Your Utah 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 Utah. 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
Utah's employee route is the Unarmed Private Security Officer license issued by DOPL. Review the current application and confirm that the employer and duties fit this license.
Complete a DOPL-approved eight-hour basic training course. Confirm approval for the specific course before enrolling.
Check eligibility
Read DOPL's application questions and collect any requested background records.
Finish approved training
Keep the course completion evidence for your application.
Apply and fingerprint
Submit online or with the official application and follow DOPL's fingerprint instructions.
Confirm issuance
Verify your license status before deployment and keep your contact email current.
Confirm your situation
Security company licensing is a separate business process.
Renewal includes continuing education; check DOPL's current schedule.
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.