Fairburn's economy leans on distribution and manufacturing, and residents who want to protect those sites train at the Academy classroom in Duluth. Choose a course in Bookeo and hold your seat with a $100 non-refundable deposit.
Reserve with a $100 non-refundable deposit; pay the rest at class.
Designed for people new to security. Earns a Certificate of Completion.
Saves $75 vs. booking separately. Armed portion: 21+.
Must be 21+. Check the Bookeo listing for date requirements.
There is no Fairburn classroom. Courses meet at 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201, in Duluth, Gwinnett County. Use the directions link on this page to see the route from your part of Fairburn before choosing a date.
Where you start shapes the trip. A student near City Hall on NW Broad Street, one close to the warehouses on Oakley Industrial Boulevard and one out by the festival grounds on Virlyn B. Smith Road will each pick up the interstate at a different point. Open the directions link from your actual address and check it at the time you would leave on a class morning.
Fairburn's commercial land along Oakley Industrial Boulevard was planned around freight access to I-85, so trucks share those roads at shift changes. If you live near the industrial district, check the route for the actual hour you would leave rather than a midday preview.
Range qualification for armed students is described on each Bookeo date and does not happen at the Duluth classroom. If you work rotating shifts at a Fairburn site, line up the session hours in Bookeo against your schedule before you pay, since the deposit is non-refundable.
The city's own Largest Employers page reads like a supply chain: food distribution, third-party logistics, porous plastic components, pet food, thermal and acoustical insulation, building supplies and vehicle re-marketing. Operations like these depend on gatehouse logs, trailer and seal checks, perimeter rounds and accurate shift reports, skills the Unarmed course introduces.
The South Fulton Community Improvement District, formed in 1999, covers 6,446 acres of commercial and industrial property and invests in freight access along Oakley Industrial Boulevard and connections to I-85. Large acreage means long fence lines, many dock doors and a lot of vehicle traffic at the gate. Officers who patrol methodically and document what they see fit that kind of site.
Fairburn also draws a seasonal crowd. The Georgia Renaissance Festival, at 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Road, runs a spring festival and a fall series of Saturday dates, with ticketed entry, parking, an after-dark program and lost and found. Events of that size involve gates, parking direction and guest services, a different setting from warehouse work where the same access and reporting skills apply.
City Hall sits on NW Broad Street in the historic core, so Fairburn also has the smaller civic and storefront settings where an officer's report may be the only written account of an incident.
Fairburn's employer mix points to industrial and event settings. The examples below are types of posts that illustrate skills, not openings at any company.
Food and freight distribution runs on dock schedules that call for gate logs, driver sign-ins and truck checks. See warehouse security services.
Manufacturing sites use rounds, contractor sign-ins and safety reporting along long fence lines.
Vehicle re-marketing and storage lots call for patrols and careful notes on gates, keys and damage.
Seasonal festival weekends involve ticket lines, parking direction and lost and found procedures. See event security services.
Fairburn's growing neighborhoods and apartment properties use patrols and amenity checks. See apartment security services.
High-value freight sites may ask for armed officers, which in Georgia means age 21 or older and registration through a licensed employer. See armed security officers.
Unarmed builds the base. Armed adds firearms and live-fire qualification.
Georgia Board rules set a 24-hour minimum for basic training.
Unarmed, Armed or the Complete Package.
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The non-refundable deposit reserves your seat. Bookeo emails your confirmation.
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Designed for people new to security work.
21 or older. Georgia Board FAQ
The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations.
Still have a question? Call the Academy at 678-878-3152.
In Duluth, at 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201. The Academy has no classroom in Fairburn or elsewhere in south Fulton. The Armed course includes range qualification at a location listed on each Bookeo date. Use this page's directions link, set to your address, to check the live route before you book.
Many Fairburn sites are distribution, logistics and manufacturing operations, where posts involve gate logs, truck and trailer checks, perimeter rounds and shift reports. The Unarmed course covers access control, patrol and report writing. Training does not guarantee a job at any particular company.
Seasonal events like the Georgia Renaissance Festival show the crowd and access skills the Unarmed course teaches: gate control, guest communication, emergency response and incident reports. Any security job needs its own application, and Georgia licensing is separate. The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations.
Session hours appear in Bookeo when you pick a date. Compare them with your shift pattern before paying, because the $100 deposit is non-refundable. If the listing is unclear, call 678-878-3152 on a weekday and ask about upcoming dates and hours that suit an early or late shift.
The 24-hour Unarmed course is $250, the 16-hour Armed course is $375 and the 40-hour Complete Package is $550. You pay a $100 non-refundable deposit when you book in Bookeo, with Square handling checkout, and the remaining $150, $275 or $450 when you attend.
The 24-hour Unarmed course is the usual first step. It teaches patrol, emergency response, legal authority, access control and report writing, and includes American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED. Students 21 or older who plan on armed work can choose the 40-hour Complete Package, which saves $75 compared with booking both courses separately.
Yes, 21. Georgia's Board requires armed security licensees to be at least 21, and armed registration goes through a licensed security employer, so finishing the course does not by itself allow you to work armed. Read the requirements on the Bookeo listing for your course before reserving.
No. The Academy delivers state-required training. Successful Unarmed students receive a Certificate of Completion, and the Armed course provides firearms training and qualification documentation used in the state process. The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations, so completion is not an automatic license.
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