{"id":41171,"date":"2021-01-18T12:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=41171"},"modified":"2021-01-18T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:41:36","slug":"ontario-makes-it-easier-to-be-a-security-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/ontario-makes-it-easier-to-be-a-security-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Makes it easier to be a Security Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario government eliminated the problem of people needing to travel to take the test to become a security guard or private investigator. Beginning today, applicants will be able to take the test online. &#8220;Expanding to online testing for security guards and private investigators is another step forward in our government&#8217;s work to modernize frontline services and programming for Ontarians,&#8221; said Solicitor General Sylvia Jones. &#8220;Online testing will help expand Ontario&#8217;s capacity to train and qualify these critical professionals who are essential to public safety and the well-being of communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Serco Canada Inc., began a testing pilot project in October 2020 that provided feedback about the process, and now that that process has been evaluated and ready for public usage &#8211; applicants can now choose from a range of dates and times when the sessions will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government&#8217;s move to enable security recruits to conduct the provincial tests online is a constructive and positive measure for security services in Ontario,&#8221; said Tim Saunders, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, G4S Secure Solutions (Canada). &#8220;This change will allow for more security guards at key locations where they are providing an essential and vital service, especially in these challenging times.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario government eliminated the problem of people needing to travel to take the test to become a security guard or private investigator. Beginning today, applicants will be able to take the test online. &#8220;Expanding to online testing for security guards and private investigators is another step forward in our government&#8217;s work to modernize frontline &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 06:19:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41172,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41171\/revisions\/41172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}