How to become a safety or Security consultant

Official title: Safety/Security consultant

Also called: Physical security engineer, Safety and security consultant, Safety consultant, Security consultant, Security management specialist, Principal Security Consultant, Ÿ Physical security engineer, Ÿ Security management specialist

Safety/Security consultant provides security audit, review and security risk assessment services to clients. He/she recommends security solutions/designs to existing and new structural development projects (public and private facilities) and develops and conducts security training.

Ways in

• Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Security Operations; Work-Study Diploma in Security Systems Engineering. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
• Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Security System Integration. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $99,816 a year. The middle half earn $74,100 to $177,996 a year.
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a safety or Security consultant?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Work-study diploma.

How much does a safety or Security consultant earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $99,816 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $74,100 to $177,996.

Will AI change the work of a safety or Security consultant?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026