Occupations reserved (exempt) from conscription

- firefighters (including apprentices)

- Paramedics

- Ambulance drivers

- Merchant Navy officers and officer cadets

- Merchant Navy ratings and apprentices

- Deep sea fishermen

- Prison Service
officers, Prison Service NCOs and Prison Service officer/NCO cadets and apprentices

- Farm manager or self-employed farmer

(Not including farm-owners who employ a manager)

- Electricians

- National Geographical Service Commissioned Officers and officer cadets

- Members of certified local police forces

- Overseers of unfree workers

Jobs that are reserved for experienced employees
- Agricultural workers: Reserved after three years of experience.

- Carers: Reserved after one year of experience.

- Construction workers: reserved from one to eleven years experience depending on trade.

- Union officials: Reserved after five years of experience.

- Diplomats: Reserved after one year of experience.

- Foremen: Reserved after nine months of experience.

- Schoolteachers: Reserved after 18 months of experience.

- Religious scholars: Reserved after three years experience.