45100 – Student monitors, crossing guards and related occupations

Lead statement

Student monitors supervise students to ensure their safety and monitor their behaviour during indoor or outdoor breaks and before and after school hours.

Main duties

• Monitor school buildings and grounds to help ensure the security of the students and the school
• Monitor student’s lockers and lunch areas
• Monitor students during recess, at noon hour or during the day on school grounds
• Record and report students' absences, accidents, behaviours and issues
• May monitor security cameras and report incidents and infractions
• May supervise tests, school detention, and other related activities
• May prepare classroom equipment such as projectors and other audio-visual or electronic equipment for special activities.
• Coordinate the flow of pedestrians across selected intersection with the flow of vehicles.
• Direct and assist students at school crossing locations.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• First aid certification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training may be required.

Example job titles

school lunchroom supervisor · lunchroom monitor · student monitor · student supervisor · bus monitor · hall monitor · school monitor · school crossing guard · crossing guard

Wages (per hour)

Source: Job Bank wages, 2025 release (ESDC). Low and high are the 10th and 90th percentiles.