Parking Inspectors

ANZSCO ID 561913

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
850
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
81%
Female Share
26%
Average age
48

Summary

Parking Inspectors patrol assigned areas and issue parking infringement notices to owners of vehicles that are illegally parked.

Tasks

  • Checks parked cars within an allotted area to establish if a car has been parked illegally or for too long.

  • Issues infringement notices and records details of time and location.

  • Calls tow trucks to move illegally parked vehicles.

  • Reports faulty meters.

  • Collects money from parking meters/machines.

  • Reports and organises the removal of abandoned vehicles.

  • May give evidence in court if someone appeals the infringement notice.

Characteristics

Job Type
Clerical And Administrative Workers
Skill Level
Entry level
ANZSCO Occupation group
Unemployment Rate
n/a
Industries
Pathway(s)
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • Informal or on-the-job
Interests
  • Practical
  • Administrative
Physical Demand
  • Light

Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Other Clerical and Office Support Workers, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 81% of people employed as Parking Inspectors work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 15 percentage points above the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 41 hours per week in their main job. This is similar to the all jobs average (44 hours per week).

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Public Administration and Safety
67.5%
2
Other Services
18.2%
3
Administrative and Support Services
5.5%
4
Arts and Recreation Services
2.5%
5
Other industries
5.5%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

29.2% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

31.6% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

8.5% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

6.2% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

14.3% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

6.7% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

0.4% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

3.1% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Parking Inspectors All Jobs Average
NSW 29.2 31.6
VIC 31.6 25.6
QLD 8.5 20.0
SA 6.2 7.0
WA 14.3 10.8
TAS 6.7 2.0
NT 0.4 1.0
ACT 3.1 1.9


  • Around 76% of Parking Inspectors live in capital cities, compared with the all jobs average of 62%.

    Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia have a large share of employment relative to their population size.

    The region with the largest share of workers is Melbourne - West.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian states, territories and regions, in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
48
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
26%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Parking Inspectors is 48 years. This is higher than the all jobs average of 40 years.

    A large share of workers are aged 45 to 54 years.

    Females make up 26% of the workforce. This is 22 percentage points below the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Parking Inspectors All Jobs Average
15-19 0.9 5.0
20-24 3.9 9.3
25-34 16.8 22.9
35-44 20.5 22.0
45-54 29.4 21.6
55-59 14.4 9.0
60-64 9.8 6.0
65 and Over 4.3 4.2
Median Age 48 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

Formal qualifications are not essential to work as a Parking Inspector. Although some workers have a certificate I or II in local government (regulatory services).

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Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Type of Qualification Parking Inspectors All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 4.0 10.1
Bachelor degree 10.8 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 12.8 11.6
Certificate III/IV 26.9 21.1
Year 12 26.2 18.1
Year 11 6.7 4.8
Year 10 and below 12.7 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Clerical and Office Support Workers who have good computer skills, can communicate clearly and can interact with a variety of people.

Skills

Skills can be improved through training or experience.

  • 43%

    Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

  • 43%

    Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • 43%

    Active listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • 43%

    Critical thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • 41%

    Reading comprehension

    Reading work related information.

  • 41%

    Serving others

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • 41%

    Social perceptiveness

    Understanding why people react the way they do.

  • 39%

    Coordination with others

    Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

  • 39%

    Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • 37%

    Time management

    Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

  • 34%

    Active learning

    Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

  • 34%

    Complex problem solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • 34%

    Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • 34%

    Management of personnel resources

    Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

  • 32%

    Judgment and decision making

    Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

  • 32%

    Operation and control

    Controlling equipment or systems.

  • 30%

    Negotiation

    Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

  • 30%

    Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

  • 30%

    Operation monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

  • 23%

    Equipment maintenance

    Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.


Knowledge

These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.

  • 54%

    Law and government

    How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.

  • 52%

    Computers and electronics

    Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • 51%

    English language

    English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • 49%

    Foreign language

    Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • 46%

    Public safety and security

    Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.

  • 44%

    Education and training

    Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • 42%

    Communications and media

    Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

  • 42%

    Customer and personal service

    Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

  • 37%

    Medicine and dentistry

    Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.

  • 37%

    Administration and management

    Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

  • 36%

    Clerical

    Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

  • 36%

    Mathematics

    Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

  • 34%

    Psychology

    Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

  • 33%

    Personnel and human resources

    Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.

  • 33%

    Production and processing

    Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

  • 32%

    Telecommunications

    Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • 31%

    Sociology and anthropology

    Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

  • 31%

    Economics and accounting

    Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.

  • 27%

    Transportation

    Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.

  • 25%

    Physics

    The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.


Abilities

Workers use these physical and mental abilities..

  • 55%

    Oral expression

    Communicate by speaking.

  • 50%

    Oral comprehension

    Listen to and understand what people say.

  • 45%

    Near vision

    See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

  • 45%

    Far vision

    See details that are far away.

  • 45%

    Problem spotting

    Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

  • 43%

    Sorting or ordering

    Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 43%

    Deductive reasoning

    Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

  • 43%

    Written comprehension

    Read and understand written information.

  • 41%

    Speech clarity

    Speak clearly so others can understand you.

  • 39%

    Control precision

    Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • 39%

    Inductive reasoning

    Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

  • 39%

    Trunk strength

    Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

  • 37%

    Speech recognition

    Identify and understand the speech of another person.

  • 36%

    Perceptual speed

    Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • 36%

    Written expression

    Write in a way that people can understand.

  • 34%

    Categorising

    Come up with different ways of grouping things.

  • 34%

    Colour discrimination

    Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.

  • 32%

    Finger dexterity

    Put together small parts with your fingers.

  • 32%

    Selective attention

    Pay attention to something without being distracted.

  • 30%

    Depth perception

    Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.


Activities

These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.

  • 75%

    Communicating within a team

    Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 70%

    Helping and caring for others

    Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

  • 68%

    Building good relationships

    Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

  • 66%

    Communicating with the public

    Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 64%

    Training and teaching others

    Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

  • 63%

    Assessing and evaluating things

    Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

  • 63%

    Planning and prioritising work

    Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

  • 60%

    Negotiating and resolving conflicts

    Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

  • 59%

    Checking for errors or defects

    Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.

  • 56%

    Working with the public

    Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.

  • 56%

    Driving vehicles or equipment

    Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.

  • 55%

    Monitoring people, processes and things

    Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

  • 54%

    Documenting or recording information

    Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

  • 52%

    Checking compliance with standards

    Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

  • 51%

    Collecting and organising information

    Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.

  • 51%

    Keeping your knowledge up-to-date

    Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

  • 50%

    Making decisions and solving problems

    Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

  • 49%

    Controlling equipment or machines

    Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).

  • 49%

    Researching and investigating

    Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

  • 48%

    Looking for changes over time

    Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.


Interests and demands

Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.

Interests

Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.

  • 100%

    Practical

    Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

  • 71%

    Administrative

    Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

  • 48%

    Enterprising

    Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

  • 38%

    Helping

    Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

  • 19%

    Analytical

    Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

  • 14%

    Creative

    Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.


Values

Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
  • 57%

    Relationships

    Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

  • 57%

    Support

    Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.

  • 48%

    Independence

    Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

  • 38%

    Working conditions

    Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

  • 33%

    Recognition

    Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

  • 29%

    Achievement

    Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.


Demands

The physical and social demands that workers face most often are shown below:
  • 100%

    Outdoors, exposed to weather

    Work outdoors, exposed to the weather.

  • 97%

    Frequent decision making

    Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

  • 94%

    Using your hands to handle, control, or feel

    Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.

  • 93%

    In an enclosed vehicle or equipment

    Work in a closed vehicle (e.g., car).

  • 89%

    Angry or unpleasant people

    Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.

  • 89%

    Contact with the public

    Work with customers or the public.

  • 82%

    Teamwork

    Work with people in a group or team.

  • 82%

    Face-to-face discussions

    Talk with people face-to-face.

  • 80%

    Being exact or accurate

    Be very exact or highly accurate.

  • 80%

    Very hot or cold temperatures

    Work in very hot or cold temperatures.

  • 79%

    Making repetitive motions

    Spend time making repetitive motions.

  • 78%

    Contact with people

    Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

  • 77%

    Impact of decisions

    Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

  • 75%

    Freedom to make decisions

    Have freedom to make decision on your own.

  • 75%

    Conflict situations

    Deal with conflict or disagreements.

  • 70%

    Spend time sitting

    Spend time sitting at work.

  • 69%

    Unstructured work

    Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.

  • 69%

    Repeating same tasks

    Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.

  • 68%

    Walking and running

    Spend time walking and running.

  • 66%

    Exposure to contaminants

    Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.

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The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 33-3041.00 - Parking Enforcement Workers.


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