Security Guard CV: Licences, Skills and Examples (Including No Experience)

Security employers hire quickly and check one thing first: are you licensed to work? After that, they look for reliability, the type of sites you have covered and how you handle incidents.

Licence at the top

• UK: SIA licence (Security Guarding or Door Supervision), with expiry date.
• US: state guard card, plus any firearm permit if relevant.
• UAE: SIRA certification in Dubai, or the relevant emirate's licence.
• Germany: §34a GewO qualification.

Skills

• Access control, patrols, CCTV monitoring.
• Incident reporting and first response.
• First aid, fire safety and evacuation.
• Customer service at reception or retail sites.
• Languages, especially at airports, hotels and malls.

Write duties as results

• «Controlled access for 1,200 staff and visitors per day at a corporate HQ.»
• «Reduced retail theft incidents by 30 % through visible patrols and CCTV coordination.»
• «Led evacuation of a 20-floor building during two fire drills within target times.»
• «Zero missed patrols over 12 months of night shifts.»

No security experience?

Use experience from customer service, military service, sports coaching or retail. Highlight reliability, calm under pressure and availability for nights and weekends.

Licensed, reliable, calm and observant. Make those four things obvious.

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