NOC 2021 · 64410 · TEER 4
Security guards and related security service occupations
Unit group 64410 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Security guards and workers in related security service occupations guard and implement security measures to protect property against theft, vandalism and fire; to control access to establishments; to maintain order and enforce regulations at public events and within establishments; to perform screening of passengers, luggage or cargo; to conduct private investigations for clients or employers and to provide other protective services not elsewhere classified. They are employed by public or private security agencies, residential complexes, educational, cultural, financial and health institutions, retail establishments, investigation service companies, transportation facilities, and organizations throughout the public and private sectors, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- air courier guard
- airport security guard
- alarm investigator
- armed security guard
- armoured car driver
- armoured car guard
- automatic teller machine (ATM) guard
- bodyguard (except police)
- bouncer
- business establishment investigator
- cabin baggage inspector
- carry-on baggage inspector
- commissionaire
- convoy guard
- corporate security officer
- escort - security services
- gateman/woman
- hand baggage inspector
- hand luggage inspector
- house detective
- investigations officer - postal service
- lie detector examiner
- loss prevention officers supervisor
- night guard
- night watchman/woman
- patrol officer - security
- patrolman/woman - security
- plant gatekeeper
- plant guard
- polygraph examiner
- polygraph operator
- polygraphist
- postal inspection officer
- postal service inspector
- preboarding security guard
- private detective
- private investigator
- private investigators supervisor
- private security officer
- residential alarm system specialist
- retail investigator
- retail loss investigator
- retail loss prevention officer
- screening officer
- security agent
- security alarm system consultant
- security analysis officer - postal service
- security and investigations officer
- security consultant (except computer systems)
- security gate attendant
- security guard
- security guard - explosives
- security investigator
- security officer
- security screening guard
- security screening officer
- security specialist (except computer systems)
- shopping investigator
- store detective
- surveillance operator - casino
- theft prevention officer
- vault custodian
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.