Ontario Security Guard case studies
Ontario Security Guard · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Ontario Security Guard Licence Examination is the provincial knowledge test that sits inside Ontario's licensing pathway for people who want to work as security guards in the province. It is intended for new candidates entering the private security industry, as well as for anyone who needs to demonstrate current knowledge of Ontario's private security rules before a licence is issued. The Ontario Security Guard case studies are 5 cases and about 3,808 words.
1Three Requests From a Client Supervisor
You are six weeks into your first guard post, working 19:00–07:00 alone at a 40,000 sq ft distribution warehouse. At 02:40 the site supervisor - a client employee, not your employer - asks three things before shift end: sit in on an interview with a picker accused of stealing about $600 of power tools and take notes "for the file"; open and search every locker in the break room until the tools turn up; and leave the forklift near-miss at bay 7 out of the daily log because "nobody got hurt and head office freaks out." Your post orders describe the guard role as observe, report, deter and document, and say the client directs tasks but not conditions of employment.
746 words, about 4 min2Expired Licence, Unofficial Equipment, Quiet Paperwork
You are a licensed guard at a 350-seat licensed bar in a mid-size Ontario city. Your licence expired 12 days ago; the operations manager texted "work the shift, the renewal is in the mail, nobody checks" and scheduled you alone on a Friday 20:00–04:00.
767 words, about 4 min3The Contractor at the Loading Dock
03:15, an 18-storey office tower, one guard on site - you. While closing the route you find the loading dock door propped open with a wooden wedge.
823 words, about 4 min4The Fall in the North Lot
You are the guard on a 06:00–18:00 mall shift. At 14:22 a woman in her seventies trips on the curb ramp in the north lot, hits her head on the concrete, and is bleeding and confused.
705 words, about 4 min5Smoke on Four at 03:00
03:00, a 12-storey seniors' residence with 140 residents. You are the only guard on site; the building engineer is off-site and the superintendent is not answering.
767 words, about 4 min