Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a security manager can go next

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

Security managers ensure security for people, such as customers and employees, and company’s assets either fixed, movable, machines, vehicles, and real state. They ensure safety and security by enforcing security policies, keeping track of different events, implementing security protocols, creating emergency response procedures, conducting security evaluations, and supervising security staff members.

Also known as cybersecurity specialist, security operations manager, security systems manager, security management specialist, chief security guard, safety and security manager, security specialist, private security manager, security officer, surveillance manager, corporate security manager.

Managers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hospitality establishment security officer, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hospitality establishment sec… 40% covered programme manager 37% covered auction house manager 31% covered facilities manager 30% covered botanist 30% covered security manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from security manager, 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 manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A security manager needs 28 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
  • establish site security routines management skills
  • investigate security issues information skills
  • manage the security team management skills
  • oversee planning of security systems management skills
  • security regulations services
  • write security reports information skills
  • manage security equipment information skills
  • lead disaster recovery exercises management skills
  • manage disaster recovery plans management skills
  • internal risk management policy business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Security manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a security manager’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.