Basic Security Guard Training for Atlantic Canada
With our training, you’ll master all the basics, but you’ll also learn advanced patrol techniques, how to handle challenging people and situations, and how to apply crisis management strategies.
Requirements
Additional Course Information
Please ensure to review the links below before purchasing for each province’s individual requirements:
Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/just/Public_Safety/private_security.asp
New Brunswick: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.875.Private_Investigator_and_Security_Services_Licences.html
Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/justice-and-public-safety
Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/dgsnl/security/
Course Description
This 40-hour course helped inform the provincial curriculums for security guard training across Canada, and incorporates all of the foundational knowledge to help you succeed in this exciting, rewarding career path.
Topics include:
- Safety awareness
- First aid awareness
- Conduct of security professionals
- The legal system
- Access control and alarm systems
- Patrol tactics and techniques
- Crisis response
- Crowd control
- Traffic control
- Labour disputes
- Scenario assessment
- Report writing
- Exam preparation
Course Experience
This online-only course combines video elements, quizzes, and interactive elements to help you retain the information easily. The Basic Security Guard Training Course takes an estimated 40 hours to complete, but you can learn on demand and at your own pace. At the end of each section, there will be a short quiz to help you recall the information and practice for your licensing exam. Please note: Our Basic Security Guard Training is approved in Alberta (ABST), Manitoba (MBCTP), and Saskatchewan (SBST). This training is also extremely valuable in gaining employment and earning a security license in other provinces where there is no provincially-mandated exam requirement, such as British Columbia and Newfoundland. Note: Our course modules work best on the latest version of Google Chrome. If your course is not loading, update your browser and/or check your internet connectivity as a first step.

Note: Our course modules work best on the latest version of Google Chrome. If your course is not loading, update your browser and/or check your internet connectivity as a first step.