Dallas-Fort Worth security companies have two ways to train a group of five or more officers with ETXSTA: an instructor comes to your facility anywhere in the Metroplex for one flat travel charge, starting at $1,500, or your crew drives east on I-20 to our range in Longview, where there is no travel charge. Either way, the online coursework is self-paced, one invoice covers everyone, and a manager login shows you each officer’s progress.
The harder question for most DFW operators is not where to train. It is how to keep a roster certified when the work is split across Dallas, Fort Worth and a ring of fast-growing suburbs, and when the mix of posts keeps changing. This post walks through three common Metroplex situations and how a group booking fits each one.
How do DFW companies use group training?
Ramping up for a distribution center contract
The logistics corridors around Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving and Denton are full of warehouses and distribution centers, and those contracts tend to arrive with a start date and a headcount attached. When you win one, you may be hiring several new officers at once who have no Texas training yet.
This is where a single group enrollment earns its keep. You pay one invoice, submit one roster, and every new hire gets an account and login by email automatically, already enrolled. They start Level 2 online the same week instead of each one finding a class on their own. Officers pay nothing themselves, so cost is never the reason a new hire puts off starting.
Covering events and venues
Arlington, Frisco and Dallas all host large events, and event work pulls in officers you may not use year round. Some of those posts are unarmed crowd and access control; some clients ask for commissioned officers. Booking a single course for the group, rather than the whole path, lets you train event staff to exactly the level the work calls for.
Staffing office parks and multifamily portfolios
Corporate campuses in Plano, Irving and the Las Colinas area, and apartment portfolios spread from McKinney to Garland, often mean many small posts rather than one big one. Officers rarely see each other, and nobody at the office knows who has finished what. The manager login solves the visibility problem: one screen shows which officers have started, finished, or not signed in, scoped to your company only.
What training does each type of post require?
Texas sets the minimum training by credential, not by type of site. Under 37 TAC §35.141(a):
- Level 2 must be completed by all applicants for a noncommissioned security officer license or a security officer commission (§35.141(a)(1)).
- Level 3 must be completed by all applicants for a security officer commission or a personal protection officer license, taught by a department-approved school and instructor (§35.141(a)(2)).
- Level 4 must be completed by all applicants for a personal protection officer license, with a minimum of fifteen classroom hours (§35.141(a)(3)).
Your contracts decide which credential each post needs. The rule decides the training behind that credential. If a Frisco event client wants commissioned officers and your Garland apartment client does not, the same company may need both tracks running at once.
Is it worth driving to Longview from the Metroplex?
For many DFW companies, yes. Longview is a reasonable drive east on I-20, and training at East Texas Rifle and Pistol Club carries no travel charge from us. It can suit a smaller group, or a company whose own facility is not set up to host the in-person portions.
The on-site option makes more sense when pulling officers out of the Metroplex for a day would leave posts uncovered. The instructor comes to you, the travel is one flat charge starting at $1,500, and there is no per-mile billing. Because that charge covers the visit regardless of how many courses are taught, the efficient move is to schedule every in-person portion your roster needs in the same trip.
Whichever you pick, scheduling comes after payment. Officers finish the online work at their own pace, and the in-person sessions are booked on dates that suit your roster.
Should DFW officers take the full path or single courses?
It depends on how flexible you want each officer to be. The Security Career Fastrack covers Level 2 online, Level 3 online plus the in-person firearms qualification, OC Pepper Spray online plus the in-person practical, and Level 4 Personal Protection Officer in person. It is $500 per officer. The same four courses bought separately come to $589.95, so the Fastrack saves $89.95 per officer.
A Fastrack officer can move from a warehouse gate to an event to a personal protection detail without going back to class. If an officer will only ever work unarmed multifamily patrol, a single course may be all you need. Any one of Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, OC or Armed Security Recertification can be booked for a group.
Group bookings start at five officers. For fewer, officers can enroll individually. Delivery options and the request form are on the group training page, and most requests are invoiced the moment the form is submitted.
DFW group training questions
Will an instructor come to Denton or McKinney, not just Dallas?
Yes. On-site training is available at your facility anywhere in our 38-state service area, so a suburban office or branch can host the session. Travel is one flat charge, starting at $1,500.
Can we train some officers in house?
Of the three levels, only Level 2. 37 TAC §35.141(a)(1) allows Level 2 to be taught by the licensee’s designee. Level 3 must be taught by a department-approved school and instructor under §35.141(a)(2), so commissioned officers train with an approved school either way.
What happens if a session is canceled for weather?
It is rescheduled to the next mutually workable date at no additional training charge. See our terms and conditions for details.
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