National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

G - Sales and Service Occupations

Occupations in this broad occupational category are primarily concerned with selling goods and services and providing personal, protective, household, tourism and hospitality services.

G6 - Occupations in Protective Services

Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with providing defence services, maintaining law and order, protecting people and property, guarding prisoners, enforcing court orders and conducting private investigations.

G62 - Other Occupations in Protective Service

Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with enforcing court orders, maintaining order in jails and prisons, enforcing by-laws, providing defence services, conducting private investigations and implementing security systems.

G621 - Sheriffs and Bailiffs

Sheriffs execute and enforce court orders, warrants and writs, participate in seizure and sale of property and perform courtroom and other related duties. Bailiffs serve legal orders and documents, seize or repossess properties, evict tenants and perform other related activities. Sheriffs and bailiffs are employed by provincial or territorial courts, and bailiffs may be employed as officers of the court or in private service as agents for creditors.

• Example Titles

  • automobile repossessor
  • bailiff
  • car repossessor
  • chief deputy sheriff
  • chief sheriff
  • court bailiff
  • court enforcement officer
  • deputy sheriff
  • district sheriff
  • private bailiff
  • process server
  • sheriff
  • sheriff's bailiff
  • sheriff's officer
  • sub-sheriff
  • writ server - bailiff

• Exclusion

  • Non-commissioned police officers who attend court and maintain order (See G611 Police Officers (Except Commissioned))

G622 - Correctional Service Officers

Correctional service officers guard prisoners and detainees and maintain order in correctional institutions and other places of detention. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments.

• Example Titles

  • convict guard
  • correctional facility guard
  • correctional institution guard
  • correctional institution head matron
  • correctional officer
  • correctional officers supervisor
  • correctional service officer
  • correctional services unit supervisor
  • corrections officer
  • detention attendant
  • detention guard
  • guard, correctional facility
  • guard, correctional institution
  • head correctional officer
  • head matron - correctional service
  • institution guard - correctional service
  • jail guard
  • jailer
  • matron - correctional service
  • penal institution guard
  • penitentiary guard
  • prison guard
  • prison officer
  • reformatory guard
  • supervisor, correctional officers

• Exclusion

  • Probation and parole officers (See E025 Probation and Parole Officers and Related Occupations)

G623 - By-Law Enforcement and Other Regulatory Officers, n.e.c.

Officers and inspectors in this unit group enforce by-laws and regulations of provincial and municipal governments. They are employed by provincial and municipal governments and agencies.

• Example Titles

  • animal control inspector
  • animal control officer
  • animal control supervisor
  • by-law enforcement officer
  • by-law enforcement officers supervisor
  • commercial transport inspector
  • commercial vehicle enforcement officer
  • development control officer
  • dog catcher
  • dog warden
  • garbage collection inspector
  • highway scale operator
  • Humane Society inspector
  • Humane Society officer
  • inspector - by-law enforcement
  • inspector - municipal law enforcement
  • licence inspector
  • liquor board licence inspector
  • liquor licence inspector
  • lottery supervisor - government services
  • municipal law enforcement officer
  • municipal law enforcement officers supervisor
  • officer, by-law enforcement
  • officer, municipal law enforcement
  • parking control officer
  • pound officer
  • property standards inspector
  • property use inspector
  • right of way inspector
  • road transport inspector
  • service station inspector
  • sign inspector
  • subdivision control officer
  • supervisor, animal control
  • supervisor, by-law enforcement officers
  • supervisor, municipal law enforcement officers
  • taxi inspector
  • traffic supervisor - by-law enforcement
  • transport compliance officer
  • transportation enforcement officer
  • weigh station operator - by-law enforcement
  • zoning enforcement officer
  • zoning inspector

• Exclusion

  • Non-commissioned police officers (See G611 Police Officers (Except Commissioned))

G624 - Other Ranks, Armed Forces

This unit group includes armed forces personnel who are not commissioned officers. They provide collective defence measures to protect Canadian waters, land, airspace and other interests. They are employed by the Canadian armed forces.

• Example Titles

  • able seaman / woman, military
  • air defence artilleryman / woman - military
  • air defence technician
  • air defence technician - military
  • air weapons systems technician - military
  • air weapons technician - military
  • airborne electronic sensor operator - military
  • Armed Forces reserve member
  • armour defence gunner
  • armoured fighting vehicle operator - military
  • armoured vehicle crewmember
  • armoured vehicle crewmember - military
  • artillery soldier
  • artillery soldier - military
  • artilleryman / woman - military
  • assault pioneer
  • assault pioneer - military
  • boatswain - Canadian Armed Forces
  • boatswain - military
  • chief petty officer - Canadian Armed Forces
  • chief warrant officer
  • clearance diving technician - military
  • communications researcher - military
  • corporal (CPL) - Canadian Armed Forces
  • crewman / woman - military
  • direct fire support vehicle driver
  • direct fire support vehicle gunner
  • electronic warfare operator - military
  • electronic warfare technician - military
  • field artilleryman / woman - military
  • field engineer - military
  • field engineer equipment operator - military
  • fire control operator - military
  • fire control system operator - military
  • fire control technician - military
  • fire controlman / woman - military
  • fire safety inspection firefighter - military
  • firefighter, fire safety inspection - military
  • gunner - military
  • infanteer
  • infanteer - military
  • infantry soldier
  • infantry soldier - military
  • infantryman / woman - military
  • intelligence equipment operator - military
  • land weapons technician - military
  • marine engineering mechanic, military
  • master corporal (MCPL)
  • master warrant officer (MWO)
  • military police officer
  • military policeman / woman
  • mobile support equipment operator - military
  • mobile support equipment operator (buses) - military
  • mobile support equipment operator (heavy equipment) - military
  • mobile support equipment operator (trucks) - military
  • mortarman - Canadian Armed Forces
  • mortarman / woman - military
  • naval acoustic sensor operator - military
  • naval acoustics equipment operator - military
  • naval acoustics operator - military
  • naval acoustics technician - military
  • naval combat information equipment operator - military
  • naval electronic sensor operator - military
  • naval electronics technician - military
  • naval electronics technician (acoustics) - military
  • naval electronics technician (communications) - military
  • naval electronics technician (tactical) - military
  • naval electronics technician, acoustics - military
  • naval electronics technician, communications - military
  • naval electronics technician, systems - military
  • naval electronics technician, tactical - military
  • naval radio operator - military
  • naval signalman / woman - military
  • naval weapons technician
  • naval weapons technician - military
  • oceanographic equipment operator - military
  • operator, electronic warfare - military
  • ordinary seaman / woman, military
  • petty officer - Canadian Armed Forces
  • private (PTE) - Canadian Armed Forces
  • radar plotter, sea - military
  • radio operator - military
  • reconnaissance patrolman - Canadian Armed Forces
  • reservist - military
  • sapper
  • sea radar plotter - military
  • sea signaller - military
  • search and rescue technician - military
  • sergeant (SGT) - Canadian Armed Forces
  • signaller, sea - military
  • sniper - military
  • sonar operator
  • sonar operator - military
  • supply technician - Canadian Armed Forces
  • supply technician - military
  • supply technician (purchasing and inventory) - military
  • surface weapons operator - military
  • surface weapons technician - military
  • surface weaponsman / woman - military
  • tactical acoustics sensor (TAS) operator - military
  • tank driver
  • tank driver - military
  • tank gunner - military
  • TAS (tactical acoustics sensor) operator - military
  • tracked reconnaissance vehicle driver - military
  • trooper
  • underwater weapons operator - military
  • underwater weapons technician - military
  • underwater weaponsman / woman - military
  • warrant officer
  • weapons operator
  • weapons operator - military
  • weapons operator, surface - military
  • weapons operator, underwater - military
  • weapons technician - military
  • weapons technician, air - military
  • weapons technician, land - military
  • weapons technician, surface - military
  • weapons technician, underwater - military
  • weaponsman / woman, surface - military
  • weaponsman / woman, underwater - military
  • wheeled reconnaissance vehicle driver - military

• Exclusion

  • Civilian employees of the armed forces are classified in appropriate unit groups elsewhere in this classification according to the work performed(---)
  • Commissioned officers (See A353 Commissioned Officers, Armed Forces)

G625 - Other Protective Service Occupations

This unit group includes workers who conduct private investigations for clients or employers, implement security measures to protect property against theft and fire and provide other protective services not elsewhere classified. They are employed by security and investigation service companies, hotels, retail establishments, businesses and industry, or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • alarm investigator
  • alarm signal investigator
  • alarm signal specialist
  • alarm specialist
  • alarm system specialist
  • business establishment investigator - security
  • commercial security officers supervisor
  • corporate security officer
  • detective, private
  • fire prevention specialist - non-governmental services
  • fire prevention specialist - protective services
  • fire safety inspector - non-governmental services
  • floorman / woman, retail store
  • floorwalker, retail store
  • house detective
  • inspector, fire safety - non-governmental services
  • investigations officer - postal service
  • investigator, business establishment
  • investigator, private
  • lie detector examiner
  • loss prevention officer - retail
  • loss prevention officers supervisor
  • officer, corporate security
  • officer, investigations - postal service
  • officer, loss prevention - retail
  • officer, postal inspection
  • officer, security analysis - postal service
  • polygraph examiner
  • polygraph operator
  • polygraphist
  • postal inspection officer
  • postal service inspector
  • private detective
  • private investigator
  • private investigators supervisor
  • private police agents and investigators supervisor
  • private policemen / women and investigators supervisor
  • private security officer
  • railway special agent
  • residential alarm system specialist
  • retail investigator
  • retail loss investigator
  • retail loss prevention officer
  • retail store floorman / woman
  • retail store floorwalker
  • security alarm system consultant
  • security analysis officer - postal service
  • security and investigations officer
  • security consultant (except computer systems)
  • security investigator
  • security officer, private
  • security specialist (except computer systems)
  • shopping investigator - security
  • special agent, railway
  • store detective
  • supervisor, commercial security officers
  • supervisor, loss prevention officers
  • supervisor, private investigators
  • supervisor, private police agents and investigators
  • supervisor, private policemen / women and investigators
  • theft prevention officer

• Exclusion

  • Security guards (See G631 Security Guards and Related Occupations)