http://www.lgcareers.com Find information about working in local government at LGcareers.com Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/street-warden/ http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/street-warden/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:30:19 +0000 admin http://lgcareers.jobsgopublic.com/career-descriptions/protecting-your-community/street-warden/

Introduction Not to be confused with traffic warden, this post is a sort of mobile neighbourhood watch. Indeed, in some authorities it is called neighbourhood warden. The job of the street warden is to help reduce the fear of crime and improve the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors to the local area. [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/street-warden/feed/ 0 http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/scenes-of-crime-officer/ http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/scenes-of-crime-officer/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:29:24 +0000 admin http://lgcareers.jobsgopublic.com/career-descriptions/protecting-your-community/scenes-of-crime-officer/

Introduction Technology plays an increasing part in collecting evidence at the site of a crime or accident. Using special equipment that is able to record clues often invisible to the naked eye, scenes of crime officers gather forensic, photographic and fingerprint evidence. Scenes of crime officers, who are sometimes also known as crime scene investigators, [...] Related entries:

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Introduction This is one of a set of fairly recent posts established to improve the quality of our lives by reducing the threat of crime and other ant-social aggravation. Neighbourhood watch controllers provide management support to administrators who are responsible for running citizen protection schemes in the community. They are employed as police civilian staff [...] Related entries:

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Introduction These days, firefighters find themselves more involved in their communities, delivering fire safety messages aimed at reducing the occurrence of fire and fire related deaths in both the home and business. Having said that, they are trained to deal with a variety of emergencies. These include accidents involving road vehicles, trains and aircraft, rescues [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/firefighter/feed/ 0 http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/fire-control-operator/ http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/fire-control-operator/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:26:59 +0000 admin http://lgcareers.jobsgopublic.com/career-descriptions/protecting-your-community/fire-control-operator/

Introduction Emergencies occur in many forms and often out of the blue, as we know to our cost. For this post you would need to be able to keep your head when they arise and respond quickly. Fire Control operators are trained to deal with any incident – not only those involving fire – and [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/fire-control-operator/feed/ 0 http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/emergency-planning-officer/ http://www.lgcareers.com/careers-az/emergency-planning-officer/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:26:09 +0000 admin http://lgcareers.jobsgopublic.com/career-descriptions/protecting-your-community/emergency-planning-officer/

Introduction Emergency planning in local government involves the co-ordination and preparation of contingency plans, procedures and activities that deal with the challenges posed by major emergencies, for example, floods, the outbreak of highly infectious diseases in animals or humans, terrorist attacks, major accidents and so on. Work Environment Local government emergency planning officers are generally [...] Related entries:

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Introduction You do not have to be a police officer to work for the police force. The first contact you make at a police station, in person or over the phone, is likely to be a civilian member of staff. Civilians provide a range of scientific, management, administrative and technical services which allow officers to [...] Related entries:

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Introduction Local councils have a huge role to play in addressing crime and anti-social behaviour. In partnership with the police and local voluntary agencies, community safety officers are involved in implementing plans to reduce crime and disorder. They also promote and develop new initiatives to raise awareness of and increase public involvement in community safety. [...] Related entries:

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