Job profile: how to become a nuclear security officer?

The private security sector and the security officer profession are constantly evolving. Today, let's discover together all aspects of the nuclear security officer profession: missions, salary, career prospects or even the training to follow.

Summary:

• Work uniform

• Missions

• Training

• Salary and career prospects

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The nuclear security officer operates, as the name suggests, in all nuclear environments. Like a private security officer, their missions consist mainly of protecting facilities and people. All sites related to the nuclear sector are part of so-called "sensitive" locations.

The nuclear security officer is therefore likely to intervene at these locations for various missions such as:

• Control of vehicle entry and exit;

• Control of access authorizations and documents;

• Visitor escort;

• Baggage control at entry and exit;

• Alarm doubt clearing;

• Security rounds of equipment, interior or exterior perimeter;

• Providing assistance to people;

• Verification of proper compliance with site security instructions;

• Prevent and assist external emergency services;

• ...etc.

The missions may differ according to the location and particularly depending on its security level, determined based on the severity of events that have occurred. 

To become a nuclear security officer, one must obviously have completed all the initial training in the private security field. Following this training and after passing the exam, the security officer is issued a professional card that is valid for 5 years: the Professional Purpose Certificate for Prevention and Security Officer (TFP APS). The nuclear security officer must also be of legal age and have a clean criminal record.

The salary of a beginner nuclear security officer will start at minimum wage, which is just over €1600 gross per month. Their salary will then evolve based on their experience, the place of intervention and the scope of their missions.

Regarding career prospects, a security officer operating in this type of sensitive installations can advance to a position asenhanced surveillance officer (ASR-2S) which will allow them to carry category B and/or D weapons as well as shoulder weapons of category A1.