Guard Card Training Overview
The State of California requires you to take 8 hours of security training when you apply for a Guard Card, 32 hours additional training within the first 6 months of getting your Guard Card, and 8 hours each year you have a Guard Card. The Bureau of Security Investigative Services is the CA government department that determines the security guard training course content outline.
Note: The initial 8-hour training and continuing eduction requirements are changing Oct 1, 2023 or possible Jan 1, 2024, depending on the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approval.
- Read details about the CA Security Guard Training Requirements.
- Find out how to get your Guard Card classes online.
- Find out how take a Guard Card course on-site at a security guard training center.
- Read more about your yearly Guard Card refresher course requirement.