BSIS: Training Overview

Newly licensed security guards must complete an additional 32-hours of security training.
Training is split into three sections: I, II, & III.

Section I training is your Guard Card course.
You must complete this training, undergo a background check (Live Scan), and submit your application prior to being licensed as a security guard. Once you are licensed, you are required to complete an additional 16-hours of training within 30-days of being licensed or date of employment, and an additional 16-hours of training within the first 6-months of being licensed or date of employment.

Training is split between “mandatory” and “elective” training.

In your first 30-days after being licensed or hired, you must complete:
- 8 hours of “Mandatory” training, &
- 8 hours of “elective Training

In your first 6-months after being licensed or hired, you must complete an additional:
- 8 hours of “Mandatory” training, &
- 8 hours of “elective Training

Your employer is responsible for providing you with 8-hours of Section III: Elective training:
Section III-A: Employer Policies & Orientation (4-hours), &
Section III-B: Post Orders & Assignments (4-hours).

Section II: Mandatory Training
(Online Training)

A. Public Relations (Community & Customer) (4 hours)

Topics to be discussed:
1. Recognizing Gender & Racial Harassment & Discrimination
2. Respect: • Stereotyping • Attitude
3. Verbal Skills / Crisis Intervention
4. Introduction to Diversity
5. Substance Abuse & Mental Illness
6. Ethics & Professionalism • Appearance • Command Presence • Proper Conduct

There are 24 elective courses security professionals can take.
Listed below are courses that are approved by BSIS.

As we grow our training material we will publish the courses here. Available courses are underlined.
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A. Post Orders & Assignments (4 hrs) (Employer Training)

B. Employer Policies / Orientation (4 hrs) (Employer Training)

C. Evacuation Procedures (2 hrs)

D. Officer Safety (4 hrs)

E. Advanced Arrests, Search & Seizure (4 hrs)

F. Access Control (2 hrs)

G. Trespass (4 hrs)

H. Laws, Codes, Regulations and Ordinances (2 hrs)

I. First Aid / CPR (4 hrs)

J. Handling Difficult People (4 hrs)

K. Work Place Violence (4 hrs)

L. Chemical Agents (4 hrs)

M. Preserving the Incident Scene (4 hrs)

N. Crowd Control (4 hrs)

O. Driver Safety (4 hrs)

P. Supervision (4 hrs)

Q. Courtroom Demeanor (4 hrs)

R. Parking / Traffic Control (2 hrs)

S. Radio Procedures (2 hrs)

T. BSIS's Certified Course in Firearms Training (8 hrs) (in-person)

U. BSIS's Certified Course in Baton Training (4 hrs)

V. School Security Guard Training (8 hrs)

W. Introduction to Executive Protection (4 hrs)

X. Annual Firearms Requalification (2 hrs) (in-person)

Y. Fire Safety Course (4 hrs)

Z. Course in the Use of a Stun Gun or Air Taser (4 hrs)