Also called: Property Maintenance Inspector
Responds to complaints about overgrown yards, junk cars, illegal signs, and unsafe buildings.
Code enforcement officers drive around town checking neighbor complaints, photographing violations, and giving owners time to fix them. They help keep neighborhoods safe and clean, and sometimes deal with abandoned or dangerous buildings.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; code enforcement certification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Criminal Justice, Building Inspection Technology.
Growing slowly. Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. Apps take complaints and photos; visiting properties and working with residents stay human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply on your city or county jobs site for code enforcement officer openings First: Government hiring with a background check; code certification comes after hire
Classes: Government, Construction CTE class, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4011.
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