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Georgia Security Guards provide a key service in guarding, patrolling, and monitoring premises against theft, violence, fire, terrorism, and criminal activity. Job responsibilities and duties vary within the field depending on position and security industry. Some security guard positions in Georgia include federal contract guards, nuclear security officers, armored car guards, correctional officers, casino security officers, court security officers, transportation service officers, industrial security guards, mall and retail security guards, building security guards, seaport security guards, airport security guards, campus security guards, hospital security guards special event security guards and many other types of security guards working in the security industry.

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Georgia Security Guard Training Licensing Requirements
Georgia currently has no licensing requirements mandated by the state to become a professional security guard.

Georgia does mandate that all professional security guard applicants receive 24 hours of training.

The person that applies for an unarmed security guard license in the state of Georgia will need to meet the requirements, which are outlined in the Security Guard Act of 1992 and the amendments that have been added to the act. The license when applied for will be valid for two years with a refresher course mandatory every 12 months to keep the license current according to the present state guidelines. The requirements for the unarmed security guard include:

The applicant will be at least 18 years of age
Applicants will submit to finger printing
There will be a criminal background check
Photo identification with a valid expiration date is required
The applicant will have a high school diploma or an equivalency certification

The person that is obtaining a license, as an unarmed security guard will need training at a state certified facility. The training center will provide the applicant with the education to work in the security sector, with education in:

The legal and ethical issues that can arise on the job
Emergency medical care including CPR
Emergency fire training including evacuations
Proper writing of reports
Detaining suspects or shoplifters
Crowd management

The unarmed security guard in Georgia will have the training when completed to provide protection for properties, the public and for private citizens. This employee is an intricate part of many businesses that have shoplifting or theft problems, businesses that do not want intruders and areas where the public needs protection. There are some employment opportunities that might require the unarmed security guard to hold a valid Georgia drivers license. This will be most common in protection of apartment complexes, subdivisions and other properties. For this type of position the guard is usually given a company vehicle, and it is possible their driving record will also be checked for traffic violations. The places the Georgia unarmed security guard can find employment is:

Retail stores
Malls
Schools
Colleges
Parks
Parking structures
Apartments, subdivisions, and hotels
Private properties
Private office buildings

These are some of the opportunities for the Georgia unarmed security guard, which the certified training will prepare them for the situations that, can occur including shoplifters and detaining them until the authorities arrive. The training will also educate the licensed employee to handle medical or fire emergencies. Training in how to relay information to emergency medical technicians or fire personnel, both orally and in written reports. There will be unarmed security employment, which will have cameras and alarm systems that need to be monitored. This type of monitoring can include on the job training to ensure the unarmed guard understands the daily routine of the monitoring. In other positions like the parking structure, the guard will ensure that vehicles are not stolen or vandalized. The positions the unarmed security guard holds help to keep the public safe, they are able to deter situations that could endanger the employees or public.

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SECURITY GUARD INJURIES, ILLNESSES, AND FATALITIES FACT SHEET.
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities among Security Guards Security guards face a set of hazards different from that of the average worker. Security guards are more likely to be fatally injured while working, especially by homicide, but are less likely to incur a nonfatal injury or illness than workers in general, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Security guards include store and facility guards, bodyguards, bouncers, armored car guards, and watchguards. The Standard Occupational Classification system lists their duties as guarding, patrolling, or monitoring premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules. This occupational category does not include police and other law enforcement officers. The rate of fatal injuries to security guards was 9.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2007. 1 This was an 8-percent increase from the 2006 rate of 8.7 fatalities per 100,000 workers. The rate in 2007 was more than twice the rate for all workers (3.8) that year. There were 84 fatal occupational injuries among security guards in 2007, up from an average of 68 fatalities per year from 2003 to 2006. Half of the fatal injuries occurred in the investigation and security service industry and about a fifth occurred in the drinking places industry.

Homicides made up a large percentage of fatal work injuries to security guards, much larger than in the total working population. While only 11 percent of all workplace fatalities in 2007 were the result of homicides, 51 percent (43 fatalities) of security guard fatalities were due to homicides. Of these 43 homicides, 47 percent (20 fatalities) were committed by a customer or client, 33 percent (14 fatalities) by a robber, and the remainder (9 fatalities) by an unknown assailant.

The rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work to recuperate was 107.8 per 10,000 full-time workers for security guards in 2007, which is 11.8 percent lower than the rate for all occupations in private industry, 122.2 per 10,000 workers. The 2007 rate for security guards represents an increase of 9.2 percent from 2006. The median days away from work, a key measure of the severity of injuries and illnesses, was 8 days for security guards, compared with 7 days for all occupations.

While the overall injury and illness rate suggests less frequent occurrences of incidents for security guards than for the average of all occupations, rates for certain events are higher for security guards. Falls, predominantly falls to the same level, were the most common event leading to injuries with days away from work to security guards, occurring at a rate of 27.5 per 10,000 full time workers in 2007. The rate of falls for all private industry was lower, at 17.6 per 10,000 full-time workers. While the rate of assaults and violent acts for private industry was 2.6 per 10,000 workers, the rate of assaults and violent acts experienced by security guards was 14.4 per 10,000 full-time workers.

In 2007, assaults and violent acts accounted for 13 percent (1,090 cases) of injuries and illnesses to security guards requiring at least 1 day away from work. Of these, health-care patients were the source of the injury or illness in 19.2 percent (210 cases) of cases. Surfaces and structures were the source in 14.6 percent (160 cases); the injuries were due to people falling onto surfaces and structures after they were assaulted. Other persons, excluding health care patients, were the source of more than half (570) of the assault and violent act cases requiring at least 1 day away from work.

A larger percentage of injuries and illnesses to security guards occurred during late night and early morning hours than in private industry as a whole. In 2007, 11.7 percent of injuries and illnesses to security guards occurred between 12:01 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., which is more than three times higher than the average for all private industry. Security guards also had a higher percentage of injuries and illnesses than all private industry in the hours ranging from 4:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (12.4 percent compared with 9.8 percent), 4:01 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (18.7 percent compared with 10.7 percent), and 8:01 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (14.0 percent compared with 5.5 percent).

A larger portion of injuries and illnesses to security guards occurred during the weekend. Over 10 percent of injuries and illnesses occurred on Sunday, compared with 5.8 percent for all private workers in 2007. Similarly, 12.2 percent of injuries and illnesses to security guards occurred on Saturday, compared with 7.8 percent for all private industry workers. Additionally, older security guards make up a higher proportion of their occupation’s injuries and illnesses in comparison with older workers in private industry as a whole. While 12 percent of all injured and ill workers were aged 55 to 64 in 2007, 18.1 percent of injured or ill security guards were in the same age group. The percentage of injured or ill security guards who were over age 65 (6.2 percent) is nearly three times higher than the percentage for all private workers (2.2 percent).

NOTE: Fatal occupational injury numbers and rates are based on all industry ownership's, while nonfatal injury and illness numbers and rates are based on private industry.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), June 16, 2009. Fatality data are from the 2007 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Nonfatal injury and illness data are from the 2007 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
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1 Fatal injury rates include the fatalities of security guards and of gaming surveillance officers.