Your Vermont 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 Vermont. 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
Agency security employees need OPR registration and a supervising agency. Vermont requires the registration to be issued before employment begins.
Complete an approved eight-hour employee course before registration. Security registrants also need approved CPR certification; keep CPR current for renewal and confirm other later requirements.
Find a supervising agency
Arrange the Supervisor Authorization form with the licensed agency that will employ you.
Complete initial training
Obtain the approved eight-hour course certificate and the required CPR evidence.
Apply online
Upload the training and supervisor documents, pay the current fee, and complete OPR's background-check process.
Wait for registration
Start after issuance and carry identification showing your employing licensee.
Confirm your situation
The 40-hour qualifying-agent route applies to the person responsible for an agency.
General preparation supplements Vermont's approved employee 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.