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Protection / safety
Careers keeping people safe, calm in a crisis, and ready to help others.
Emergency services 10Armed forces & defence 11Policing & enforcement 26Security, safety & compliance 44
Emergency services
10 careersAmbulance staff (excluding paramedics)
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Coastguards
AI: low££Direct entry
Emergency services call handlers
AI: low££Direct entry
Fire service crew managers
AI: low££££Direct entry
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)
AI: low££Direct entry
Firefighters
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Paramedics
AI: low££Uni
Senior officers in ambulance services
AI: low££££Uni
Senior officers in fire services
AI: low££££Uni
Watch managers
AI: low££££Direct entry
Armed forces & defence
11 careersArmy officers
AI: low££££Apprenticeship
MI5 and MI6 Intelligence Officer
AI: low£££Direct entry
Non-commissioned Army officers and others ranks
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Non-commissioned officers and other ranks
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Non-commissioned Royal Air Force officers and other ranks
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Non-commissioned Royal Navy officers and other ranks
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Officers in armed forces
AI: low££££Apprenticeship
Royal Air Force officers
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Royal Marines Commandos
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Royal Marines officers
AI: low££££Apprenticeship
Royal Navy officers
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Policing & enforcement
26 careersBorder, customs and investigation
Investigating crime and enforcing rules at the border and beyond.
Bailiffs
AI: low££Direct entry
Civil enforcement officers
AI: low££Direct entry
Crime scene investigators
AI: low£££Direct entry
Customs and border control officers
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Detective and Criminal Investigator
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Fraud and financial crime investigators
AI: low£££Direct entry
Immigration officers
AI: low£££Apprenticeship
Parking and civil enforcement occupations
AI: low£Direct entry
Passport officers
AI: low££Direct entry
Revenue protection officers
AI: low££Direct entry
Scene of Crime Officer
AI: low££Direct entry
Senior officers in immigration services
AI: low£££Uni
Senior officers in revenue and customs
AI: low££££Uni
Trading standards officers
AI: low£££Uni
Police officers
Serving as a police officer, from constable to senior rank.
Chief inspectors
AI: low££££Direct entry
Chief superintendents
AI: low££££Direct entry
Chief, deputy chief and assistant chief constables
AI: low££££Direct entry
Other police officers (sergeant and below)
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Police community support officers
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Police constable
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Police sergeant
AI: low££££Direct entry
Senior police officers
AI: low££££Uni
Prisons and detention
Working in prisons and detention services.
Security, safety & compliance
44 careersHealth, safety and inspection
Inspecting workplaces and products to keep people safe.
Asbestos safety officers
AI: low£££Direct entry
Compliance and regulatory professionals
AI: med££££Direct entry
Compliance Officer
AI: med£££Direct entry
Fire safety managers and officers
AI: low££££Direct entry
Food Safety Inspector
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Health and safety inspectors
AI: low££££Apprenticeship
Health and safety managers and officers
AI: low£££Direct entry
Housing and planning inspectors
AI: low££££Direct entry
Inspectors of standards and regulations
AI: low££Direct entry
Meat hygiene inspectors
AI: low£££Direct entry
Nuclear safety inspectors
AI: low££££Uni
Occupational health and safety managers and officers
AI: low£££Direct entry
Occupational hygienists
AI: low£££Uni
Quality assurance professionals
AI: med£££Direct entry
Road traffic and transport safety officers
AI: low££Direct entry
Routine inspectors and testers
AI: high££Direct entry
Traffic and vehicle examiners and inspectors
AI: low££Direct entry
Security and enforcement
Protecting people, property and information.
Bouncer
Direct entry
Door supervisors
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Intelligence analysts
AI: med£££Direct entry
Private investigators
AI: low££Direct entry
Security consultants and managers
AI: low££££Direct entry
Security guards and officers
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Security guards and related occupations
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Security services managers and proprietors
AI: low£££Direct entry
Event, site and public safety
Keeping venues, roads and public spaces safe day to day.
Building control officers
AI: low££££Direct entry
Building control surveyors
AI: low£££Direct entry
Car park attendants
AI: med££Direct entry
CCTV Operator
Direct entry
CCTV operators
AI: med££Apprenticeship
Driving examiners
AI: low£££Direct entry
Energy advisers and assessors
AI: low££Direct entry
Environmental health professionals
AI: low£££Direct entry
Event stewards
AI: low£Direct entry
Gallery and museum attendants
AI: low£Direct entry
Health physics monitors
AI: low£££Direct entry
Licensing officers
AI: low£££Direct entry
Lifeguards
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Neighbourhood wardens
AI: low£Direct entry
Nightclub Doorman
Direct entry
Operational support grades
AI: high££Direct entry
Other pest controllers
AI: low££Apprenticeship
Protective service associate professionals
AI: low££Direct entry
Referees, umpires and other sports officials
AI: low££Direct entry
Pay bands (£ / ££ / £££ / ££££) are based on typical starting salary: £ under £20,000, ££ £20,000-£24,999, £££ £25,000-£29,999, ££££ £30,000 or more. Based on the entry-level salary figures in our careers data.
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