Personnel Standards

What We Look For.

Depending on assignment and jurisdiction, candidates may be expected to possess appropriate:

  • Security licensing
  • Personal-protection credentials
  • Private-investigator credentials
  • Driver's license, clean or acceptable driving record
  • Firearms qualifications where applicable
  • Medical training
  • Defensive-driving training
  • Executive-protection education
  • Communication skills
  • Report-writing capability

Licensing and qualification requirements will vary according to assignment.

Preferred Backgrounds

Where Our Operators Come From.

  • Military
  • Law Enforcement
  • Executive Protection
  • Private Investigations
  • Intelligence
  • Security Operations
  • Logistics
  • Emergency Response
  • Professional Driving
  • Hospitality / Private Service
The FTE Quality Standard

How We Hold the Line.

  • Be early.
  • Be prepared.
  • Be presentable.
  • Know the plan.
  • Know the backup plan.
  • Protect client privacy.
  • Communicate clearly.
  • Do not create problems to prove you can solve them.
  • Do not let ego override the mission.
  • Leave the client's world better than you found it.
Specialty Network

Thoroughly Vetted. Activated by Mission.

FTE maintains a specialty network of vetted agents activated according to mission requirements — guards trained to and above professional standards, required to requalify every six months.

Careers at FTE

Ready to Join the Mission?

Submit your background and areas of qualification and a member of the FTE team will follow up regarding current opportunities.

Apply / Submit Your Background