Civil defence
Specialised college- You study
- Safety and prevention, Rescue
- Jobs
- Civil defence officer
- Average for the services field · Age 25–29
- Sample too small
For the services field in the Labour Force Survey3.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Firefighters: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.
What do Civil defence students learn?
A programme that trains people in rescue and in preventing accidents and disasters.
- Safety and prevention
- Rescue
- First aid
- Emergency management
In Arabic: الدفاع المدني
What jobs do Civil defence graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Civil defence officer
- Rescue technician
- Safety officer
- Emergency coordinator
Work at incident scenes on rotations, with nights and physical effort.
- Field
- Shifts and nights often
- Sometimes outside the city
- High physical effort
What do Civil defence graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Services” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
What is unemployment in the services field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
Related majors
All majors in Security, aviation and transport · Labour-market figures for all fieldsReferences
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Firefighters” (BLS 33-2011), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Firefighters” (COPS 42101), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Services”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).