Prática de Shadowing: How to Price a Security Guard Contract in 2026 - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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If you pay a guard $20 an hour and charge the client $25, you are not automatically making $5 an hour.
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Your billing rate has to cover the guard's wage, employer payroll costs, workers' compensation, insurance, overhead, staffing problems, and then profit.
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So start with the guard's wage.
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For this example, we'll use $20 an hour.
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That wage still has to meet any minimum wage, prevailing wage, or contract -specific requirements where you're operating.
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The guard costs you more than the hourly wage.
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You may also be paying employer payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, paid leave, and benefits.
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Those costs vary by state, company, insurance history, and benefits, so don't copy somebody else's percentage.
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For this example only, let's say those costs add another $5 per hour.
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Our $20 guard now costs approximately $25 per hour.
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Now add what it costs to actually run the account.
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That can include general liability insurance, uniforms, equipment, training, scheduling, payroll processing,
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supervision, software, licensing, administration, and vehicle costs if the contract requires them.
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For this example, we'll allocate another $3 per guard hour.
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We're now at an estimated cost of $28 per hour.
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Now look at how you're actually going to cover the schedule.
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If the contract requires 56 hours of coverage every week, Don't assume one employee can work all 56 at straight time.
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Under federal law, most covered non -exempt employees must receive time and a half after 40 hours in a work week.
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And some states have additional overtime rules.
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Maybe you split those hours between two guards.
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Maybe you need relief officers.
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Maybe call -outs create occasional overtime.
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Build your pricing around the staffing plan you're actually going to use.
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For this example, let's assume expected overtime and relief coverage add an average of another $2 per billed hour.
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That brings our estimated cost to $30 per hour.
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Now add profit.
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If it costs you $30 an hour to provide the service and you charge the client $30, you're not making anything.
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Let's say you add $6 per hour.
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Your billing rate becomes $36 dollars.
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That $6 is a 20 % markup on your $30 cost, but it is only about a 16 .7 % profit margin on the $36 selling price.
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If you actually want a 20 % margin on a $30 cost, you would need to charge $37 .50.
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Know whether you're calculating markup or margin, they're not the same thing.
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If you're actually trying to land your first security contract, I also put together a security contract prospecting kit to help you organize the process.
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It includes a practical prospecting guide, cold call and email templates, follow -up scripts, an editable outreach document,
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and an Excel lead tracker with a dashboard so you can keep track of who you contacted and what comes next.
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It's a set of tools to help you prospect more professionally and stay organized.
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All links are in the video description.
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Now multiply the billing rate by the number of hours the client needs.
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Say the client wants one guard on post eight hours per night, seven nights per week.
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That's 56 guard hours.
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At $36 per hour, the client would be billed $2 ,016 per week,
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or about $104 ,832 over 52 weeks.
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At our estimated $30 cost, the contract costs approximately $1 ,680 per week to operate.
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That leaves about $336 per week in projected profit, or $17 ,472 over 52 weeks.
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That's why revenue is not profit.
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Don't hear that another security company charges $35 or $40 an hour and automatically copy them.
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Their wages, insurance, workers' comp, benefits, overhead, and staffing costs may be completely different from yours.
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The assignment matters too.
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Armed security, mobile patrol, temporary coverage, emergency work, short shifts, and irregular schedules can all cost more to provide.
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You may also want minimum billable hours for small assignments.
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Government contracts can have required prevailing wages or benefits, so always read the solicitation before pricing those jobs.
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Calculate your own costs first, then compare your rate against the market.
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Find out when the client actually pays you.
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You may have to pay your guards every week or every two weeks while the client pays your invoice 30 days later.
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That means you may have to fund several payrolls before the first payment arrives.
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So before you sign, know your wage cost, payroll burden, overhead, staffing costs,
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profit target, billing rate, and how much cash you'll need to keep the account running until the client pays you.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “How to Price a Security Guard Contract in 2026”. As palavras que mais se repetem: hour, cost, wage, guard, client. Este vídeo tem 59 frases e 742 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 5:06. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 146 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 85% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| overhead substantivo | /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ | overhead |
| overtime substantivo | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ | hora extra |
| prospect substantivo | /ˈpɹɑspɛkt/ | perspectiva |
| markup substantivo | /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌp/ | marcação |
| prevail verbo | /pɹɪˈveɪl/ | prevalecer, predominar |
| calculate verbo | /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/ | calcular |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizar |
| assignment substantivo | /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ | designação |
| allocate verbo | /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/ | alocar |
| billable adjetivo | /ˈbɪləbəl/ | faturável |
| dashboard substantivo | /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/ | painel, painel de bordo |
| editable adjetivo | editável | |
| invoice substantivo | /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/ | fatura, guia de remessa |
| multiply verbo | /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ | multiplicar |
| solicitation substantivo | /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ | solicitação |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| find out verbo | descobrir |
| put together verbo | montar, construir |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 16 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, don't, we'll. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, solicitation /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: solicitation /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: overhead /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, prospect /ˈpɹɑspɛkt/, markup /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌp/, calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, assignment /əˈsaɪn.mənt/
- /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: payroll /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/, prevail /pɹɪˈveɪl/, billable /ˈbɪləbəl/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/, patrol /pəˈtɹoʊl/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como overhead, overtime, prospect.
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.