Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Crossing guard

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Crossing guard School crossing guard School crossing patrol officer

Crossing guards direct pedestrians in public places like streets nearby schools or railways to cross public roads and intersections by observing traffic and holding a stop sign towards the vehicles to allow the crossing of pedestrians in a safe and orderly manner.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Patrolling beaches and swimming pools to prevent accidents and to rescue bathers from drowning;
(b) Monitoring traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets;
(c) Responding to citizen complaints concerning stray domestic animals, livestock and wildlife, issuing warnings and citations to owners and impounding lost, homeless and dangerous animals;
(d) Patrolling an assigned area to enforce parking regulations;
(e) Directing traffic.

Knowledge

  • Law
  • Earth sciences
  • Transport services

Digital competencies

  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
  • Developing solutions
  • Giving instructions
  • Maintaining and enforcing physical security
  • Complying with health and safety procedures

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Supporting others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Maintaining a positive attitude
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Protective services workers

Protective services workers

Protective services workers not elsewhere classified

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Protective services workers not elsewhere classified

770

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

18,39%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

17,38% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

37,01%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

53,64%

Part-time contracts

1,93% Turnover index

78

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-8%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Protective services workers

79%

21%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Protective services workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Protective services workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Protective services workers not elsewhere classified

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
31%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
8%
More than 8 years
19%
Administrative and support service activities
24%
Education
20%
Manufacturing
11%
Information and communication
9%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
9%
Others
27%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.