NOC 64410: Security guards and related security service occupations

Security guards and workers in related security service occupations guard and implement security measures to protect property against theft, vandalism and fire; to control access to establishments; to maintain order and enforce regulations at public events and within establishments; to perform screening of passengers, luggage or cargo; to conduct private investigations for clients or employers and to provide other protective services not elsewhere classified. They are employed by public or private security agencies, residential complexes, educational, cultural, financial and health institutions, retail establishments, investigation service companies, transportation facilities, and organizations throughout the public and private sectors, or they may be self-employed.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 64410 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 64410

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Security guards
• Control access to establishments, operate security control-room equipment and patrol assigned areas to guard against theft, vandalism and fire
• Enforce regulations to maintain order and resolve conflicts and to monitor establishment activities
• Ensure safety and emergency procedures are followed
• Issue passes and direct visitors to appropriate areas and check age identification of patrons.
• Screening officers
• Inspect and screen luggage or cargo using equipment or hands
• Perform searches of passengers with tools or by hand
• Monitor and screen passengers through screening checkpoints and other procedures.
• Armoured car guards
• Drive and guard armoured trucks, pick-up and deliver cash and valuables to banks, automated teller machines and retail establishments.
• Corporate security officers
• Investigate unlawful acts of employees or patrons of establishments
• Recommend security systems such as electronic detection devices and access devices.
• Private investigators
• Conduct investigations to locate missing persons
• Obtain information for use in civil and criminal litigation matters or for other purposes
• May also conduct polygraph tests (integrity surveys) for clients.
• Retail loss prevention officers
• Prevent and detect shoplifting and theft in retail establishments.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• alarm investigator
• armoured car guard
• bodyguard (except police)
• commissionaire
• corporate security officer
• house detective
• night guard
• postal inspection officer
• private investigator
• private security officer
• screening officer
• security guard
• store detective
• theft prevention officer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• A college diploma in law and security or police technology may be required.
• Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) certification is required for screening officers.
• Security guards carrying firearms require a licence.
• Armoured car drivers require a valid Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) for both restricted and non-restricted firearms.
• In Quebec, a permit issued by the Bureau de la sécurité privée (BSP) is required to work as a private detective or security officer.
• Corporate security officers may require experience as a police officer.
• Private investigators require provincial licensure.
• Certification for responsible beverage service is mandatory for security staff in establishments serving alcoholic beverages in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.

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