Qualifications for apprentice security officers

To qualify for registration as an apprentice private security officer, an individual: 1. Must complete, within thirty days after being registered with the board, a minimum of twelve hours of in-person, live remote, or online classroom instruction relating to the provision of private security services or twelve hours of field training. The field training must be supervised either by a security officer who has a minimum of two thousand hours of active service in that grade or equivalent combination of training and experience as defined in section 93-02-02.1-10 or by a commissioned security officer. The training must be at a ratio of no more than four trainees to one officer. 2. Until the apprentice private security officer has fulfilled the requirements in this section, the apprentice may only provide private security services under the direct, onsite supervision of a security officer or commissioned security officer employed by the private security agency. 3. A registration under this section will not be issued after the expiration of a temporary registration issued under North Dakota Century Code section 43-30-05.1 unless the apprentice security officer provides sufficient proof to the board of the completion of the instruction and field training requirements in this section.