Security guards

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Security guards typically requires High school diploma or equivalent and BLS lists median annual pay of $37,500 to $49,999 with a Little or no change 10-year outlook.

Entry path: BLS lists Short-term on-the-job training on-the-job training and 5,000 to 9,999 projected new jobs.

Related degree and certificate lanes from the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk include Security and Loss Prevention Services. -> Security Guards; Information Technology. -> Information Security Analysts; Computer Science. -> Information Security Analysts; Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. -> Information Security Analysts; Network and System Administration/Administrator. -> Information Security Analysts.

Official workforce-funded training options in the current TrainingProviderResults.gov slice include COMNet Group (NC) Cyber Security - CyberSEC FIRST Security Responder with completion -1 and employment -1; COMNet Group (NC) CompTIA Security + with completion 1 and employment -1; COMNet Group (NC) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP/CEH/CISA/CRISC/CISM) with completion 1 and employment 0.26; Wake Technical Community College (NC) WD - CompTIA Certification Training: A+, Network+, and Security+ (Vouchers Included) with completion -1 and employment -1.

Public apprenticeship examples include CompTIA Cybersecurity Apprenticeship (National); SkillBridge Cybersecurity Apprenticeship (National).

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