Trading Standards Officer Jobs

Permanent and contract Trading Standards vacancies

Trading Standards play a vital role in the economy of the country. A job as a trading standards officer involves protecting the public from unscrupulous trading practices helping to ensure that all the goods and services consumers buy is in accordance with the hundreds of relevant UK trading laws. This could be anything from the Trade Descriptions Act right through to the Weights and Measures Act.

This is an extremely varied field and trading standards jobs can involve working unusual hours and you may be required to travel, depending on your specific area of operations. There is no such thing as a typical day but there are many opportunities for career progression and enrichment and successful Trading Standards Officers come from a whole host of different backgrounds and levels of seniority from management through to more junior employees.

Excellent standards of communication both written and verbal will be required for any of these roles, as there will be a significant amount of report writing and evidence gathering along with a need to keep up with the ever evolving complexities of the law.

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