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Customs and Border Inspector
Occupation Code: 3351
Alternative titles: Customs Officer, Border Control Officer, Frontier Control Inspector, Immigration Officer, Passport Checking Officer
Job description and duties
Customs and Border Inspectors check persons and vehicles for prohibited goods at border points to ensure that government rules and regulations concerning import or export are adhered to. A Customs and Border Inspector is typically expected to:
• Check travel documents of persons crossing borders to ensure that they have the necessary authorization
• Patrol national borders and coastal waters to prevent illegal entry or exit from the country and to stop the illegal import or export of currency or goods
• Perform customs formalities such as checking of parcels
• Check goods based on description provided by customer
• Collect transport documents
• Complete formalities for transport service
• Check international freight transport
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• Inform customers about formalities on international freight
• Keep files on cargo storage, customs declarations, maritime consignments and transit export and import goods
• Track down illegal and fraudulent cross- border trade activities
• Perform inquiries with the foreign authorities concerned
• Seize smuggled goods and detain persons found to be in violation of immigration and custom laws
• Board vessels/airplanes and monitor the cargo until the vessel’s/airplane’s departure
Work environment
Customs and Border Inspectors typically work on a full-time basis. Work may be on shift basis and one is expected to work on public holidays and during weekends.
Customs and Border Inspectors are typically based at airports, seaports and any other border areas. They are occasionally required to go to court to testify on what they have seen at border control.
Occupation data
Number of employees (2017)
79
Share of foreigners (2017)
3%
Job Outlook (2018 - 2022)
+17%
Median Pay (per annum)
€16,200
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