Bailiffs
Job description
These individuals provide court orders and documents. They seize or repossess property and evict tenants. They work in:
- Business, trade, and real estate
- Municipal, provincial, and federal governments
- Financial institutions
- Companies in the legal sector
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
Main tasks
- Serve various documents (declarations, subpoenas, orders, etc.) and warrants (imprisonment, arrest, etc.).
- Locate and seize property, sell it, and distribute the proceeds according to court judgments.
- Make official statements concerning locations, situations, or events at the request of the court.
- Make official statements of facts concerning the condition of certain properties.
- Collect debts amicably.
- Obtain voluntary payment remittance agreements.
- Interview liable persons or other individuals who may be able to provide useful information.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience and training lead to supervisory positions.
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS
in
paralegal
Technology
Code : 310C0
Placement rate: 69.2%
27.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Chambre des huissiers de justice du Québec (Quebec Chamber of Bailiffs).
Sometimes required
- Experience in a field related to policing is usually required.
- Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Written expression
- Information processing
- Oral expression
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Time management
- Solving complex problems
- Social perception
- Result evaluation
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Classification
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Diplomacy
- Perseverance
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Rigour
- Capacity to be discrete
- Respect others
- Knowledge of public safety and security
- Knowledge of laws and policies
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Watch, defend, and secure
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Appellation d'emploi liée (à traduire)
Sheriffs and bailiffs (CNP 4421)
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: July 4, 2022
