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Security Guard


Average St. Louis Salary: $35,709.00
Average National Salary: $34,911.00

Overview: Guards industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry.

Typical Functions
• Patrols, periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, logging camp area, or work site. • Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure. • Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels miscreants. • Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred. • Watches for and reports irregularities, such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked. • Observes departing personnel to guard against theft of company property. Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons. Permits authorized persons to enter property. A combination of over one month of directly related training and/or experience is typically required for carrying out the responsibilities for this job. May register at watch stations to record time of inspection trips. May record data, such as property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use by supervisory staff. May perform janitorial duties and set thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms. May tend furnace or boiler. May be deputized to arrest trespassers. May regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow. May patrol site with guard dog on leash.

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