Regulatory Officers
Job description
These individuals enforce provincial laws and municipal bylaws, such as those relating to:
- Animal monitoring
- Commercial transport
- Garbage collection
- Liquor licence
- Parking
- Taxi
- Zoning
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Hazardous chemical
- Biological agents
Main tasks
Animal Control Officers
- Respond to complaints about stray pets and livestock or wild animals on the loose.
- Issue warnings and fines to owners.
- Impound stray and dangerous animals.
By-law Enforcement Officers
- Enforce municipal and provincial regulations.
- Investigate complaints.
- Issue warnings and fines to offenders.
Commercial Transportation Inspectors
- Check commercial vehicles to ensure compliance with regulations.
Garbage Collection Inspectors
- Investigate complaints of violations of the garbage collection bylaw.
Liquor Licence Inspectors
- Inspect licenced establishments.
- Inform permit holders of laws and regulations.
- Report violations to provincial alcohol boards and agencies.
Parking Enforcement Officers
- Enforce parking regulations on streets, roads, and municipal and private property.
Taxi Inspectors
- Inspect taxi cars (mechanical reliability, cleanliness, meter accuracy, etc.).
- Investigate public complaints, issue referrals and write reports.
- Deliver evidence to municipal councils, taxi boards, and the court.
Zoning Inspectors
- Investigate properties for zoning violations
Advancement and mobility
- These individuals may specialize in the enforcement of a specific regulation.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 35.2% Female
- 64.8% Male
- 35.2% Female
- 64.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 9169% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 497% of jobs
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NAICS 815% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 564% of jobs
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NAICS 5243% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 9169% of jobs
-
NAICS 48, 497% of jobs
-
NAICS 815% of jobs
-
NAICS 55, 564% of jobs
-
NAICS 5243% of jobs
-
Others12% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
College
DCS in techniques d'aménagement et d'urbanisme 
Placement rate: 86.4%
9.1% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Urban planning
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 65.5%
28.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 88.7%
3.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Experience in a related administrative or regulatory position is usually required.
Zoning Inspectors and Zoning Enforcement Officers
- Several years of regulatory enforcement, in construction, or in a related experience may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Reading comprehension
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Active learning
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Systems evaluation
- Social perception
- System analysis
- Quality control analysis
- Teaching
- Time management
- Service oriented
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Learning strategies
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
- Perception speed
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Information processing speed
- Visualization
- Memorization
- Time sharing
- Colour perception and distinction
- Basic numeracy
- Mathematical reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Diplomacy
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of laws and policies
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Watch, defend, and secure
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 4423 (43202)
By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers, n.e.c.
Job titles
- Municipal law enforcement officer
- Animal control officer
- Garbage collection inspector
- Liquor licence inspector
- Commercial transport inspector
- Pound officer
- Zoning enforcement officer
- Transport compliance officer
- Development control officer
- Subdivision control officer
- Parking control officer
- Humane society officer
- Commercial vehicle enforcement officer
- Inspector - municipal law enforcement
- Animal control inspector
- Sign inspector
- Humane society inspector
- Property use inspector
- Licence inspector
- Liquor board licence inspector
- Service station inspector
- Taxi inspector
- Property standards inspector
- Right of way inspector
- Road transport inspector
- Zoning inspector
- Weigh station operator - by-law enforcement
- Highway scale operator
- Dog catcher
- By-law enforcement officers supervisor
- Traffic supervisor - by-law enforcement
- Lottery supervisor - government services
- Animal control supervisor
- Dog warden
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: December 22, 2022