Skills
44 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
7 skills
Essential skills / competences
21 skills
Optional knowledge
4 skills
Optional skills / competences
12 skills
Overview
Security managers protect people, premises and company assets by setting security policies, tracking incidents, implementing protocols and supervising security staff. The work can cover facilities, machines, vehicles, information, visitors and emergency response.
In job descriptions, look for site security routines, surveillance equipment, disaster recovery exercises, facility security systems, risk management policy, security threats, outsourced security and emergency procedures.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Security manager work is about turning risk information into routines that protect people, premises and assets. The role connects incident logs, access control, surveillance equipment, emergency response, staff direction and checks that security protocols are followed.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include site security routines, internal risk policy, security threats, organisational resilience, surveillance equipment, facility security systems, equipment availability and supervision of internal or outsourced security staff.
Salary context
Salary context depends on site risk level, number of guarded locations, staff and supplier responsibility, emergency duty, security-system complexity and whether the role includes policy design or mainly operational control.
Career paths
Paths can move from security supervision, facilities security, emergency response or risk coordination into regional security management, resilience planning, security policy, supplier management or combined physical and information security leadership.
Good to know
Check adverts for the assets being protected, incident types, shift or on-call expectations, surveillance systems, outsourced guarding model, authority during emergencies and whether cyber or information confidentiality is part of the remit.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for security manager work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
business service manager (1219.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e9507d34-c70f-474f-a4a3-d2cbfe50f6e9 |
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| ESCO code | 1219.1.2 |
| ISCO group | 1219 |
| Concept type | Occupation |