Recruitment
Every Fortress Guards trainee is recruited through a stringent procedure that includes the following:
a. Educational Qualification: The minimum qualification for every recruit is SSCE/GCE ‘O’ Level Certificate, and such must have good command of the English Language.
b. Physical Fitness: A good protection professional must be a combination of “Brain and Brawn”. Thus, every recruit is subject to physical fitness evaluation ranging from endurance tests, obstacles crossing, unarmed combats, crowd dispersal and rescue technique etc.
c. Character Screening: A security Officer holds a position of trust, and thus requires strict vetting and pre-employment fidelity screening. To achieve this, every recruit must:
i. Provide two guarantors of verifiable substances, whose passport photograph are attached to Guarantor liability form.
ii. In addition, a detailed biographical data form is completed by the recruit while in training, and this form is handled over to the NPF – Central Crime Registry for Vetting.