Protective services workers, all other, include lifeguards, crossing guards and animal control officers.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
Check your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Protective services workers not elsewhere classified - from R7 193 to R25 134 per month - 2025.
- A Protective services workers not elsewhere classified typically earns between R7 193 and R18 239 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R7 437 and R18 137 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
Duties and tasks
- 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
