Security Guards
Tasks Include:
- Patrol industrial or commercial premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of doors, windows, and gates.
- Answer alarms and investigate disturbances.
- Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain security of premises.
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Circulate among visitors, patrons, or employees to preserve order and protect property.
- Answer telephone calls to take messages, answer questions, and provide information during non-business hours or when switchboard is closed.
- Warn persons of rule infractions or violations, and apprehend or evict violators from premises, using force when necessary.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +15.5%
National: +3.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$34,750.00
State
$36,120.00
Regional
Security Guards
Description
Career Cluster: | Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security |
Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules. May operate x-ray and metal detector equipment.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 79.26%
- Some College Courses = 9.56%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 5.06%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 4.16%
- Bachelor's Degree = 1.96%
Related Work Experience
- None = 37.22%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20.02%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.01%
- Up to and including 1 month = 9.56%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.56%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.16%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1.56%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.92%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 53.41%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.25%
- None = 14.12%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.05%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.16%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 61.43%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 21.21%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15.70%
- None or short demonstration = 1.66%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Patrol industrial or commercial premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of doors, windows, and gates.
- Answer alarms and investigate disturbances.
- Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain security of premises.
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Circulate among visitors, patrons, or employees to preserve order and protect property.
- Answer telephone calls to take messages, answer questions, and provide information during non-business hours or when switchboard is closed.
- Warn persons of rule infractions or violations, and apprehend or evict violators from premises, using force when necessary.
- Operate detecting devices to screen individuals and prevent passage of prohibited articles into restricted areas.
- Escort or drive motor vehicle to transport individuals to specified locations or to provide personal protection.
- Inspect and adjust security systems, equipment, or machinery to ensure operational use and to detect evidence of tampering.
- Lock doors and gates of entrances and exits to secure buildings.
- Respond to medical emergencies by administering basic first aid or by obtaining assistance from paramedics.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Monitor and adjust controls that regulate building systems, such as air conditioning, furnace, or boiler.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital video cameras)
- Facsimile machines (Fax machines)
- Emergency medical services first aid kits (First aid kits)
- Flashlights
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Handcuffs (Metal handcuffs)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Fire extinguishers (Multipurpose fire extinguishers)
- Night sticks (Nightsticks)
- Automobiles or cars (Patrol cars)
- Golf carts (Patrol golf carts)
- Hand sprayers (Pepper spray)
- Personal computers
- Photocopiers
- Handguns (Pistols)
- Handcuffs (Plastic handcuffs)
- Handguns (Revolvers)
- Alarm systems (Security alarm systems)
- Security or access control systems (Security surveillance systems)
- Premise branch exchange PBX systems (Switchboards)
- Two way radios
- Truck or rail scales (Vehicle weight scales)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Spreadsheet software
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Corel WordPerfect software
- Microsoft Word
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Additional Resources
Further information about work opportunities for guards is available from local security and guard firms and State employment service offices. Information about licensing requirements for guards may be obtained from the State licensing commission or the State police department. In States where local jurisdictions establish licensing requirements, contact a local government authority such as the sheriff, county executive, or city manager.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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93.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
88.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
83.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
77.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
74.75 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
70.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
70.25 | Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
68.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
63.75 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
53.75 | Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
52.25 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
51.25 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
59.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
59.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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94.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
89.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
88.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
87.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
86.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
84.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
81.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
80.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
80.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
80.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
79.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
79.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
78.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
78.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
77.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
77.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
77.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
75.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
74.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
73.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
73.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
71.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
69.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
69.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
69.25 | Staffing Organizational Units | Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization. |
68.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
65.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
62.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
62.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
61.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
60.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
58.75 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
54.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
51.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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94.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
94.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
93.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
92.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
92.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
90.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
87.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
87.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
83.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
82.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
80.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
79.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
78.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
76.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
74.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
73.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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99.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
98.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
97.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
92.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
88.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
88.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
88.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
87.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
86.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
84.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
73.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
70.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
69.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
68.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
68.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
67.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
66.80 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
66.00 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
65.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
64.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
64.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
61.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
58.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
55.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
52.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
50.60 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
49.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $24,020.00 | $34,750.00 | $39,440.00 |
Virginia | $27,730.00 | $36,120.00 | $44,710.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $34,222.20 | $43,480.65 | $53,682.93 |
Bay Consortium | $29,151.90 | $38,568.17 | $47,776.46 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $27,647.84 | $35,407.46 | $43,528.73 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $28,573.90 | $37,755.00 | $53,359.96 |
Crater Area | $31,344.74 | $45,133.12 | $53,287.84 |
Greater Peninsula | $26,891.11 | $31,547.51 | $39,113.77 |
Hampton Roads | $27,409.53 | $31,132.56 | $40,193.47 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $26,492.89 | $32,005.31 | $40,032.51 |
Northern Virginia | $34,732.26 | $42,896.38 | $55,218.34 |
Piedmont Workforce | $28,798.61 | $38,765.72 | $53,026.54 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $28,541.49 | $37,154.01 | $43,771.22 |
Southwestern Virginia | $23,914.36 | $23,914.36 | $33,849.06 |
West Piedmont | $26,933.96 | $32,340.82 | $41,470.72 |
Western Virginia | $27,238.12 | $35,213.06 | $41,633.77 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,077,700 | 1,114,900 | +3.5% |
Virginia | 28,467 | 32,867 | +15.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 3,021 | 3,458 | +14.5% |
Bay Consortium | 345 | 352 | +2.0% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 4,488 | 5,319 | +18.5% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 383 | 403 | +5.2% |
Crater Area | 509 | 465 | -8.6% |
Greater Peninsula | 1,100 | 1,177 | +7.0% |
Hampton Roads | 3,781 | 4,322 | +14.3% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 506 | 564 | +11.5% |
Northern Virginia | 10,347 | 12,307 | +18.9% |
Piedmont Workforce | 843 | 871 | +3.3% |
Shenandoah Valley | 519 | 595 | +14.6% |
South Central | 150 | 146 | -2.7% |
Southwestern Virginia | 244 | 317 | +29.9% |
West Piedmont | 279 | 308 | +10.4% |
Western Virginia | 1,230 | 1,430 | +16.3% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Chaplain's Assistants
- Law Enforcement, General
- Memorial Activities and Embalming
- Security Guards
- Infantryman
- Indirect Fire Infantryman
- Cavalry Scout
- M1 Armor Crewman
- Rifleman
- Mortarman
- Security Forces
- Military Police
- Military Police
- Master-At-Arms
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Airline Security Representative
- Airport Screener
- Airport Security Screener
- Alarm Investigator
- Armed Guard
- Armed Security Guard
- Armored Car Driver
- Armored Car Guard
- Bag Checker
- Baggage Inspector
- Baggage Screener
- Baggage Security Checker
- Bank Guard
- Bodyguard
- Bouncer
- Camp Guard
- Campus Security Officer
- Closed Circuit Screen Watcher
- Customer Security Clerk
- Customer Service Security Officer
- Door Tender
- Doorshaker
- Elevated Guard
- Fire Observer
- Fire Watchman
- Floorperson
- Floorwalker
- Front Desk Clerk
- Gate Attendant
- Gate Guard
- Gate Keeper
- Gate Operator
- Gate Person
- Gate Tender
- Gate Watchman
- Gateman
- Golf Course Ranger
- Government Guard
- Guard Driver
- Hall Tender
- Hotel Security Officer
- Houseman
- Loss Prevention Officer
- Loss Prevention Representative
- Maritime Guard
- Merchant Patroller
- Merchant Police
- Package Checker
- Patrol Guard
- Patrol Officer
- Patrolman
- Plant Guard
- Plant Protection Guard
- Plant Protection Officer
- Plant Security Guard
- Police Guard
- Private Security Guard
- Private Watchman
- Protective Officer
- Roundsman
- Safety and Security Officer
- Security Agent
- Security Assistant
- Security Checker
- Security Guard
- Security Inspector
- Security Officer
- Security Police
- Security Screener
- Ship Keeper
- Special Officer
- Special Police
- Station Gateman
- Store Detective
- Surveillance Officer
- Timber Watchman
- Transportation Security Screener
- Truck Guard
- Watchguard
- Watchman
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Security Guards
Related Schools
- Danville Community College
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