Instructor-led Web-based Learning & Provision of Ministry Test Results

Following input from stakeholders regarding training and testing for security guards and private investigators, and the ministry’s awareness of training trends, we are pleased to announce the following:

• Basic security guard and private investigator training obtained through web-based, instructor-led distance learning (e.g. virtual classroom) will now qualify to meet the ministry’s requirement for in-class training, under the Training and Testing Regulation.
  Please note, any unsupervised, web-based training program that does not include some real-time interaction with an instructor (e.g. purely self-study) will not qualify. For more information, please visit the ministry’s Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.ontario.ca/securitytraining
• Candidates will now be advised of their mark and cut score for the test they have written. Candidates will not be provided direction to the areas where incorrect responses were made nor to specific areas for improvement at this time.

As of April 15, 2010, new applicants are required to complete basic training and pass the ministry test prior to applying for a security guard and/or private investigator licence under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 (PSISA).

The ministry’s curricula for basic training cover the mandatory topics that must be taught to students. Students will only be considered to have completed training if they attended the security guard and/or private investigator basic training course in its entirety. The security guard basic training course must conform to the ministry’s security guard curriculum, consist of at least 40 in-class hours, and include certification in Emergency Level First Aid. The private investigator basic training course must comply with the ministry’s private investigator curriculum and consist of at least 50 in-class hours.