Job: Security Guard (Canada)

Until now 2008, you did not need any knowledge about being a security guard or any training, you just applied for a lic and that was it, you got it, there for, an idiot could even become a security guard, even if you had a criminal record yes, until 2007. That changed , no one with a criminal record could hold a lic# or get one,and know 2009, there coming out with testing and training that you must pass with the ministry before you get a security/ or a private investigers lic, and theres no grand-father klause either, That means higher wages , for security officers, you will not be able to classify. Security guard as general help anymore, it will go under proffessional listing and you will see guards making between to start $15 TO $25 DOLLARS AN HOUR, THEIR WILL BE 2 CLASSIFICATION OF SECURITY GUARDS, SG1 AND SG2, SG1 IS A NORMAIL OFFICER/ THAT DOES NOT CARRY ANY WEAPONS OR HAND-CUFFS ETC, SG2 WILL CARRY WEAPONs/ HAND-CUFFS/BATON, AND BE APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY TO USE THEM, AND WILL HAVE TO GO FOR TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS. So the 60 to 80 thousand officers out there in canada, be prepared to take the test & training because if you dont pass , your history, and a new breed of security officers will emerge !! study hard !!