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North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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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North Carolina Security Guard Training Licensing Requirements
An applicant for registration shall:

be at least 18 years of age;
be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien;
be of good moral character and temperate habits.
not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental disease or defect; or not have been involuntarily committed to an institution for treatment of mental disease or defect by a district court judge.
not have had a revocation of a registration.

Each employer shall submit and sign an application form for the registration of each employee to the Board. This form shall be accompanied by:

two sets of classifiable fingerprints on an applicant fingerprint card;
two recent head and shoulders color photographs of the applicant of acceptable quality for identification, one inch by one inch in size;
certified statement of the result of a criminal records search from the appropriate governmental authority housing criminal record information or clerk of superior court in each area where the applicant has resided within the immediate preceding 48 months;
the applicant's non-refundable registration fee; and
actual cost charged to the Private Protective Services Board by the State Bureau of Investigation to cover the cost of criminal record checks performed by the State Bureau of Investigation, collected by the Private Protective Services Board.

Applicants for an unarmed security guard registration shall complete a basic training course for unarmed security guards within 30 days from the date of permanent hire. The course shall consist of a minimum of 16 hours of classroom instruction including:

The Security Officer in North Carolina -- (minimum of one hour);
Legal Issues for Security Officers -- (minimum of three hours);
Emergency Response -- (minimum of three hours);
Communications -- (minimum of two hours);
Patrol Procedures -- (minimum of three hours);
Note Taking and Report Writing -- (minimum of three hours);
Deportment -- (minimum of one hour).
A minimum of four hours of classroom instruction shall be completed within 20 calendar days of a probationary or regular security guard being placed on a duty station.

Fees for unarmed security guards are as follows:

thirty dollar ($30.00) non‑refundable initial registration fee;
thirty dollar ($30.00) annual renewal, or reissue fee;
fifteen dollar ($15.00) transfer fee; and
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) late renewal fee to be paid within 90 days from the date the registration expires and to be paid in addition to the renewal fee.

Fees shall be paid in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Private Protective Services Board.

North Carolina Armed Security Guard License Requirements

Applicants for an armed security guard registration shall meet all the minimum requirements for the unarmed security guard.Each armed security guard employer shall submit and sign an application form for the registration of each armed security guard applicant to the Board. This form shall be accompanied by:

two sets of classifiable fingerprints on an applicant fingerprint card;
two head and shoulders color photographs of the applicant sufficient quality for identification, one inch by one inch in size;
a certified statement of the result of a criminal records search from the clerk of superior court in each county where the applicant has resided within the immediate preceding 48 months. If the applicant has resided out of state within the immediate preceding 48 months, the applicant shall provide a certified statement of the result of a criminal records search from the appropriate governmental authority housing criminal record information in each area where the applicant has resided within the immediate preceding 48 months;
the applicant's non-refundable registration fee
a statement signed by a certified trainer that the applicant has successfully completed the training requirements of 12 NCAC 07D .0807
a certification by the applicant that he or she is at least 21 years of age.

Applicants for an armed security guard firearm registration permit shall complete a basic training course for armed security guards which consists of at least 20 hours of classroom instruction including:

legal limitations on the use of handguns and on the powers and authority of an armed security guard, including familiarity with rules and regulations relating to armed security guards (minimum of four hours);
handgun safety, including range firing procedures (minimum of one hour);
handgun operation and maintenance (minimum of three hours);
handgun fundamentals (minimum of eight hours); and
night firing (minimum of four hours).

Applicants for an armed security guard firearm registration permit shall attain a score of at least 80 percent accuracy on a firearms range qualification course adopted by the Board and the Attorney General, a copy of which is on file in the Director's office. Should a student fail to attain a score of 80 percent accuracy as referenced above, the student will be given an additional three attempts to qualify on the course of fire they did not pass. Failure to meet the qualification after three attempts shall require the student to repeat the entire Basic Training Course for Armed Security Guards. All additional attempts must take place within 20 days of the completion of the initial 20-hour course.

All armed security guard training required by 12 NCAC 07D shall be administered by a certified trainer and shall be successfully completed no more than 90 days prior to the date of issuance of the armed security guard firearm registration permit.
All applicants for an armed security guard firearm registration permit must obtain training under the provisions of this Section using their duty weapon and their duty ammunition or ballistic equivalent ammunition, to include lead-free ammunition that meets the same point of aim, point of impact, and felt recoil of the duty ammunition, for all weapons. The armed security officer is required to qualify annually both day and night. If the security officer fails to qualify on either course of fire, the security officer cannot carry a firearm until such time as they meet the qualification requirements.

Fees for armed security guard firearm registration permits are as follows:

thirty dollars ($30.00) non‑refundable initial registration fee;
thirty dollars ($30.00) annual renewal, or reissue fee; and
fifteen dollar ($15.00) application fee.

Fees shall be paid in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Private Protective Services Board.

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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.