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Explore the job titles used locally and the work behind them. Start with the location and duties of the role you want.

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Local job titles

öryggisvörður

öryggisvörður í farandgæslu

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Where you could work

The examples below come from individual sources; availability varies.

Employer advert uses öryggisvörður for general guarding and retail loss prevention; advert includes Icelandic and English.

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Employer advert describes mobile response, customer service and day/night shifts.

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Shops and shopping centresControl roomsMobile patrol

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Before you apply

Requirements
  1. 1

    Verify the licensed business. Use the official security-services licensing route to identify the applicable authority.

  2. 2

    Confirm the employee pathway. Request the required training, checks and supervision for the proposed duties before buying a course.

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Local sources

Local role wording found

  1. naestaskref.is
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    Næsta skref: Öryggisvörður

    Career guidance describes fixed-site, mobile and control-centre security work.

  2. alfred.is
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    Max Security: Öryggisvörður

    Employer advert uses öryggisvörður for general guarding and retail loss prevention; advert includes Icelandic and English.

  3. alfred.is
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    Securitas: Öryggisvörður í farandgæslu

    Employer advert describes mobile response, customer service and day/night shifts.

  4. island.is
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    National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police

    Authority or public information source already recorded in the country guide. Consult the guide for the precise scope of its route.

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