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BSIA welcomes ‘top-up’ training for door supervisors
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the government’s consultation paper on the proposed introduction of additional training for door supervisors. Launched last December, the consultation aims to make new skills in physical intervention, first aid, dealing with young people and awareness of the threat of terrorism, a basic requirement for all door supervisors either renewing an existing licence or new entrants to the industry who are applying for one for the first time.
BSIA leisure industry section chairman, Tony Clarke, comments, ‘Door supervisors deal closely with a real cross-section of the public, so it’s important that they have sufficient training in order to reduce conflict and protect both themselves and others. We are pleased to see that the Home Office has taken on board some of the suggestions put forward by the security industry and recognise the commitment to industry best practice that this proposal represents. Door supervisors already play a vital role in the night-time community and this further training will only enhance their ability to protect the public in challenging situations.’
The additional training requirements will form part of the licence application process for new door supervisors from as early as June 2010, with top-up training for existing licence holders to be introduced from May 2011 should the consultation be approved.
To find out more about working in the security industry, turn to our feature on page 16.
Published May 2010
Get variety with Wilplan Training
For many Service people who are in the process of leaving the Forces, a new career in the security industry can feel like a natural progression. Many of the skills learned and developed over a military career are easily transferable into a wide range of securityrelated and teaching occupations.
Companies like Wilplan Training are ready to provide the ‘launch pad required for a successful career change’. Based in the northwest of England but operating nationally, Wilplan provides a range of courses that enable people to apply for SIA licences in fields that include security guarding, door supervision, CCTV operatives, vehicle immobilisation and close protection.
It reports that its 21day CP officer course ‘is proving very popular with exService men and women. The course includes firearms training certified by the European division of the ASAA in Switzerland, surveillance, antiambush simulation training and unarmed combat. The course is fully residential with halfboard hotel accommodation and return flights to Switzerland.’
In addition, it provides teaching qualifications in line with new legal requirements enabling people wishing to enter the teaching profession to use their existing military skills and knowledge to deliver training within their specialist area.
Management and trainers are all exmilitary and the CP trainers are all active operational CP officers so they are working in the industry when they are not training.
Published April 2010
New modular SIA training
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) will introduce new licence-linked qualifications this year, bringing training up to date and introducing a modular structure. This, says the SIA, follows an industry-led review of the specifications that drive training content. The new specifications will reflect current industry best practice so that individuals working in the security sectors undergo good basic training for their role.
Licence applicants will need to take the relevant modules for the sector in which they wish to work and obtain a licence. So – for close protection, for example – from January 2010 the SIA will accept:
the new modular qualification for the relevant sector
a current qualification, as long as it is less than three years since it was awarded.
This new structure, with core plus specialist modules, will mean less overlap and duplication in content across sectors, which will make it easier to get qualified to obtain more than one licence, as only the required and relevant training will need to be taken for each additional qualification.
CTR High Risk Security Services Ltd and CTR Training Academy were established in 1996 by former members of the British Special Forces. CTR is a CTP preferred supplier and ELCAS registered, ensuring all courses are MoD approved. CTR is an international organisation dedicated to providing professional close protection, highrisk security management and securityrelated training courses. Its UK headquarters are in Norfolk, at the prestigious Security House, which incorporates our highlevel training academy with its stateoftheart facilities and training areas. CTR designs and implements all its own courses, covering close protection, surveillance, hostile intelligence, selfdefence and many other securityrelated areas. Its aim is to ensure that students receive the highest standard of training to aid their transition from military to civilian life. It is also an operational company and approved contractor to the SIA, providing services such as close protection, surveillance teams, security management and highrisk operations.
Its Certificate in Protective Services from Bucks New University is a level 3 close protection qualification and is conducted over 16 intensive days. On completion you will have acquired the skills and knowledge to become a CPO. The latest course designed by
CTR is its level 3 Hostile Intelligence Operators course, based in Switzerland. As with other courses, it has designed this as the first of its kind, and it will pioneer the way operatives are trained.
Anger over Olympic security plans – but opportunity for Service leavers?
The announcement from security chiefs preparing for the London 2012 Olympics that they will be using teenagers who have taken a 30-hour events safety course to protect competitors and spectators at the Games, rather than trained Service personnel, has been met with anger among military figures. They believe that the use of Army expertise is essential to ensure the prevention of a potential terrorist outrage at the Olympics. Army Chief of Staff, General Sir David Richards, has been quoted as saying that worry over security at the Games ‘kept him awake at night’.
However, Sir Ian Johnston, the Director of Security for the Olympic Organising Committee, has said that, in addition, policing the event will require thousands of private security guards – which could be good news for those Quest readers thinking of seeking work in that field. Military personnel will be called upon only to carry out ‘niche roles’ and in ‘extreme situations’, and the task of protecting the Olympic Park will fall to the aforementioned private security staff and the 6,000 16 to 19 year olds who will have taken a qualification that is being specially developed: the level 2 BTEC Diploma (which 50 colleges are being encouraged to offer), which will give the young people 30 hours of training in ‘dealing with large numbers of people’, ‘keeping people safe at events’ and ‘communicating’.
Speaking at a conference on Olympic Security, Security Minister Lord West said that the London 2012 Olympics presented Britain with the ‘greatest security challenge’ since the Second World War.
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