Security Professionals

Courses for Security Professionals includes Firearms Permits, Guard Cards, Pepper Spray Certification, as well as Classes such as:

  • Power to Arrest
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Public Relations
  • Observation and Documentation
  • Communication and It’s Significance
  • Liability and Legal Aspects
  • Chemical Agents
  • Handling Difficult People
  • Workplace Violence
  • Officer Safety
  • Access Control/Evacuation Procedures
  • Advanced Search and Seizure

Guard Card Classes are now held at Ole Boy Outdoors Inc.

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How to get your guard card:

Getting your Guard Card is a process. First you must complete the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services Power to Arrest Training (the 8 hour initial guard card class). Our fee for this class is $50.

After you successfully complete the class, you must then apply with the State Bureau of Security and Investigative Services for the Guard Registration Card and have your livescan fingerprints done. The fee for BSIS is $50 and the livescan fee is $61 to $74 depending on the livescan facility. It takes BSIS two to three weeks to process your application and then you should receive your Guard Card in the mail.

You may begin working once you have been approved by BSIS or when you have received your guard card. You must still complete your training in accordance with Assembly Bill 2880. Once you receive your Guard Card or begin employment the State requires that 16 hours of training be completed during the first month. You then have until the sixth month to complete the final 16 hours of training which, including your first 8 hour class, completes the required total of 40 hours of training.

All Guard Skills classes run from 9:00am to 5:00pm and are held at Ole Boy Outdoors, 12556 Jomani Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93312. A registration form is included and is due at the beginning of class.

Our guard skills classes begin @ 9:00am and are held at 12556 Jomani (see map below)

Applying for your guard card on-line (to be completed after completing the 8hr Power to Arrest Training):

Once you have completed the application on-line, you now must have your fingerprints taken at an approved outlet. This process of fingerprinting is called Livescan. There are several ways of handling the livescan process:

  • You may call the Kern County Sheriff’s Department on Norris Road and obtain an appointment to complete the livescan process. The fee for this is approximately $66.00. Please call 661-391-7788.
  • You may call 1-800-315-4507 to schedule and appointment with the Sylvan Livescan facility in order to complete the livescan process. The fee for this is approximately $74.00.
  • You may click on the following link and choose a livescan provider: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/publications/contact.php
  • After having your livescan done, wait 7 to 10 days and you may call the BSIS @ 916-322-4000 or check online at the following link:
  • http://www.dca.ca.gov/bsis/lookup.htm

Once you receive your guard card, call 661.871.7273 or email us to schedule your next class.

Security Guard Firearms Permit Class

The Initial Firearms Permit class for Security Guards is a two-day class. The first day is a full day of classroom instruction. This day of instruction will be held at 12556 Jomani Dr, Bakersfield, CA. NO FIREARMS ARE ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM. You must bring a certified copy of your birth certificate or a current passport or citizenship documentation or military ID or you may bring a DD214 if you are former military. You must also bring your driver’s license or photo ID, and your guard card if you already have it. The fee for this two-day class is $150.

The second day of class is mostly range. The location will be determined by class size. You will need your firearm, either 2 speed loaders or two extra magazines, whichever applies. You will also need a holster and belt and 100 rounds of ammunition for your firearm. If you need to borrow one of our firearms you will need $30-$60 to purchase ammunition from the range. We will provide the holster and extra magazines or speed loaders if we loan you a firearm. You will still need to wear a belt.

Once you complete class you will have additional fees in order to apply for the firearms permit. The Bureau of Security and Investigative Services application fee is $80 and the livescan fee including the firearms eligibility fee is $89 plus a $10-$25 fee for the livescan facility.

Continuing education requirement

Those guards who have had their guard card for over two years you must complete a total of 16 hours of guard skills training each two year cycle. You must complete 8 hours of training each calendar year. Powers Firearms Training Corporation offers these continuing education courses on an ongoing basis.

Courses

  • Guard Card – Power to Arrest/Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Public Relations/Observation and Documentation
  • Communication and It’s significance/Liability and Legal Aspects
  • Chemical Agents/Handling Difficult People/Pepper Spray cert.
  • Access Control/Evacuation Procedures/Advanced Search and Seizure
  • Workplace Violence/Officer Safety


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