Security
Licensed security officer CV: example and template
This example is for licensed physical security officers, response team members, cash in transit officers and shift leaders at security companies, strategic sites, banks and mass events, and for former soldiers and police officers.
The employer wants to know whether you are on the list of licensed security officers, whether you hold a firearms licence, which sites you have guarded and how you respond to incidents. We show you how to describe this on your CV.
How to write a licensed security officer CV
Professional summary
Write that you are on the list of licensed physical security officers and hold a firearms licence, if you do, and where you work: interventions, cash in transit, sites. Add the number of interventions and no incidents, because they show experience and composure. Mention military or police service if you have it.
Security officer with 3 years of experience at a shopping centre who has completed training and been entered on the list of licensed physical security officers. I operate CCTV and respond to incidents. I am looking for work in a response team.
Experience: duties and achievements
Describe types of tasks, sites, the number of interventions, cash in transit and work with the services. Show shift leadership if you have it. Do not give details of clients' security measures, because they are confidential.
Weaker: Interventions.
Better: Responding to alarm system signals, about 40 a month.
Weaker: Cash in transit.
Better: Cash in transit for banks and retail chains.
Weaker: Leadership.
Better: Leading a shift of 4 officers on night duty.
Skills worth listing
List types of protection, firearms, systems, access control and first aid. In your soft skills show composure, quick decisions and good manners.
Professional skills
- Physical protection
- Interventions
- Firearms
- Alarm systems
- Access control
- First aid
Personal skills
- Composure
- Quick decisions
- Good manners
- Responsibility
- Physical fitness
Licences
List your entry on the list of licensed physical security officers, your firearms licence with its purpose, a first aid course and your driving licence. In Poland the list of licensed security officers is kept by the police.
How to become a licensed security officer
You need to complete training and be entered on the list of licensed physical security officers. On your CV describe security, military or police work.
Start as a site security officer. Experience and the entry on the list open the way to response teams and cash in transit.
Tailoring your CV to the job offer
A security company looks for interventions and cash in transit, a strategic site for procedures and access control, and a mass event organiser for crowd work and leadership. Move to the top what the job ad is about.
Questions and answers
What should a licensed security officer put on a CV?
Entry on the list, a firearms licence, types of tasks, sites, the number of interventions, cash in transit, leadership, first aid and a driving licence.
How does a licensed security officer differ from a regular one?
A licensed officer is on the list kept by the police and may carry out tasks that require qualifications, for example in response teams.
Is a firearms licence required?
For cash in transit and some response teams yes. For site security not always.
Is military or police service worth listing?
Yes, it is valued experience in this industry.