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Security Guard Training and Licensing by State

Security Guard Training and Licensing for Every Step of Your Security Career

Determining what kind of train­ing and licens­ing you need to work as a secu­rity guard can be con­fus­ing. State pro­fes­sional licens­ing Websites can be con­fus­ing and hard to navigate.

Here you can eas­ily find for any state, the classes you need to take before you start work­ing as a guard, addi­tional train­ing you might need once you are on duty and con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion classes you need to keep your secu­rity offi­cer license up-to-date.

Do you need security guard training and security guard licensing to work legally as a security guard, private security officer, bouncer or bodyguard? Find out here.

How to Become a Security Guard (New Security Guard)

If you have no security guard experience, but would like to know how much it costs to become a security guard, the security guard courses you need to take and how to apply to be a security guard, choose your state below:

1 — 12 Months on the Job as an Unarmed Security Guard (Rookie Security Guard)

If you are already a secu­rity guard,  but you’ve been work­ing your secu­rity guard job for less than a year, find out if you need addi­tional secu­rity guard train­ing dur­ing your first year of secu­rity guard employ­ment. Choose your state below:

12+ Months on Duty (Professional Armed Security Guard)

If you’ve been employed as secu­rity guard for more than 12 months, check to see what kind of con­tin­u­ing secu­rity guard training or edu­ca­tion you need and how to renew your secu­rity guard license. Pick your state below:

How to Become an Armed Security Guard (New Armed Security Guard)

Find out how to go from being an unarmed to an armed secu­rity guard in your state. Pick your state below:

1 — 12 Months on the Job as an Armed Security Guard (Rookie Armed Security Officer)

If you’ve just become an armed guard, see if you need to take more firearm train­ing your first year as a licensed armed secu­rity guard. Choose your state below:

12+ Months on Duty (Professional Armed Security Guard)

How to keep your firearms and security guard train­ing up to date and renew your armed guard license in your state. Choose your state below:

Security Guard Training Requirements by State

Note:  If your state isn’t linked to another page, then your state doesn’t have any training requirements for security guards or security officers.