Changes aimed at quality assurance and improved student experience
To better serve students and ensure consistent, high-quality instruction, the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) is moving to a new, primarily in-house delivery model starting April 1 as part of a restructuring of how security training programs are delivered.
“We are pleased to move forward with these changes after a comprehensive two-year review of how JIBC delivers security training programs,” said Colleen Vaughan, Vice-President, Academic. “By bringing these programs primarily in-house we will provide the highest quality of instruction and a better experience for students.”
Following the transition, JIBC will begin offering the programs as an in-person learning option in addition to the existing online version. The in-person version of the Basic Security Training course will first be offered at JIBC’s main New Westminster campus, as the majority of its students are in the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions. The in-person course offering will eventually be expanded to JIBC’s regional campuses as well.
JIBC delivers security training on behalf of the B.C. government’s Security Programs Division, which licenses and regulates security guards in the province. Following the change, the security training will also be offered through designated public, post-secondary institutions, select partners serving remote and Indigenous communities, and large security firms who specifically train their own employees.
This training, required for security licensing, will no longer be provided through privately operated schools as of April 1.