Security Guard Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Security & Safety

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Security Guard Skills List in Security & Safety

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Security Guard role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Security Guard job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 66% of Security Guard job descriptions contained security officer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

security officer
66%
customer service
50%
compliance
41%
security
38%
sia licence
16%
security guard
16%
corporate security
13%
security support officer
13%
security enforcement officer
13%
cctv
13%
safety
10%
sia
10%
fulltime
7%
42 hour contract
7%
fire marshall
7%
protective services
7%
relief
7%
patrol officer
7%
guarding
7%
residential
7%
patrols
7%
contract
7%
patrol
4%
airport
4%
aviation
4%
ctc cleared
4%
dbs
4%
driving licence
4%
surrey
4%
computer literate
4%
listener
4%
part time
4%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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