New York State · Security Guard Training
The required training, the state paperwork, the fingerprints, and the job search — in one place, in plain English, with every instruction pointing back to the official source.
Self-paced, and your progress is saved as you go. Every course is free — state and fingerprint fees are paid to the state, not to us.
New York sets the training requirements — not us, and not any school. The Department of State registers guards; DCJS approves training schools. We show you the state’s own pages for every rule, fee and deadline.
Official NYS links →Every course is video-led, broken into short segments, and gated — each segment ends with a question you have to answer before the next one unlocks.
The course you take before you can be employed as a security guard in New York.
The follow-on training taken within your first months on the job.
The yearly training that keeps an active guard license current.
FDNY certificates of fitness. These are exam-only certificates issued by FDNY — what we offer is optional exam preparation, free of charge, and you take only the ones you want.
No surprises and no shortcuts — for you or for the state.
Create an account with email or with Google. Accounts work today. Your place in a course is kept in this browser for now — moving it onto your account, so it follows you between devices, is the next piece we are switching on.
Each course is split into 5–10 minute video segments. A segment is marked complete only when it has actually been watched.
Every segment ends with a single question. Answer it to unlock the next segment — that is how the module confirms you were following.
Once every segment is complete, a 20-question test unlocks for the courses where New York requires an exam. The annual in-service course does not require a test, so there it is a knowledge check, not a gate.
Complete every segment, and pass the exam where New York requires one. Issuing certificates in your name comes with account-linked enrollment, which we have not switched on yet.
We take the “must complete the training” requirement seriously, because the state does. Segments are streamed with per-user signed access — no account, no video — and a segment only unlocks the next one when it has been watched. There is no “mark as complete” button, and the final exam will not open early. Your watch progress is kept in this browser until account-linked enrollment is switched on.
A multilingual interface is being built for this school, so the navigation, instructions and course text can meet you in your own language. It is not switched on yet — the site is English for now, and we would rather say that than pretend otherwise. Official state documents and exam material are always shown in their original English, exactly as the state publishes them.
Anything that is a state rule, a state fee or a state form belongs to the state. We link you to it directly.
The Division of Licensing Services form, as published — read it, download it, print it.
Find a centerNew York uses electronic fingerprinting. Find the enrollment center closest to you.
Official pagesHow to apply, renew, or update a New York security guard license.
Start with the 8-hour pre-assignment course, or look at everything first.