High opportunity occupation
About this job
Dispatchers:
- use radios and other telecommunication equipment to dispatch emergency vehicles and to co-ordinate the activities of drivers and other personnel
- work for police, fire and health departments; other emergency service agencies; taxi, delivery and courier services; trucking and utilities companies; and other commercial and industrial establishments
Common job titles
- clerk, car assignments
- clerk, yard
- communications officer - emergency services
- co-ordinator, inbound / outbound freight
- dispatcher, boat / tugboat
- dispatcher, emergency services
- dispatcher, maintenance crews
- dispatcher, pilot services
- dispatcher, radio / communications
- dispatcher, troubleshooting services
- dispatcher, water service
- operator, airline radio
- operator, alarm system / fire alarm
- operator, monitoring station
- operator, protective signal
- operator, radio
- clerk, car assignments
- clerk, yard
- communications officer - emergency services
- co-ordinator, inbound / outbound freight
- dispatcher, boat / tugboat
- dispatcher, emergency services
- dispatcher, maintenance crews
- dispatcher, pilot services
- dispatcher, radio / communications
- dispatcher, troubleshooting services
- dispatcher, water service
- operator, airline radio
- operator, alarm system / fire alarm
- operator, monitoring station
- operator, protective signal
- operator, radio
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$54,226
Source:
2020 Job Bank Wage data
Provincial hourly rate
Source: 2020 Job Bank Wage Report