Skills
41 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
3 skills
Essential skills / competences
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
15 skills
Overview
Security guard supervisors oversee guards who protect buildings, entrances, equipment and people from theft, vandalism and trespassing. The work includes assigning patrol areas, monitoring surveillance equipment, checking incidents and coordinating with security authorities when needed.
In job descriptions, look for guard rosters, access gates, patrol coordination, incident reports, facility security systems, safety drills, staff supervision, radio communication, inspections and handling detained trespassers.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work is centred on protected buildings, entrances and patrol areas. A supervisor allocates guards, checks surveillance screens, reviews incidents and keeps the team ready for alarms, trespassers and safety drills.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include patrol planning, staff briefing, report writing, access-gate routines, facility security systems, radio discipline and calm handling of detained offenders until police or site contacts take over.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by team size, shift coverage, site risk, incident responsibility, training duties and whether the supervisor manages several guards or one fixed post. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Development can move toward security site manager, operations coordinator, training officer, major-incident coordination or specialist work with access control and surveillance systems.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the site type, patrol schedule, access gates, reporting system, emergency drills and authority contact. Those details show how operational the supervisory role is.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
security guard (5414.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/37442765-f7bb-4ccd-9de1-4790296f3d37 |
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| ESCO code | 5414.1.9 |
| ISCO group | 5414 |
| Concept type | Occupation |