Security Officers Vs Security Guards

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Security Officers Vs Security Guards
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• Security guards and security officers are often
  confused to be the same person. This is not true.
  The job profile, duties and training procedure of
  both differ from one another. An interesting
  comparison of both the professionals in the
  safety field and their duties would throw light
  on the truth.

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• Security Officers
• Security officers are seniors under whom safety
  guard work for. The protection officer job
  requires rigid training to use weapons
  efficiently. They are also trained to handle the
  emergency situation in an effective and organized
  manner in short notice of time. Protection
  officers are trained to handle emergency issues
  like terrorism.

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• Security officers lead a team of safety guards in
  protecting places like banks, museums, schools,
  colleges and shopping malls. Protection officer
  job is trusted with one who has been certified
  after passing through many fitness and IQ tests.
  Only experienced people could be protection
  officers, unlike safety guards where inexperience
  is not an issue.

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• Security Guards
• The security guard stands alert in a fixed
  position to protect life and property from
  anti-social elements. Safety guards are employed
  both in corporate offices and residences. These
  guards maintain a journal on the visitors to the
  office. A person employed in safety guard job is
  well-trained to identify suspicious people.

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• Safety guards are usually taught to handle metal
  detectors and CCTV. At the residential level of
  safety guard job, they help in building
  maintenance in both apartments and independent
  houses like switching on the motor and guiding
  plumbers or electricians around the house. This
  is an important part of their duties.

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• Safety Guards are employed in schools too, where
  the safety guard job demands fine memory for
  faces. They are required to have good
  communication skills. These safety guards are the
  uniformed staff of the company or private
  residences.

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• Differences between Security Guards and Security
  Officers
• Security guards stand at a fixed position whereas
  protection officers are more mobile during their
  duties. The duties of the safety guard are
  limited. The protection officer, on the other
  hand, has elaborate tasks and responsibilities.

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• While safety guard has minimum training,
  protection officers have elaborate training for
  their extensive duties and responsibilities.

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• While safety guards do not need any
  qualifications to be recruited, protection
  officers require certain qualifications. Men from
  the armed forces or Police department are easily
  preferred for the post of protection officers.

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• However, on a concluding note, both security
  guard job and security officer job should be
  entrusted to candidates qualified with a license.

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