Public Safety Administration
About
The Public Safety Administration curriculum is designed to provide students, as well as practitioners, with knowledge and skills in the technical, managerial, and administrative areas necessary for entrance or advancement within various public safety and government organizations. Course work in diverse subject areas includes public safety administration and education, interagency operations, crisis leadership, government and agency financial management, professional standards, incident management, administrative law, and supervision, while providing a streamlined pathway that recognizes the value of previously earned skillsets and credentials within the public safety sector. Employment opportunities exist with fire or police departments, emergency management organizations, governmental agencies, industrial firms, correctional facilities, private industries, insurance organizations, educational organizations, security and protective organizations, and through self-employment opportunities.
Potential Careers
The following occupational information is provided by www.nccareers.org and is subject to change. The occupations list is not an exhaustive list and may include careers that require higher levels of education than those provided at NCCCS colleges.
Animal Control Workers
Business Operations Specialists, Other
Compliance Officers
Crossing Guards and Flaggers
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Emergency Management Directors
Emergency Medical Technicians
Firefighters
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
Information Security Analysts
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
Project Management Specialists
Protective Service Workers, Other
Security Guards
Supervisors – Protective Service Workers, Other
Transit and Railroad Police
Transportation Security Screeners
