BC Basic Security (BST) case studies
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The British Columbia Basic Security Training (BST) credential is the entry-level training requirement for people applying for a BC security worker licence with a security guard designation. It is aimed at new entrants to the private security industry - people who want to work in retail loss prevention, mobile patrol, condominium and event security, or corporate lobby and access control roles - and it is also taken by people whose employers require a working knowledge of guard powers and duties. The BC Basic Security (BST) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,141 words.
1The Intoxicated Man Blocking the Only Open Entrance
You are the sole guard on duty at a 24-hour shopping centre. At 02:40 a man, roughly 30 years old and 190 cm tall, smelling strongly of alcohol, sits on the floor of the north lobby and blocks the only open entrance.
817 words, about 4 min2The Missing Laptop and the Seven-Minute Clock
You are the lobby guard in a nine-storey office tower. At 07:05 a tenant reports a laptop taken from a sixth-floor office overnight.
754 words, about 4 min3The Razor Theft and the Knife Clip
You are a loss-prevention guard in a drugstore. At 16:40 you watch a man, about 24, take three packages of razors worth $68 from a shelf, look up at the camera, push them into his jacket pocket, and walk past the last point of sale and out the door without stopping.
894 words, about 4 min4The 03:20 Alarm on the Fourth Floor
You are the lobby guard in a 12-storey, 240-unit residential building. At 03:20 the fire alarm sounds and the enunciator shows a smoke detector in the fourth-floor east corridor.
828 words, about 4 min5The Syringe in the Washroom During a 400-Person Event
You are one of two guards at a community centre hosting a 400-person evening event. At 19:45 a volunteer tells you a used syringe is on the floor of the men's washroom next to a baby changing table.
848 words, about 4 min