At the end of February 2024 there were 528 staff (512.69 FTE) serving in the National Parks and Wildlife Service which is part of the Heritage Division of my Department. The table below sets out the staff numbers by grade.
Details of the salaries for each of the grades are available on the civil service payscales website at:civilservicepayscales.per.gov.ie/.
Grade Stream
|
Generic Grade
|
Headcount
|
FTE
|
General Service
|
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
|
10
|
10.00
|
General Service
|
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
|
25
|
24.40
|
General Service
|
CLERICAL OFFICER
|
29
|
27.20
|
General Service
|
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
|
48
|
45.73
|
General Service
|
HIGHER EXECUTIVE OFFICER
|
40
|
38.60
|
General Service
|
PRINCIPAL
|
7
|
7.00
|
Industrial
|
CRAFT CHARGEHAND
|
3
|
3.00
|
Industrial
|
CRAFT FOREPERSON
|
5
|
5.00
|
Industrial
|
CRAFT WORKER
|
7
|
6.40
|
Industrial
|
FOREPERSON GRADE 1
|
1
|
1.00
|
Industrial
|
FOREPERSON GRADE 3
|
4
|
4.00
|
Industrial
|
GENERAL OPERATIVE GRADE 2
|
43
|
42.80
|
Industrial
|
GENERAL OPERATIVE GRADE 3
|
18
|
13.03
|
Industrial
|
GUIDE
|
69
|
66.60
|
Industrial
|
GUIDE SUPERVISOR
|
4
|
4.00
|
Industrial
|
STOREKEEPER CLERK GRADE 1
|
4
|
4.00
|
Industrial
|
STOREKEEPER CLERK IN CHARGE
|
4
|
4.00
|
Industrial
|
STORES/OFFICE SUPERVISOR
|
1
|
1.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
ARCHITECT
|
1
|
1.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT GR 1
|
1
|
1.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
CONSERVATION RANGER
|
99
|
98.63
|
Professional & Technical
|
DISTRICT CONSERVATION OFFICER
|
25
|
25.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
ENGINEER GRADE 2 CIVIL
|
1
|
1.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
WILDLIFE INSPECTOR GRADE 1
|
21
|
21.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
WILDLIFE INSPECTOR GRADE 2
|
37
|
37.00
|
Professional & Technical
|
WILDLIFE INSPECTOR GRADE 3
|
21
|
20.30
|
|
Grand Total
|
528
|
512.69
|