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Get started with TraitLabSecurity Supervisors directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security guards.
The median salary for a Security Supervisor is $52,650, and the average salary is $55,210. Both the median and average roughly describe the middle of the Security Supervisor salary range, but the average is more easily affected by extremely high or low salaries.
Many Security Supervisors earn significantly more or less than the average, due to several factors. About 10% of Security Supervisors earn less than $30,420 per year, 25% earn less than $38,500, 75% earn less than $65,970, and 90% earn less than $83,780.
Between the years of 2020 and 2030, the number of Security Supervisors is expected to change by 10.3%, and there should be roughly 9,000 open positions for Security Supervisors every year.
Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.
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People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.
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Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.
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Working as a Security Supervisor usually requires a high school diploma.
Security Supervisors need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with this occupation.
Through education, training, or experience, most Security Supervisors will need to be proficient in mutliple areas to perform their job well.
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Security Supervisors must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.
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Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.
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