Alberta ABST case studies
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The Alberta Basic Security Training (ABST) is the entry-level training program that people seeking work as security guards in Alberta are expected to complete as part of the provincial licensing process. It is written for new entrants to the industry - people with no prior security background - and is also used by employers who need to confirm that applicants have covered the mandatory pre-licence material before they are placed on a site. The Alberta ABST case studies are 5 cases and about 4,614 words.
1Two Bottles and a Sidewalk
You are a licensed security guard on contract at a Calgary liquor store. At 21:40 the live camera shows a man put two bottles of whisky ($118 total) into a backpack in aisle 3, walk past both tills and out the front door.
892 words, about 4 min2The Napkin and the 72-Hour Camera
At 18:12 you break up a shoving match between two men in a mall food court, separate them, and walk one to the security office. Police arrive at 18:31 and arrest one man.
852 words, about 4 min3The Crowbar, the Copper and the Burning Smell
It is 02:10 on a January night at a Calgary distribution centre; outside it is -18°C. On your round you find the north fire exit wedged open with a wooden shim, a crowbar lying on the floor inside, and a pallet of copper wire cut and short by roughly 40 kg.
912 words, about 5 min4Three Favours for the Loss Prevention Manager
You hold a security guard licence under Alberta's Security Services and Investigators Act and work in-house at a retail chain's Edmonton warehouse with 300 staff. The loss prevention manager - who holds no licence - asks you to do three things: (1) covertly follow a named employee for two weeks and record who he meets after shift; (2) question him in the lunchroom about missing phones without telling him why; (3) cut the padlock off his assigned locker while he is on shift and search it.
959 words, about 5 min5Twenty Minutes Until Backup
It is 22:40 on a -25°C night in a downtown Edmonton office tower lobby. A man has spread his bags and bedding across the marble floor, is shouting that the security desk stole his backpack, and has just knocked over a brass stanchion.
999 words, about 5 min