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Crossing Guards and Flaggers

Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.

Sector: Law
Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
O*NET code: 33-9091.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Getting Information

a regular part of the work — rated 63/100 for importance.
Assisting and Caring for Others

a regular part of the work — rated 61/100 for importance.
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

a regular part of the work — rated 61/100 for importance.
Performing General Physical Activities

a regular part of the work — rated 60/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

a regular part of the work — rated 57/100 for importance.
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

part of the mix — rated 52/100 for importance.

Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Speaking

Needed at a basic working level (36/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
Social Perceptiveness

Needed at a basic working level (36/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a basic working level (39/100), and rated 47/100 for importance.
Monitoring

Needed at a basic working level (37/100), and rated 47/100 for importance.
Service Orientation

Needed at a basic working level (37/100), and rated 44/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Public Safety and Security

Needed at a basic working level (42/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Customer and Personal Service

Needed at a solid working level (47/100), and rated 54/100 for importance.
English Language

Needed at a basic working level (36/100), and rated 52/100 for importance.
Law and Government

Needed at an introductory level (25/100), and rated 35/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Problem Sensitivity

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Far Vision

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.

Experience

Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.

Training

Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.

What it pays

These are typical law compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Crossing Guards and Flaggers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

BigLaw (Cravath Scale)

$215k – $500k+

Regional Law Firms

$90k – $160k

Solo & Small Practices

$55k – $100k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

The day is built around getting information more than anything else (63/100).From “Getting Information”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Crossing Guards and Flaggers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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