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Security Guard Career Profile Louisiana 
Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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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Louisiana Security Guard Training Licensing Requirements
The person seeking employment as an unlicensed security guard in the state of Louisiana is required to apply for an unarmed security guard license. In order to apply for this license, there are requirements the applicant will need to supply. The license that will be issued must have all of the requirements satisfied, which the state requires prior to the application being issued. This includes both personal information, and there will also be a required sixteen hours of state certified training. The personal information required is:

The person applying must be at least 18 years of age.
The applicant will have a high school diploma or an equivalency certificate.
The applicant will have an FBI style background check.
Fingerprints from the applicant are required.
Proof must be submitted to work legally within the United States.
The applicant will not have any felony convictions or certain misdemeanors.
The applicant will have completed the required sixteen hours of training.

The sixteen hours of training that is required by the state of Louisiana will include education in security, medical emergencies, and other useful education for the person that will be employed in the security field. This type of training can answer the legal questions and make the unarmed security guard feel confident; it is also a requirement to qualify for the license. This training will open many employment opportunities once the course has been successfully completed. The education that is included will be:

The legal and ethical issues that can arise in some situations.
Professionalism on the job.
Medical emergencies.
Fire management.
Crowd control.
Limits of detainment.
Use of force.

This training prepares the applicant for work in the security sector; this can include both the public security field and the private sector. The licensed unarmed security guard will find employment opportunities in many areas of the security field such as:

The banking and loan industry
Schools and colleges
Airports, bus and train stations
Factories
Malls and retail stores
Museums
State and federal office buildings
Apartment complexes
Hotels
Hospitals
Private security

The employment opportunities may also require the licensed unarmed security guard to have a valid Louisiana driver’s license; this is not a requirement to obtain the Louisiana unarmed security license. The driver’s license would be a request by the employer to qualify for a certain position and will often include a security vehicle provided by the employer. The unarmed security guard that finds work in the private sector will often be employed as a gate guard to a large property.The Louisiana unarmed security license that will be issued when the qualifications are met will be valid for two years, with an annual refresher course required to keep the license current. The license will need to be renewed thirty days prior to the expiration date and will need to be renewed as long as the applicant works in the security field as a Louisiana unarmed security guard.

Louisiana Armed Security Guard Licensing Requirements
The state of Louisiana requires that any person that will be employed in the security field as an armed security guard must be licensed. This license cannot be obtained without meeting all the requirements according to the state statutes; this will include both personal information and training. The training must be completed at a state certified facility for the amount of sixteen hours for security, and firearms training will also be completed. The personal information that must be supplied is as follows:

The applicant must be at least 21 years of age to qualify.
The applicant will hold a high school diploma or an equivalency certification.
There will be a FBI style background check.
The applicant will submit fingerprints.
Applicants will provide proof; they can legally work in the United States.
The applicant will not have a criminal history that includes felony convictions or aggravated misdemeanors.
The applicant will complete security training and firearms training prior to applying for a license.

The training that is required in the state of Louisiana will prepare the armed security guard to work within the security sector and will be trained to handle emergency situations and criminal activity. The sixteen hours of security education will include the laws that apply to the Louisiana licensed armed security guard. The sixteen hours of training will include:

Legal issues
Ethical issues
Louisiana law
Emergency medical including first aid and CPR
Crowd control
Use of non-lethal force
Emergency fire management
Firearm’s training
Marksmanship and target
Use of force
Louisiana limits of force

The applicant that has completed both the sixteen hours of security training and the firearm’s training successfully will then be issued an armed security guard license. This training will educate the applicant to handle fire and medical emergencies until the fire or ambulance authorities arrive on the scene. The applicant will also be prepared to deal confidently with criminal activity including detaining a suspect until the police arrive and report to them both orally and in written reports.The employment opportunities that are available to the Louisiana licensed armed security guard are both in the public and private sector. These opportunities can include:

Banks
Financial institutions
State office buildings
Federal office buildings
Schools
Colleges
Airports
Hotels
Museums
Apartment complexes
Housing developments
Armored vehicles
Private security duty

These are some of the employment opportunities the licensed armed guard will find in the security field. There are some employers that will require further training and that will require the armed security guard to hold a valid Louisiana driver’s license.The Louisiana armed security guard license is valid for two years; it must be renewed thirty days prior to the date of expiration as long as the applicant continues to work in the security field. There is also a requirement to take a refresher course annually in both the security training and in the firearm’s training to keep the licensing current.

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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.