Originally Posted by
ESpen36
Are you sure about that? I don't know about Canada, but in the USA, all Customs (CBP) officers are full-fledged Law Enforcement Officers who carry weapons and have full arrest powers. I highly doubt that they would let a college kid do this job. In fact, there are probably rules preventing it, if nothing else from the labor union representing the professional officers.
Contrary to popular American opinion, the US's way of doing things is not always universally accepted and implemented. CBSA does have a student Border Services Officer program that they run in the summer and which can lead to full time employment starting in the fall if the student BSOs do well. The student BSOs are required to pass the CBSA's standard BSO test and go through training prior to employment. Canada's age of majority is 18 and all participants are required to be 18+ years old... the same age you need to be to apply to become an RCMP officer or a police officer in many provinces.