Careers, Employability and Skills
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Duty Adviser hours are 10.30am-4.30pm
Defence and Public Protection
The sheer range of opportunities in the Armed Forces can be truly bewildering. The links on this page will provide you with all the information you will need to impress at an initial interview.
Further information on types of job can be found on Prospects Explore Types of Job and Gradireland Career Sectors.
More about different employment options with your degree can be found on Prospects Options With Your Subject.
Online Resources:
Armed Forces| Security Services| Emergency Services| Public Health and Consumer Protection
Armed Forces
| UK | |
| British Army | www.army.mod.uk |
| Royal Air Force | www.raf.mod.uk |
| Royal Navy | |
| Territorial Army | |
| Republic of Ireland | |
| The Irish Defence Forces |
Security Services
| UK | |
| Careers in the Home Office | www.homeoffice.gov.uk |
| HM Customs and Excise | www.hmrc.gov.uk/index.htm |
| Home Civil Service | www.civilservice.gov.uk/ |
| Republic of Ireland | |
| Irish Prison Service | www.irishprisons.ie |
Emergency Services
| UK | |
| Association of Police Authorities (APA) | www.apa.police.uk |
| British Paramedic Association (BPA) | www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk |
| Fire Service | www.fireservice.co.uk |
| Police Could You | www.policecouldyou.co.uk |
| Tulliallan Police (Scottish recruitment) | www.tulliallan.police.uk |
| NHS Jobs | www.jobs.nhs.uk |
| Northern Ireland Ambulance Service | www.niamb.co.uk |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) | www.psni.police.uk |
| Republic of Ireland | |
| Garda Siochana | www.garda.ie |
Public Health and Consumer Protection
| British Occupational Hygiene Society | www.bohs.org |
| British Safety Council | www.britsafe.org |
| Civil Service Careers | www.civilservice.gov.uk/recruitment |
| Chartered Institute of Environmental Health | www.ehcareers.org |
| Health and Safety Executive | www.hse.gov.uk |
| National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) | www.nebosh.org.uk |
Further Reading
We have a number of reference materials available in the Careers and Employability Information Area in the Student Guidance Centre as well as some online resources listed below.
Prospects industry insights and Gradireland sector career guides will help you to search for employment in this employment sector.
This information is obtained from a variety of sources, including the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS), Association of Higher Education Careers Services (AHECS), Prospects, Gradireland and relevant professional organisations and other appropriate resources, as available.
We endeavour to ensure that our online resources are current and contain relevant information. However, we cannot accept responsibility for the contents of external websites.