This guide gives official starting points. Confirm the remaining local, employer and role-specific requirements before paying for training.
Your route into security
How to become a security officer in Newfoundland and Labrador
Check your eligibility
- Age 19 or older for employment by a licensed security guard agency.
- Meet the Act's criminal-conviction suitability rule.
- Provide the employer with the required letter of conduct and training evidence.
- Hold entitlement to work in Canada.
Choose a licensed employer
Confirm that the role is ordinary unarmed guarding and check the agency's current licence.
Complete screening
Provide the required letter of conduct and identity and work-entitlement evidence; the employer checks statutory eligibility.
Complete accepted training
Ask which programme meets the agency's licence conditions and Administrator's criteria, then finish the required induction before deployment.
Government Services, Consumer and Financial Services Division
Training in Newfoundland and Labrador
What training do you need?
Government guidance says the agency must obtain a clear letter of conduct and evidence of a programme meeting the Administrator's training criteria. Confirm the current accepted programme with the agency and regulator.
How long is the training?
Confirm the approved programme and hours with the Administrator or licensed employer.
How much does it cost?
Training providers in Newfoundland and Labrador
Provider listings for this location are being checked. Use the official authority link above to confirm accepted training.
Prices and availability are checked on the dates cited. Directory inclusion identifies a source to investigate; confirmed partnerships are agreed separately.
Security guard & officer pay
How much do security guards earn in Newfoundland and Labrador?
Job Bank reports a median of CAD 20.00 per hour for NOC 64410, security guards and related security service occupations. Reference period: 2023–2024; Labour Force Survey; table updated 2025-11-19. This occupational benchmark includes different roles and experience levels.
Median gross hourly wage, NOC 64410 · 2023–2024; published 2025-11-19
Compare hours, gross or net pay, overtime and benefits. Wage floors and occupational medians describe different measures.
Before you take your next step
- The government's web page contains both updated and legacy licence wording. The current consolidated Act, especially sections 9 and 11, supports this employer-led guard route.
- The Act repealed former citizenship wording in 2018; the general website still contains older wording in its agent section.
- Training criteria and publicly bookable provider details require direct confirmation before publication as a complete course route.
Official sources and course information
- Government Services guidance and agency conditions
- Current consolidated Act, sections 9, 11 and 12
- Working in Canada
- Job Bank wages
Reviewed 2026-09-16. Follow the current instructions for your precise role and work location.