Florida Program Number: P430109
Total Hours: 40 Hours

MISSION:
The mission of this program is to prepare students for employment as private security officers. It prepares the individual to meet certification requirements for unarmed security officer and entry-level security officers, and occupations that require security licensing in accordance with Florida Statute 493.

DESCRIPTION:
This program focuses on broad, transferable skills, stresses understanding of all aspects of the private security industry, and demonstrates such elements of the industry as planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues, and health, safety and environmental issues.

• At least 18 years of age, not attending high school
• Pass the written exam at the conclusion of the course

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
Successful completion of this program provides a person with the certification required by the State of Florida to apply for a Class “D” Security Officer license.

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Points (OCP)

OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $16,800. annually to $41,193. annually
(Based on year-round, full-time employment)

CJK132 : Private Security Officer – (40 Hours) - Both A and B Courses are required for program completion.

Course A - 24 Hours:

• Understand the requirements of Chapter 493, F.S., and 5N-1, F.A.C., regulating the private security industry in Florida
• Understand Chapter 776, F.S., and the legal authority and liability for security actions involving the use of force
• Understand basic first aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) techniques
• Understand how to implement emergency procedures
• Understand the importance of ethics and professional conduct
• Demonstrate interviewing techniques
• Understand and verbalize why security duties regarding fire detection, suppression, and life safety are important
• Understand crime and accident scene protection and why it is important
• Identify entrepreneurship opportunities in the private security industry
• Demonstrate employability skills in the private security industry
• Identify terrorists’ events and the appropriate response for each

Course B -16 Hours:

• Understand the importance of public and interagency relations
• Explain the importance of proper courtroom procedures
• Understand the fundamentals of personal security
• Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills ·Demonstrate professional communication skills
• Understand traffic control techniques
• Identify crowd control techniques
• Identify special problems for security
• Define terrorism and identify types of terrorists groups