Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1240 - PRIVATE DETECTIVE, PRIVATE ALARM, PRIVATE SECURITY, FINGERPRINT VENDOR, AND LOCKSMITH ACT OF 2004 › Subpart F - GENERAL › Section 1240.505 - Basic, Additional, and Refresher Training - Private Detective, Private Alarm Contractor, Private Security Contractor and Armed Proprietary Security Force Employee

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Every
				person employed as a registered employee of a private detective, private alarm
				or private security agency certified under the Act or as an armed employee of
				an armed proprietary security force shall complete, within 30 days after
				commencing employment, a course of basic training. The training shall be a
				minimum of 20 hours of basic training related to the employment and shall be
				certified to by the employer. The training may be classroom-based or online
				Internet-based and shall not be conducted as on-the-job training.
b) Registered employees of a private security
				contractor agency who provide guarding or other private security related
				functions, in addition to the basic classroom training required under
				subsection (a), within 6 months after their employment, shall complete an
				additional 8 hours of training on subjects to be determined by the employer.
				This training may be classroom-based, online Internet-based, site-specific, or
				conducted on the job.
c) In
				addition to the basic training provided for in subsections (a) and (b),
				registered employees of a private security contractor agency who provide
				guarding or other private security related functions and registered employees
				of a private detective agency shall complete an additional 8 hours of refresher
				training on subjects to be determined by the employer each calendar year
				commencing with the calendar year following the employee's first employment
				anniversary date. The refresher training may be classroom-based, online
				Internet-based, site-specific, or conducted on the job.
d) Upon successful completion of the training
				prescribed in subsections (a) through (c), each individual shall be issued, by
				the employer or the instructor, a Certification of Completion of basic,
				additional, and/or refresher training courses signed by the instructor or the
				employer. The licensee-in-charge shall be responsible for the documentation of
				the training. Documentation of the additional and refresher training shall
				consist of the date and location of the training, the subject matter covered
				and instructor or employee who administered the training. The Certificate of
				Completion of basic, additional, and/or refresher training courses may be
				reproduced digitally provided the form is printed out and signed and the
				printed form is a virtual identical copy of the current form in use by the
				Division.
e) The Certification or a
				copy shall be the permanent record of training and shall be retained by the
				individual as proof of the training. During the term of the individual's
				employment with an agency licensed by the Division, the Certification or a copy
				shall be filed by the employer with the employee statement required by Section
				35-30(b) of the Act and shall remain in the file during the term of employment.
				Upon termination of employment, the original Certification or a copy shall be
				returned to the employee.
f) In the
				case of an employee who is employed by more than one employer, a copy of the
				Certification of Completion of basic, additional, or refresher training shall
				be kept with the employee statement required by Section 35-30(b) of the
				Act.
g) Copies of all training
				certification and materials required under the Act and this Section shall be
				made available to Division personnel upon request.