- Based on 16 Jobtrees users who were a Surveillance Officer in their career, on average, they have 3.31 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $39K per year before moving on.
- 13% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Surveillance Officer are Science Instructor, Deckhand and Lead Supervisor. Science Instructor, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Science Instructor isn't from the Security job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Surveillance Officer shown by Deckhand also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Surveillance Officer are Private Investigator, Board Director and Correctional Officer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Private Investigator, the most common step before Surveillance Officer, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Private Investigator is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Surveillance Officer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Surveillance Officer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Surveillance Officer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Private Investigator isn't from the same job family as Surveillance Officer, Security, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Board Director also being a common career path to Surveillance Officer.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Surveillance Officer are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Nursing, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Public Health, and Master Degree In Public Health - Epidemiology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Surveillance Officer is part of the Security job family which has a limited number of unique role types (29) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Surveillance Officer.