Your Maryland requirements
What you will learn
- Identify the authority for your location
- Explain your next training and application steps
- Know which details to confirm before starting work
Connect the shared foundations to your state entry route and official next steps.
Your shift starts here
What would you do next?
You have finished the online foundations lessons and found an employer in Maryland. The employer asks when you can start.
Choose a response to see what happens.
Put it into practice
Verify your training next step
You are considering paying for a course. Build this verification plan in dependency order: define your target, establish the relevant requirements, check the exact course against them, then use the confirmed answers to decide.
Select the steps in the order you would take them.
- Choose step 1 below
Lesson notes & sources
Your state entry route
Maryland requires security guard certification. You must be at least 18 and employed by, or applying to, a security agency or security guard employer.
First-time applicants complete 12 hours of approved initial training and submit the certificate with their application. Later renewals require eight hours of approved continuing training.
Connect with an employer
Confirm the employer relationship required for your Maryland certification application.
Complete approved training
Choose a provider listed by MPCTC and retain the certificate with its approved program number.
Apply through the Licensing Portal
Coordinate supporting documents, required screening, and electronic submission with your employer.
Confirm your start
Have the employer verify your certification or other applicable authorization before assignment.
Confirm your situation
The expanded rules took effect in 2025 and include security guard employers.
General preparation supplements approved Maryland training.
Keep your sources current
These sources were checked on 2026-09-16. Check the linked regulator for changes before applying.
The Get Licensed foundations course is supplementary preparation. Follow the required approved training and authorisation process for your location.