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First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security guards.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Investigate disturbances on the premises, such as security alarms, altercations, and suspicious activity.Mostly human for now
- 02Patrol the premises to prevent or detect intrusion, protect property, or preserve order.Mostly human for now
- 03Monitor and authorize entry of employees, visitors, or other persons.Mostly human for now
- 04Secure entrances and exits by locking doors and gates.Mostly human for now
- 05Write reports documenting observations made while on patrol.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Monitor the behavior of security employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, or procedures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Advise employees in handling problems or resolving complaints from customers, tenants, detainees, or other persons.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Recruit, interview, and hire security personnel.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Assign security personnel to posts or patrols.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire, bomb threats, and presence of unauthorized persons.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss41%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 24% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 63% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Investigate disturbances on the premises, such as security alarms, altercations, and suspicious activity.
- Patrol the premises to prevent or detect intrusion, protect property, or preserve order.
- Monitor and authorize entry of employees, visitors, or other persons.