The agency's head office is located at 400 George Street in the Brisbane central business district.

These properties are outstanding examples of the world's natural or cultural heritage, and provide highly valuable environmental, tourism and economic services for Queensland.

The service employs park rangers who are responsible for constructing and maintaining infrastructure such as camping areas, picnic areas, amenities, walking tracks and lookouts providing advice to visitors, recording wildlife data, controlling feral plants and animals, assisting in the preparation of management plans and enforcing park rules.

Rangers engaging in firefighting duties wear green bunker gear with "PARKS" written across the upper back, along with the QPWS logo on both shoulders.

QPWS operate primarily the Toyota Land Cruiser 79 Series and Mercedes-Benz G-Class light attack appliances.. QPWS also has a small amount of medium and heavy attack appliances based on an Isuzu or Hino chassis, such as the Isuzu Forward and Hino 500.