All the private security agencies (who have been issued license)

SN Subject Basic Minimum Syllabus to be covered

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1. Private Security  Basic features of Private Security Agency
Agency Law
(Regulation) Act, 2005.
 Basic features of the Assam Private Security
Agency (Regulation) Rules, 2009.
2. Conduct in public and  Elementary spoken English.
correct wearing of
uniform  Display of identity before any enquiry to be
made by the public.
 Courteous mode of enquiry with proper manners.
 Courteous handling of crowded situation.
 Extra care to be taken while interacting with
female gender.
 Proper care to be taken while using detecting
devices, especially for frisking and searching, to
avoid public taking offence.
 Help to be extended at each and every site
while deployment of security guards for the
public.
 Appropriate wearing of uniform, hygiene,
cleanliness and maintaining dignity of uniform.
3. Physical fitness  Daily jogging of 3 km for male and 2 km for
training
female.
 P.T. and aerobic exercises during the practical
training classes on daily-basis.
 A minimum of long jump of 2 meters
  A minimum of high jump of 1.2 meters
 Drill and file formation, unarmed combat and drill
saluting.
4. Physical security,  Maintaining & checking of, entry and exist
security of the assets,
registers.
security of the building
or apartment,  Training to secure access to and from the site of
personnel security,
household security; deployment.
 Authorized and regulated entry of man, material,
vehicle, etc.
 Prevention and prohibition of any activity,
movement of man, material and vehicle, which
has been mandated in the contract between the
parties.
 Basic reading of layout building plans, site plan
of group housing societies, residential colonies
and commercial / residential enclaves.
 Onsite decision-making regarding deployment of
personnel at critical, entry and exit points.
 For personal security of clients, basic
sensitization towards needs of business, home
and societal environments.
 Sensitization about different types of security
responsibilities, eg. Reception, gate, store,
factory, residence, hotels, farm house, Mall,
bank, ATM cash in transit etc.
 Use and handling of communication devices
such as walkie-talkie, mobile, HAM-set, basic
telephones etc.
Practical exposure to control room duties.

5. Fire Fighting  Fire and its chemistry.

 Types of fire prevention.
 Fire precautions, causes of fire in industry and
establishments.
 Handling of fire fighting equipments.
6. Crowd Control  To address crowd over public address system in
crowded situation.
 Proper appeals to be made to the public to
prevent chaos, stampede, etc. in a crowded
situation.
 To create a rope barrier, human barriers, metal
barricades to secure given area in crowded
situation.
 To man, planned site evacuation during the
crowded situation.
 Measures for bringing order in a crowded
situation.
7. Examining  Exposure to various kinds of identification
identification papers
papers, identity cards, passports and smart
including identity
cards, passports, and cards.
smart cards.
 Recognition of critical marks, stamps, hologram,
etc. of various agencies in order to differentiate
between the original and fake identification
papers.
 Whom to approach in case of detection of forged
/ suspicious documents.
8. Should be able to read  Reading & writing of preliminary/basic English,
and understand
Arabic & Roman numerals.
English alphabets and
Roman numerals as
normally encountered
in the identification
documents, arms
license, travel
documents and
security inspection
sheet.
9. Identification of  Methods of identifying IED in searching
improvised explosive
explosive devices through the qualified
devices
instructors.
 How to approach Police, if such devices are
detected or suspicious objects are found.
 Relay of information to counter such a situation
of
disaster.
  Use of technical devices helping in detection of
IED.
10. First-aid  Principles of first-aid (structure and functions of
the body).
 Bleeding and type of bandages, treatment of
fractures and wounds.
 Transportation of injured
 Emergency handling of stroke, heart attack,
trauma, falls, casualty, poisoning etc.
 Emergency handling of burn.
 Basic of communication both verbal and non-
verbal to be made during the times of medical
casualties in public places.
11. Crisis response  Identification of crisis-prone and disasters-prone
and disasters
areas at the site of deployment.
management.
 Framing up of site-specific management plan
including making up of resource inventory,
planning of deployment during the crisis,
evacuation, relief of victims in circumstances of
crisis and disasters.
 Mock drill plans to be made by supervisors for
crisis management and disaster management
on- site-basis.
 Sensitization of important telephone numbers of
State actors whose minimum intervention would
be required in crisis / disaster situations.

12. Defensive driving  Training to be provided by qualified instructors in

(compulsory for the
defensive driving.
driver of Armoured
vehicle and optional for
others)
13. Handling and operation  Training in NPB small arms with respect to
of non-prohibited
weapons and firearms maintenance, cleaning, operational use and
(optional). handling.
 Sensitization towards authorities issuing and
 renewing arms licenses, and the terms and
conditions for use of weapons in a given
jurisdiction.
 Exposure to provision of Arms Act and offences.

14. Rudimentary  Preliminary knowledge of relevant provisions of

knowledge of Indian
IPC, Cr.P.C., Arms Act, Explosive Act, etc.
Penal code, right to
private defense,  Procedure of registering FIR in Police Station.
procedure for lodging
first information report
in the police station,
Arms Act (only
operative sections),
Explosives Act
(Operative Sections).
15. Badges of rank in Description about ranks and badges used in
police and
defence and police establishments of the State.
military forces.
16. Identification of  Demonstration of various kinds of small arms /
different types of arms
weapons used by public.
in use in public and
Police.  Explaining about arms used for prevention and
bringing order in public such as water cannon,
rubber bullet guns, smoke canisters, etc.

17. Use of security  Handling of metal detectors, handling of

equipments and
devices, box scanners, use of DFMDs, HHMDs.
devices (for example,
security alarms and  Use of IMD detectors, etc.
screening
equipments).  Use of various kinds of alarm system installed
for security purposes.

18. Leadership and  Personality development training.

management (for
supervisors only).  Leadership training.
 Report-making training
 Training for improving inter-personnel skills
 Training for preparing deployment plan to
secure a given site.
19. Observations, handling  Highly specialized instructions for making
unidentified objects,
observations, handling of unidentified objects,
conducting anti-
sabotage checks, conducting anti-sabotage checks, handling
handling equipments
equipments dealing with specialized
and special
requirement for those interventions.
who have to do body
 Personal specific requirements for people who
protection.
require body protection.

The duration of the training shall be for a minimum period of hundred

hours of theoretical instruction and sixty hours of practical training, spread
over at least, twenty one working days. The ex-serviceman and former police
personnel shall however be required to attend a condensed course only, of
minimum forty hours of classroom instructions and sixteen hours of field
training spread over at least seven working days. Trainees will be declared
successful, after passing with minimum 40% marks in theory based on
assessment through multiple-choice 50 questions spread over two hours of
examination. For physical training, there would not be a separate
examination, but it will be based on the continuous assessment of physical
training imparted and declared pass at the end of the training course.