00 |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants |
23-2011.00 |
| Parking Enforcement Workers |
33-3041.00 |
| Physicists |
19-2012.00 |
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 🔥 😎 |
33-3051.00 |
| Political Scientists |
19-3094.00 |
| Postal Service Clerks |
43-5051.00 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers |
43-5052.00 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators |
43-5053.00 |
| Postmasters and Mail Superintendents |
11-9131.00 |
| Private Detectives and Investigators |
33-9021.00 |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists |
21-1092.00 |
| Protective Service Workers, All Other |
33-9099.00 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators |
43-5031.00 |
| School Bus Monitors |
33-9094.00 |
| Security Guards |
33-9032.00 |
| Social and Community Service Managers |
11-9151.00 |
| Social Science Research Assistants |
19-4061.00 |
| Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other |
19-3099.00 |
| Sociologists |
19-3041.00 |
| Statisticians |
15-2041.00 |
| Survey Researchers |
19-3022.00 |
| Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents |
13-2081.00 |
| Telephone Operators |
43-2021.00 |
| Training and Development Managers |
11-3131.00 |
| Transit and Railroad Police |
33-3052.00 |
| Transportation Security Screeners |
33-9093.00 |
| Urban and Regional Planners |
19-3051.00 |
| Wind Energy Development Managers |
11-9199.10 |
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