Online Guard Card Training

California BSIS Part 3, Mandatory and Elective Courses

16-Hours Pre-assignment Guard Card Training Class

This course supports mobile devices.

Part 3 must be completed after the "Powers to Arrest and WMD" class (Part 1) and Part 2 (16-hours). Combined, Parts 2 and 3 represent the remaining 32-hours of the mandatory 40-hours of training.

Part 2 and Part 3 may be purchased individually or taken as a unit. The course content is identical regardless of the package purchased.

NOTE: The courses must be taken in order.

  • The student has 210-days (7-months) to complete the training.
    After 210-days, the course expires. No refunds apply.

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.

BSIS Guard Card Training Timelines

Online Course Completion

Certificate of Completion:

  • Certificate of Completion.
    Downloadable from the Transcripts page.

Chemical Agents Certification (included in Part 3 as Lesson 10):

  • Chemical Agents ID Response Form.
    Must be completed and returned in order for us to print and mail Chemical Agents ID Card.
  • Printed, hard plastic, Chemical Agents ID Card is mailed (US Postal) after reciept of Chemical Agents ID Response Form.

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Part 3 $37.99

Video: About the Part 3 Course.

About the STC Online Guard Card Training Part 3 Course.

Part 3

California BSIS Part 3 is a 16-hours program. This section familiarizes and instructs the student in basic skills and provides a common body of knowledge in the performance of security guard work delineated by Business and Professions Code Section 7583.6 (b).

This section must be completed within six (6)-months from the day the guard's registration card is issued or the day the guard begins employment.

Part 3 is comprised of five (5) lessons:

Cost: $37.99

Lesson 7, Communication and its Significance

Objectives:

  • Understand the importance of effective internal and external communication
  • Understand the importance of reading and understanding Post Orders
  • Recognize the need for confidentiality of protocols and contact information
  • Know the basic information to collect in an emergency
  • Be able to make a direct and efficient call for assistance
  • Understand the common types of communication systems
  • Be able to effectively use common communication systems
  • Complete the Communication and its Significance Final Exam with a 100% score in accordance with regulations.

Subjects

  1. Internal Protocols
  2. External Protocols

Lesson 8, Liability/Legal Aspects

Objectives:

  • Understand the difference between the court proceedings and the burden of proof for criminal and civil courts
  • Understand the penalties for criminal prosecution and civil litigation
  • Understand the personal liability of security officer
  • Understand the liability of the guard company
  • Understand the liability of the client
  • Understand the criminal, civil and administrative process
  • Know and understand the BSIS Code and Regulations
  • Understand the role of the security guard
  • Complete the Liability/Legal Aspects Final Exam with a 100% score in accordance with regulations.

Subjects

  1. Introduction to Criminal, Civil and Administrative Courts
  2. Personal, Security Firm and Site Owner Liability
  3. BSIS Code and Regulations
  4. Role of a Security Guard

Lesson 9, Handling Difficult People

Objectives:

  • Summarize four specific reasons why consumers may become violent
  • Identify personal reactions to confrontation
  • Understand personal Risk Factors related to violent behavior
  • Explain the Stress Model
  • Discuss the Theoretical Models of Assault
  • Understand how the working environment can affect behavior.
  • Configure a safe working environment
  • Complete the Handling Difficult People Final Exam with a 100% score in accordance with regulations.

Subjects

  1. Communications and Conflict Management
  2. Recognizing and Responding to Pre-Attack Indicators
  3. The Tueller Principle
  4. Handling Difficult Personalities

Lesson 10, Chemical Agents

Objectives:

  • Understand a brief history of tear gas
  • Understand the chemical properties of hand-held defensive sprays
  • Understand the different types of hand-held defensive spray canisters and nozzles
  • Understand the criminal and civil implications of deploying chemical agents
  • Understand defensive spray decontamination procedures
  • Understand the principles of proper deployment of hand-held defensive sprays
  • Understand the limitations of hand-held defensive sprays
  • Understand the proper maintenance, storage and disposal of hand-held defensive sprays
  • Complete the Chemical Agents Final Exam with a 100% score in accordance with regulations.

Subjects

  1. Tear Gas Use and Effects
  2. Pepper Spray Use and Effects
  3. Deploying Chemical Agents

Lesson 11, Preserving the Incident Scene

Objectives:

  • Be able to identify common forms of evidence
  • Explain proper care and handling of evidence
  • Summarize the correct procedure to secure a scene
  • Understand common legal issues regarding evidence
  • Collect appropriate information from witnesses
  • Identify types of evidence
  • Complete the Preserving the Incident Scene Final Exam with a 100% score in accordance with regulations.

Subjects

  1. Identifying Evidence and Witnesses
  2. Care and Handling of Evidence
  3. Legal Issues to Evidence Tampering and/or Removal
  4. Securing the Immediate Area