Security Guard
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Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Controlling access of vehicles, visitors and/or pedestrians into a facility; (2) Monitoring systems for visitor entry into a facility; and (3) Providing professional customer service to a broad range of individuals such as: visitors, employees, and/or contractors. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
Independently perform, with little or no supervision, installation access control for pedestrians and vehicles.,Validate entry requests through the use of ePACS and grants access to persons and vehicles with appropriate authorizations.,Initial point of contact for the installation’s visitors which may include foreign nationals, government agents, elective officials, media and VIPs.,Record visitor information and purpose of visit.,Grant access to persons, denies entry or arranges for escorts, as appropriate.,Perform Visitor Control Center (VCC) duties.,Screen all employees, visitors, consultants, foreign nationals, government agents, elective officials, media representatives, VIPs and contractor personnel daily.,Serve as a member of the installation’s overall security response capability during actual or simulated incidents.,Regulate pedestrian and vehicular traffic to prevent accidents and to ease congestion and parking problems.,Assist in providing initial response and traffic control for vehicular accidents, which may include providing first aid, requesting appropriate emergency responses, securing the scene and identifying witnesses.
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This job's listed pay is 38% below the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
- O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Official routes: USCIS
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