Careers in Trading Standards
A trading standards career is exciting and intriguing, offering both challenge and responsibility. As a trading standards professional, you will have a considerable impact on people’s lives and make a difference to the world you live in.
You will help protect the public and honest businesses from rogue traders and illegal practices. You’ll be part of a team that advises, persuades and when necessary, prosecutes.
You will find the variety of work stimulating and, depending on your exact job, you’ll have the chance to deal with a range of people and situations. You can also expect to hold a diverse workload, covering areas such as product safety, animal health, consumer credit, food, product counterfeiting, and lots more…
There are numerous tangible benefits:
You’ll get the satisfaction of doing something for the community in which you too are a consumer.
It’s a genuinely interesting and challenging career and, although there are no guarantees in this life, fully qualified trading standards officers are in demand so you can be pretty sure of a job.
Once in, you can expect to make good progress. Continuous professional and personal development (CPPD) is actively encouraged, allowing you to obtain the appropriate skills, qualifications and experience needed for your career progression.
It’s an active and varied profession, with opportunities to work in teams and on your own.
For more information on becoming a Trading Standards Officer, please visit http://www.tscareers.org.uk/