Dispatchers

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Dispatchers operate radios and other telecommunication equipment to dispatch emergency vehicles and to co-ordinate the activities of drivers and other personnel.

Outlook

Fair

Wage

Low: $14.15
Median: $21.00
High: $41.35

Training

  • Completion of secondary school is required.
  • Police and emergency dispatchers are required to complete formal on-the-job training. 
  • Other dispatchers usually undergo some informal on-the-job training.
  • Police and emergency dispatchers and other radio operators usually require provincial radio operator's certificates.

Places of Employment

Police, fire and health departments, other emergency service agencies, taxi, delivery and courier services, trucking and utilities companies, and other commercial and industrial establishments.

Regulated

No