Non-teaching staff operates in schools regularly. They are permanent state staff called ATA (administrative-technical-auxiliary). The working conditions of the ATA staff at all school levels are regulated by the collective labour contracts. The ATA staff is organised at provincial level. 

Other professional figures can be provided (for example, psychologists, physicians, social assistants, etc.); however, they are not part of the school staff; they are employed by other institutions (communes, provinces, local health authorities, etc.) which collaborate with schools, sometimes also through special agreements.