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AWICS Security Training implements comprehensive training programs for government and law enforcement agencies, security personnel, first responders, and civilians. Our experienced instructors and extensive state-of-the-art instruction programs enable us to quickly implement and sustain training programs of any scale in any environment. Whether an organization requires subject matter expertise from the fields of federal, state, or local law enforcement, we have the right training cadre for their needs and promise a high return on their training investments.Train with the best: Our instructors have provided training to several thousand students in multiple countries supporting U.S. Government and commercial clients. Unlike our competitors, we use only vetted and certified select individuals that employ some of the most comprehensive and sophisticated backgrounds and credentials available in the industry today. Our instructors are subject matter experts with extensive experience in various tactics, including protective services, self-defense, close-quarters defensive, firearms marksmanship, health, and safety.
We realize every client is different, and each has a unique set of challenges requiring a specific solution. We work with each organization to understand its customized requireme.
The inefficiency of outside consultants who charge thousands of dollars to administer these training techniques that generally produce generic and incomplete training results to students is all too common.
Security Training and Certification, Use of Force Training, Close Quarters Defense, Executive Protection, Firearms / Weapon Handling Skills, Woman and Men Self-Defense, First Responder Casualty Care, First Aid / CPR & AED Certification.
consisting of classroom training, scenario-based exercises, and practical applications. Our training techniques have received high customer satisfaction ratings from across the globe.
This is a general introductory course. This course must be completed before you can be employed as a security officer. This course will cover an introduction to the Security Officer Act of 1992 – the role of a security officer, legal powers and limitations, emergency situations, communications and public relations, access control, ethics and conduct, and a course review. An examination will also be administered. Participants who successfully complete the 8 Hour course and receive a passing grade on the exam will receive an official course completion certificate.
This training course must be taken one time during the first 90 days of employment as a security officer. Subjects covered move from theory to hands-on with scenario-based training. This training program is relevant to the actual security officer’s duties, requirements of the work site, and the needs of their employer. This training may be conducted in an approved classroom setting or at an approved work site on-the-job which is conducive to learning. Participants who successfully complete the 16 Hour OJT course will receive an official course completion certificate.
This training course must be completed annually (each calendar year) following completion of the 16 Hour OJT course. This course is mandated for all security officers in New York State and must be completed every year. This training program is designed to meet current training needs and refresh or update security officers concerning the changes in the security field. The security officer must complete this course as a prerequisite for renewal of his or her guard license registration.
Please feel free to contact us at any time for a no obligation free quote or a discussion on how we can help you achieve the outcomes for your business.
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to