Los Angeles, CA
24 open positions from licensed security companies: 0 posted here directly, 24 listed from the companies' own postings with a link to apply. No recruiter layer.
A guard with 1–3 years of experience typically earns $19.25–$21.75/hr here (state median $20.79, national $18.28, BLS OES data).
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Standard Guard Security Solutions is hiring full-time mobile patrol officers to drive scheduled and random routes across client properties in Los Angeles, Orange County…
Standard Guard Security Solutions has unarmed security officer openings, full-time or part-time, at properties across California including Los Angeles, Orange County and…
Standard Guard Security Solutions is hiring armed security officers, full-time or part-time, for commercial, residential and construction sites in Los Angeles and nearby…
Aable Security is hiring senior armed security officers in Los Angeles, full-time or part-time. The role requires an active armed guard licence and at least three years…
Aable Security has an entry-level armed security officer opening in Los Angeles, full-time or part-time, for officers with up to two years of experience. You need an…
Aable Security in Los Angeles is also hiring experienced unarmed security officers, full-time or part-time. This role asks for an active security officer licence, at…
Aable Security, a Los Angeles guard company on Wilshire Boulevard since 1998, is hiring entry-level unarmed security guards, full-time or part-time, with day, evening…
Safelite Guard Security Service is looking for an experienced security supervisor in Los Angeles to lead its guard teams, manage personnel and keep clients satisfied.…
Safelite Guard Security Service is hiring security officers in Los Angeles. The listing looks for people with security operations experience and strong communication,…
Reyes Security Group is also hiring unarmed security officers with a BSIS guard card for posts around Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. The company's stated range…
Reyes Security Group, a Canoga Park private patrol operator, is recruiting armed security officers across Greater Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. It advertises…
GetGuard Security Group is hiring full-time dispatch operators for its 24/7 operations center in Los Angeles at $20 to $26 an hour on rotating shifts. Dispatchers watch…
GetGuard Security Group is hiring full-time armed security officers across Los Angeles County at $22 to $30 an hour, with day, night and swing shifts. Officers protect…
OnGuard Security, headquartered in Canoga Park with branches in downtown Los Angeles, Anaheim and Sacramento, hires security officers in part-time, full-time and…
Securitech Security Services has immediate openings for experienced mobile patrol officers on the graveyard shift in Los Angeles, driving company vehicles to patrol…
Allegiance Private Protection Services in Los Angeles is taking applications for security guards and says it hires only qualified, trained officers who clear its…
Southeast Security, a Los Angeles PPO with an office on South Hill Street downtown, is hiring armed and unarmed security officers. It wants responsible, reliable…
Stratton Security Group is filling full-time concierge and lobby officer posts at corporate and luxury residential buildings in Los Angeles. The company provides…
Stratton Security Group is hiring full-time mobile patrol officers to run residential and commercial patrol routes across Los Angeles and Southern California. The…
Full-time armed security officer openings with Stratton Security Group at commercial and high-security properties in Los Angeles. Stratton lists competitive pay,…
Stratton Security Group, a Los Angeles PPO, is hiring unarmed security officers for commercial and residential posts across the city, full-time or part-time. The company…
Unarmed security officer openings with Luminex Security Group's California operation, run from Carson and covering Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco…
Luminex Security Group, a Carson-based PPO, is hiring armed security officers for its California operation, which covers downtown and West Los Angeles, Hollywood and the…
ShieldWise Security is hiring mobile patrol officers for Los Angeles and Orange County. The company requires a valid driver's licence with a clean record, a California…
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California requires a BSIS guard card. Applicants complete the 8-hour Powers to Arrest / Appropriate Use of Force course and pass its 52-question exam, then finish 32 hours of skills training within 6 months and 8 hours of refresher training every year. The entry-level credential is the Security Guard Registration (Guard Card), with 8 hours of state-required training and a state exam. Confirm current rules with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS). The California licensing guide has every credential, fee and renewal window.
Armed guards need a separate BSIS Exposed Firearms Permit: age 21+, a 14-hour course (8 classroom + 6 range), a firearms assessment, and requalification twice a year.
A guard with 1–3 years of experience in California typically earns $19.25–$21.75 an hour (state median $20.79, BLS OES data). 3 of the 24 open jobs here list pay: $20 to $37 an hour.
Standard Guard Security Solutions, Inc., Aable Security, Safelite Guard Security Service Inc., Reyes Security Group, GetGuard Security Group, Inc., OnGuard Security, Securitech Security Services, Inc. and Allegiance Private Protection Services, and 4 more. Every opening is listed above with its pay, shift and license where the company gives them.
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