Parking Enforcement Workers

Also called: Parking Control Officer, Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO), Parking Enforcer

Career Cluster: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
What they do:
Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.
On the job, you would:
  • Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers.
  • Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
  • Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles.
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Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
  • law and government
Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Skills Image SKILLS

Social
  • understanding people's reactions
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • talking to others
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Attention
  • pay attention to something without being distracted
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
Personality Image PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Self-Control
  • Integrity
Technology Image TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
  • Complus Data Innovations FastTrack
  • Microsoft Access
Education Image EDUCATION

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High school diploma/GED usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Job Outlook Image JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $76,030.00
Median: $47,150.00
Low: $35,410.00
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