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Security Guards

Skills & Knowledge

 

Most Important Skills for Security Guards


 

Most Important Knowledge Areas for Security Guards



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Describe Your Skills


People who have worked in this career typically perform the following tasks. These statements can help a prospective employer understand what you can do, on a resume or during an interview.

  • Collecting information from different sources.
  • Communicating with supervisors, co-workers, or people that work under you.
  • Documenting or recording information.
  • Making decisions or solving problems.
  • Monitoring information from a variety of sources to find problems.
  • Working directly with the public.
  • Compiling, calculating, tabulating, or otherwise processing information.
  • Identifying information by categorizing, comparing, or detecting changes in circumstances or events.

 

Careers that Use Similar Skills


The following careers use skills, knowledge, and abilities that are similar to those used for Security Guards.

 

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