Your South Carolina 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 South Carolina. 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
Unarmed security officers register with SLED through a licensed security employer. The application includes screening and evidence of required training.
Complete SLED-approved basic training before registration. The published curriculum includes at least four classroom hours plus two hours of company and assignment instruction. Confirm later employer requirements.
Confirm eligibility and employer
Review SLED's criteria with the licensed company offering the position.
Complete approved training
Use the employer's certified security training officer and obtain the required training record.
Complete screening and application
Coordinate fingerprints, photograph, the required drug screening, and employee application with the company.
Verify the authorized start date
Have the employer confirm registration status and any tightly limited pending-application work allowance.
Confirm your situation
Registration is linked to licensed security employment.
General career preparation supplements SLED-approved 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.