Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a security guard supervisor can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a security guard supervisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Security guard supervisors monitor and oversee the activities of guards who protect properties from vandalism acts and theft. They assign areas to be patrolled by guards on a regular basis, transfer the individual caught trespassing to police custody and develop safety plans and drills for the buildings and employees under their supervision.

Also known as security chief, security supervisor, commercial security officers supervisor, security guard manager, security guard chief, guard supervisor, guard manager, guard chief, security officers manager.

Service and sales workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: security guard, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
security guard 65% covered gate guard 52% covered store detective 47% covered security alarm investigator 46% covered hand luggage inspector 46% covered security guard supervisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from security guard supervisor, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a security guard supervisor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A security guard supervisor needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • coordinate security assisting and caring
  • manage the security team management skills
  • supervise security at manned access gates information skills
  • write security reports information skills
  • execute inspection walkway assisting and caring
  • manage security equipment information skills
  • monitor surveillance equipment constructing
  • maintain facility security systems assisting and caring
  • coordinate patrols management skills
  • detain offenders assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a security guard supervisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Security guard supervisor is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a security guard supervisor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.