The security industry is vast, and every security professional works in a small area of that vast industry. Security professional duties include security posts, security patrols, alarm response, loss prevention, executive protection, and investigation. Security professionals are employed by public or private security agencies, residential complexes, educational, cultural, financial institutions, health institutions, retail establishments, investigation service companies, transportation facilities, and organizations throughout the public and private sectors.
A security professional’s fundamental ROLE is to protect people, property, and information.
A security professional’s fundamental RESPONSIBILITIES are to detect, observe, deter, and report suspicious activity.
Basic security training (BST) focuses on foundational knowledge of security and skills general to the security industry. Once employed, a security profession takes post-specific training from their employer and through specialized in-service courses.
To learn more about the security industry and more about the Canadian legal system, CA🍁SP allows anyone to take modules 1 and 2 of the basic security training for free.
CA🍁SP is focused on providing high quality training and industry information so that security professionals can better function in their role, can expand their knowledge and skills, and to keep current with security best-practices.
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