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Overview
Bodyguards protect clients from injury, attack and harassment while accompanying them to events, travel, meetings or public gatherings.
In job descriptions, look for threat assessment, close protection, surveillance awareness, radio communication, first aid, emergency response, crowd control, vehicle work and calm incident handling.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Work follows the protected person through travel, entrances, crowds, events and meetings, with attention on routes, surroundings, suspicious behaviour and rapid emergency response.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include threat assessment, close-protection routines, radio communication, first aid, vehicle handling, surveillance awareness, crowd control, calm judgement and coordination with emergency services.
Salary context
Salary context depends on client risk, travel intensity, shift patterns, public-event exposure, driving duties, emergency readiness, team leadership and the level of personal responsibility carried.
Career paths
Paths can move from security guarding, event security or emergency response into close protection teams, security coordination, risk assessment, protective driving or supervision of protection details.
Good to know
Check adverts for client type, travel schedule, event work, weapon or equipment expectations, radio procedures, first-aid duties, driving requirements and how incidents are reported.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for bodyguard work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
security guard (5414.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f8e435dd-7aa9-4d7a-97c3-b3b5789b6b25 |
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| ESCO code | 5414.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 5414 |
| Concept type | Occupation |