Security guard supervisor to security guard
A security guard supervisor already meets 65% of what the security guard role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
43.2/ 100
1 How much of what a security guard is expected to do is already part of a security guard supervisor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the security guard role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A security guard role treats 14 of its required skills as things a security guard supervisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- check official documents
- deal with aggressive behaviour
- detain offenders
- ensure law application
- ensure public safety and security
- execute inspection walkway
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A security guard role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a security guard supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held document security incidents in the store information skills
- already held security in industrial buildings services
- already held execute inspection walkway assisting and caring
- already held monitor parking areas to maintain security information skills
- already held provide door security assisting and caring
- already held security in commercial buildings services
All 31 carried skills, including the 14 the security guard role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn check tickets at venue entry required
- still to learn comply with the principles of self-defence required
- still to learn identify security threats required
- still to learn perform body searches required
- optional, not held carry out security activities with a dog optional
- optional, not held exercise security in hospitals optional
- optional, not held provide security in detention centres optional
- optional, not held conduct airport security screening optional
- optional, not held ensure store security optional
- optional, not held manage lost and found articles optional
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held regulate traffic optional
- still to learn identify terrorism threats required
- optional, not held ensure security on ships optional
- optional, not held inspect cargo optional
- still to learn stay alert required
- optional, not held interrogate individuals optional
- optional, not held explosives optional
- optional, not held alarm systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a security guard role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check tickets at venue entry practise this
- 02 comply with the principles of self-defence practise this
- 03 identify security threats practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 31 skills that carry over
- already held check official documents skill
- already held deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- already held detain offenders skill
- already held ensure law application skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held execute inspection walkway skill
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held maintain facility security systems skill
- already held monitor surveillance equipment skill
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held perform security checks skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held restrain individuals skill
- already held security threats knowledge
- already held check methods knowledge
- already held criminal law knowledge
- already held document security incidents in the store skill
- already held ensure hotel security skill
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held illegal substances knowledge
- already held legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- already held legal use-of-force knowledge
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held monitor parking areas to maintain security skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held provide door security skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held security in commercial buildings knowledge
- already held security in industrial buildings knowledge
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held alarm systems optional
- optional, not held carry out security activities with a dog optional
- optional, not held ensure security on ships optional
- optional, not held exercise security in hospitals optional
- optional, not held provide security in detention centres optional
- optional, not held conduct airport security screening optional
- optional, not held ensure store security optional
- optional, not held explosives optional
- optional, not held manage lost and found articles optional
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held inspect cargo optional
- optional, not held interrogate individuals optional
- optional, not held regulate traffic optional
10 held skills the security guard role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate security skill
- not needed by the target role develop computer vision system skill
- not needed by the target role manage security equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage the security team skill
- not needed by the target role supervise security at manned access gates skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role train security officers skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role write security reports skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held alarm systems optional
- optional, not held explosives optional
Other moves recorded from security guard supervisor
Common questions about this move
Can a security guard supervisor become a security guard?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A security guard supervisor already covers 65% of what a security guard is expected to do: 31 skills carry over, 14 of which the security guard role treats as required.
What skills does a security guard supervisor need to become a security guard?
6 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is check tickets at venue entry.
How hard is the move from security guard supervisor to security guard?
Its learning distance is 43.2 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.