California Unarmed Security Guard Card

We offer the full suite of California Guard Card courses, including:

• Full 40-hours BSIS Unarmed Skills Training Course for Security Guards
• Chemical Agents (OC/Pepper spray)
  

We have no fine print nor do we have any hidden costs. When inquiring, about pricing ask questions and never assume the price includes everything. Our training facilities have all BSIS forms and will help students with filling them out before leaving. All of our instructors are professional, have Masters or Bachelors Degrees and are NRA - BSIS Certified.

All students are provided with printed and professionally-bound manuals which they keep (take home).

Guard Training Timelines

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You may stand post after an eight-hour course and receiving your Guard Card from the State of California. Afterwards, you have 30-days to complete your first sixteen hours of training and then another six months to complete the remaining sixteen hours (for a total of forty hours of training). You may elect to take all forty-hours of Security Guard Card training at one time.

Prices

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Skills Training Course for Security Guards (Guard Card)	Price
Part 1: 8-hours, Skills Training Course for Security Guards	$50.00
Parts 2 & 3: 32-hours, Skills Training Course for Security Guards *Includes Chemical Agents for free! A $35 value	$150.00
Parts 1, 2 & 3: 40-hours, Complete Skills Training Course for Security Guards *Includes Chemical Agents for free! A $35 value	$200.00
Annual Refresher, Continuing Education	$50.00

Other	Price
Chemical Agents Card (OC/Pepper spray)	$35.00

BSIS Guard Card License Fees

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BSIS Application/License Fees

Security Guard (G)	Fee
Initial	$55
Renewal	$40
Replacement Certificate	$25

Guard Card Live Scan (Background Check) Fees

Applicants must submit fingerprints electronically using Live Scan. Fees are paid to the Live Scan operator.

Item	Fee
Department of Justice (DOJ) Fingerprint Fee	$32.00
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Fingerprint Fee	$17.00
Live Scan Operator Fees (Set by Live Scan operator)	Variable
Total	$49.00 + Variable

Part 1: Power to Arrest and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) & Terrorism Awareness Training

• Power to Arrest
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• Terrorism Awareness

Parts 1, 2, & 3: 40-hours Complete Guard Card

• Power to Arrest
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• Terrorism Awareness

Mandatory Courses	Elective Courses
Public Relations Liability - Legal Aspects Observation & Documentation Communication and it Significance	Advance Arrest - Search and Seizure Preserving the Incident Scene Handling Difficult People Chemical Agents Trespass

Includes FREE Lifetime Pepper Spray Certification

Parts 2 & 3: 32-hours Guard Card

To complete the 40-hour training requirement.

Mandatory Courses	Elective Courses
Public Relations Liability - Legal Aspects Observation & Documentation Communication and it Significance	Advance Arrest - Search and Seizure Preserving the Incident Scene Handling Difficult People Chemical Agents Trespass

Includes FREE Lifetime Pepper Spray Certification

8-hours Continuing Education Guard Card

Objective: To provide additional or remedial instruction in private security subject matter. The continuing education requirement, of an additional 8 hours annually pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 7583.6(f) (1), commenced on January 5, 2005.

The Mandatory and Elective courses with 4-hours maximum time limitations for the initial Skills Training Course For Security Guards may be expanded in depth to 8 hour courses, with the exception of the WMD and Terrorism Awareness, to meet the annual training hours.