Jamaica PSRA Guard Exam study guide
Jamaica PSRA Guard Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PSRA Registered Guard credential is issued through the Private Security Regulation Authority, an agency within Jamaica's Ministry of National Security that regulates the private security industry under the Private Security Act. Registration is for people who want to work as private security professionals in Jamaica, and for serving guards who need to renew or update their status. The PSRA describes the pathway as getting a minimum of 80 hours of basic training and then registering as a private security professional. In practice, applicants submit a completed application form, present a valid training certificate, attend an interview with a PSRA assessor, and pay the relevant fees. Topics on this exam: Basic Training (minimum 80 hours), Registration and Licensing Compliance, and Professional and Ethical Conduct. The Jamaica PSRA Guard Exam study guide has 3 sections and about 1,127 words.
01Basic Training (Minimum 80 Hours)
The Basic Training domain checks whether you know the minimum pre-deployment training standard for a registered security guard in Jamaica and what that training must cover. The PSRA framework requires a guard to complete at least 80 hours of structured training at an approved training institution before being deployed on duty. The 80 hours is a minimum, not a target; a licensee that deploys a guard with fewer hours is non-compliant. Training must be delivered by an institution approved by the PSRA, following an approved curriculum.
357 words, about 2 min02Registration and Licensing Compliance
Registration and Licensing Compliance tests the two-track PSRA system under the Private Security Regulation Act: security companies are licensed, while individual guards are registered. You must know who needs which authorisation, what must be carried, and what triggers refusal, suspension, or revocation. A guard must be registered with the PSRA before performing security duties; an unregistered person cannot be deployed, even by a licensed company. The guard's registration card or badge must be carried and produced on request while on duty; it is personal and cannot be lent or transferred.
398 words, about 2 min03Professional and Ethical Conduct
Professional and Ethical Conduct tests the standards expected of a registered guard: lawful use of authority, honesty, confidentiality, and respect. A guard is a private citizen with citizen's powers of arrest, not a police officer. A guard may make a citizen's arrest where an offence is committed in their presence, and must promptly hand the person and the facts to the police; detention must not be punitive. Force must be reasonable, necessary, and proportionate.
372 words, about 2 min