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Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties

Work activity · O*NET

Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings. 53 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Monitor surroundings to detect potential hazards
  • Maintain surveillance of individuals or establishments
  • Patrol properties to maintain safety
  • Locate suspicious objects or vehicles
  • Monitor access or flow of people to prevent problems
  • Monitor alarm systems
  • Monitor work environment to ensure safety or adherence to specifications
  • Locate fires or fire danger areas

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 59.3% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 23.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 54.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 57th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 7
Firefighters 4
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 4
Transportation Security Screeners 4
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 3
Parking Enforcement Workers 3
Sailors and Marine Oilers 3
Correctional Officers and Jailers 2
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 2
Forest and Conservation Technicians 2
Public Safety Telecommunicators 2
Security Guards 2
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 2
Transit and Railroad Police 2
Air Traffic Controllers 1
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1
Bailiffs 1
Biomass Power Plant Managers 1
Bridge and Lock Tenders 1
Commercial Divers 1
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 1
Customs and Border Protection Officers 1
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 1
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 1
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1
Fish and Game Wardens 1
Flight Attendants 1
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 1
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 1
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 1
Interpreters and Translators 1
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 1
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 1
Locomotive Engineers 1
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 1

Showing 40 of 53 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 38 occupations in occupations that perform Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Sailors and Marine Oilers Firefighters Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Forest and Conservation Technicians Transit and Railroad Police Security Guards Locomotive Engineers First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Fish and Game Wardens Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Parking Enforcement Workers Detectives and Criminal Investigators Biomass Power Plant Managers Transportation Security Screeners Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Public Safety Telecommunicators Interpreters and Translators AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/monitor-safety-or-security-of-work-areas-facilities-or-properties

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/monitor-safety-or-security-of-work-areas-facilities-or-properties

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-monitor-safety-or-security-of-work-areas-facilities-or-properties,
  title  = {Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/monitor-safety-or-security-of-work-areas-facilities-or-properties}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.