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Which DBS check do I need?

There are four different types of DBS checks. Different industries, roles and positions within organisations require different types of DBS checks. Let’s take a look at the DBS checks needed for a wide range of positions in the workplace.

Accountant

Actor

Actuary

Acupuncturist

Agricultural Labourer

Airport Staff

Ambulance Service

Architect

Army

Baker

Bank Clerk

Bank Manager

Bar Staff

Barrister

Beauty Therapist

Blacksmith

Bodyguard

Bookkeeper

Bookseller

Builder or Contractor

Bus / Coach Driver (non- school bus)

Bus / Coach Driver (school bus)

Butcher

Call Centre Worker

Careers Adviser

Carer

Chef (non- school or care premises)

Chef (on school or care premises)

Childminder

Chiropodist

Chiropractor (registered)

Civil Engineer

Civil Servant

Cleaner

Clerks and Officers of Law Courts

Construction Manager

Council Administrator

Councillor

Courier

Crown Prosecution Service

Dentist/ Hygienist/ Auxillary

Detention Centre (Immigration) Officer

Doctor

Doorman/ Bouncer

Draughtsman

Driving Instructor

Electrician

Engineering Construction

Engineering Designer

Estate Agent

Farmer

FCA Approved Person

Financial Services: Banking

Financial Services: Building Society

Financial Services: Credit Management

Financial Services: Insurance

Fire Service

Fitness trainer/ Fitness instructor

Football Steward

Forensic Scientist

Forester or Tree Surgeon

Funeral Director

Game Keeper

Government Legal Services

Grounds Keeper

Hairdresser

Home Inspector for Care Homes

Hospitality

Information Technology

Insurance

Journalist

Judicial Appointment

Justices Executive/ Clerk/ Assistant

Landscape Architect or Gardener

Lawyer or Solicitor

Legal Executive

Librarian

Licensed Conveyancer

Lifeguard

Locksmith

Lorry Driver

Market Stall Trader

Martial Arts Instructor

Mayor

Mechanic

Medical Practitioner

Member of Parliament

Merchant Navy

Milkman

Miner

Minister of Religion

Ministry of Defence

Model (e.g. fashion)

Mortgage Advisor

Mountain Rescue

Musician

National Trust Executive

NHS Administration

Nurse or Midwife

Oil or Gas Extraction

Optician (dispensing)

Osteopath (registered)

Painter/ decorator

Paralegal

Personal Assistant

Personnel

Pharmaceutical Chemist

Photographer

Physicist

Physiotherapist

Pilot

Plumber

Podiatrist

Police Constables

Postman/ Postwoman

Printer

Prison Officer

Prison Visitors (IMB)

Private Investigator

Probation Officer

Psychologist (chartered)

Psychotherapist

Public House Manager/ licenced trade

Publisher

Quarrying

Radio Broadcaster

Railway Worker

Road Safety Officer

Roofer

Royal Air Force

Royal Navy

Royal Navy (Medical branch)

RSPCA

Sales representative

Scaffolder

School (non-teaching)

School Governor

Scrap Metal Dealer

Secretary

Security Guard

Shop Assistant

Social Worker

Solicitor

Sports Referee/ Umpire/ Official

Sportsman / Sportswoman

Statistician

Steeplejack

Surgeon

Surveyor (chartered)

Taxi Driver

Taxidermist

Teacher

Teaching Assistant

Telesales Executive

Television Presenter

Toilet Attendant

Trading Standards Officer

Traffic Warden

Train Driver

Tram Driver

Travel Agent

Undertaker

Veterinary Surgeon

Waiter/ Waitress

Welder/ Fabricator

Woodworker

Youth Worker

Zoo Worker

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