Job Corps adds ‘Security and Protective Services’ training

PALMER — Trained officers for police, corrections, and security are needed throughout the state of Alaska.

To serve that need, the Alaska Job Corps Center in Palmer has started a new training program: Security and Protective Services.

For the last 20 years, the Alaska Job Corps Center has supplied chefs, carpenters, water treatment operators, accountants, electricians and nursing assistants to nearly every community in the state of Alaska. Now, with the start-up of the Homeland Security Career Pathway, trained individuals will leave the program for statewide careers in corrections, village public safety, the Transportation Security Administration and private sector security positions.

Instructor Don McLeod is leading the program, which officially starts on Sept. 2. McLeod comes to Job Corps with experience in both law enforcement and criminal justice.

The Alaska Job Corps Protective Services training will take eight to 12 months for completion and require training in asset protection, field notes, patrol principles, traffic and crowd control, alarm systems, information security, fire prevention and response, hazardous materials handling, workplace violations, crisis intervention, counterterrorism, VIP protections, crime scene procedures, investigative techniques, protection-officer law, defensive tactics, apprehension and detention procedures, and ethics and interviewing skills. State licensure/certification and Certified Protection Officer credentials will be available to eligible completers.

For more information, call (907) 261-8800, or visit recruiting.jobcorps.gov. Veterans are encouraged to apply.