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Engineering & Science

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security guards.

Sector: Engineering & Science
Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
O*NET code: 33-1091.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

central to the job — rated 91/100 for importance.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems

central to the job — rated 90/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

central to the job — rated 90/100 for importance.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

a major part of the work — rated 83/100 for importance.
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
Developing and Building Teams

a major part of the work — rated 75/100 for importance.

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security guards.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Speaking

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Judgment and Decision Making

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Public Safety and Security

Needed at expert level (79/100), and rated 97/100 for importance.
Administration and Management

Needed at a high level (65/100), and rated 91/100 for importance.
Customer and Personal Service

Needed at expert level (88/100), and rated 86/100 for importance.
Personnel and Human Resources

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 85/100 for importance.

Abilities

Inductive Reasoning

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Problem Sensitivity

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.

Experience

Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.

Training

Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.

What it pays

These are typical engineering compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

SpaceX · NVIDIA · Boeing

$120k – $200k+

Manufacturing Corps

$85k – $140k

Local Engineering Firms

$65k – $110k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Part of the job is other people’s output, not only your own.From “Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others”
You own decisions rather than execute someone else’s.From “Making Decisions and Solving Problems”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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