You have mostly noticed that most offices and shops now employ security officers. Normally these security officers will be positioned somewhere standing at the front door, either sitting at a reception desk or monitoring CCTV. If you are going to make use of security service, then you clearly have something exact in mind that you want them to do.

There are several things to consider when selecting security guards to work for your business.  When you are going to make use of security services you have to consider following things:

• Who is your Client?
• Skills
• Professionalism
• Training
• Communication

When you are going to use the security services for the pubs, bars and the night clubs, then you might consider size. These days security guards are required in all business areas. Hotels, Hospitals etc have security guards. Lots of high-class new business areas and of course many major office blocks in any major UK city will have at least one security guard. But none of these areas required a security guard who has major muscle to carry out their jobs effectively. This lead to the next point, means the skills of your security guard. There are two types of skills:

• Physical skills (SIA Physical intervention training, first aid training)
• Mental skills and good communication
• Good presentation

Your security guard may need to have physical skills such as, being capable to run and catch criminals, be physically fit to control a crowd. More important than physical skills is mental skills and competency. Your security guard should be able to manage aggressive situations through conflict management skills. All security personal are necessary to have a SIA license. Thus a security guard needs to be able to communicate effectively with a number of people means, the client, public and you.

Security Training has evolved:

The competencies were updated for all security officers in the UK – physical skills training plays a major part as we are now implementing physical intervention training for Door Supervisors – which is popular with Security Guards too. It is impossible to imagine even a store detective carry out their security related role without the ability to arrest, using safe physical skills. AAB now offers regular training to assist candidates in obtaining physical intervention skills.

Security is the most significant matter that has to be given main concern in any official, residential or any other kind of building in which safety of valuables and other items is necessary.
If you want to get a job in security industry then you should have a proper certification to find the employment. In today’s age securities personnel are on greater demand. To cash in on this demand, people with integrity can look forward to a good and successful career in securing various areas. The SIA requires that you should have a proper training and license to work as security personnel in these areas.  So it becomes very much important that you get the proper SIA training to gain an applicable SIA license.

There are various specific courses that are aimed at fields like
•    CVIT (Cash and Valuables In Transit)
•    CCTV training
•     Door Supervisor training
•    Close Protection Operative
•    Security Consultancy
•    Security Guarding

If you are interested in make a career as one of these fields, then you will absolutely wish for to look more into SIA training.
The SIA training will facilitate the security personnel to gain sufficient information about the newest law and rules and regulations which is approved by SIA that is necessary to maintain the security. A person who attains the SIA training should have a clean lawful record else he will not be permitted to do the training.

The new modular (QCF) training will be offered over several days, however candidates will have approximately 5 hours in most instances to conduct non-contact hours of training, which is quite useful for security training, as they will be able to watch sia licence training videos in their own time and complete quizzes to ensure thorough understanding of security or cctv related training courses. Previously it was difficult to achieve in a class where different individuals have a varied background and therefore different training needs for security (SIA) qualifications. Pre course learning now assist all candidates greatly to learn a proportion of the SIA licence training courses at their own pace.

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CCTV and SIA Licence Security Training Course Provider

The Security Industry, regulated by the SIA is almost 3 times the size of the combined police force of the UK, an extension of the wider police family, hosting thousands of employment opportunities available immediately for trained staff.

Employment opportunities within the industry are all subject to candidates being in possession of a valid SIA Licence. We offer SIA Licence Training within 3 days that will equip candidates with all the knowledge and skills to be eligible for a position within the Security Industry. Positions are frequently available for both males and females. Most of our candidates find a Job within the industry immediately upon completion of training.

We offer nationwide SIA Training for the following sectors:

* Door Supervisor
* Security Guard
* CCTV Operator
* Close Protection Operative
* First Aid
* SIA Security Instructor Trainer (PTLLS 7303/1886)
* NVQ assessor / IV

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The introduction of compulsory SIA licence holders creates career opportunities:

Being licensed to work within the security industry now means that members are respected within the industry and operate according to the SIA code of behavior, adhering to national minimum standards. Employers will only recruit licensed staff to work within specific sectors. Your training course for sia licensing should be accredited through either of the following awarding bodies: *ASET *BIIAB/CITY & GUILDS *EDEXCEL *NOCN “..The SIA has talked to service suppliers, customers, training organizations.

SIA LICENCE TRAINING COURSE PROVIDERS

We deliver CCTV and SIA excellence in a fast and professional way, when you need it, at a location near you.

Welcome to the home of CCTV and SIA Security Training the CCTV and SIA (Security Industry Authority) website for CCTV and SIA license Security training Courses.

We can train and guide you to attain SIA certification standards; which will help you build a successful career as a SIA Security Officer, SIA Door Supervisor or CCTV Operator.

·      We are one of the industry’s leading providers of CCTV and SIA training for Security Officers, Door Supervisors and CCTV Operators.

·      We are an approved SIA and CCTV security training firm, providing SIA Licence Security Training Courses and CCTV services to individual learners and corporate customers to obtain SIA security training recognized at highest level in the security industry.

·      Our services help each learner attain SIA (Security Industry Authority) approved training for SIA Security Guard course, SIA Door Supervisor course and SIA CCTV Operator course.

·      CCTV and SIA license Security Training courses take place in the following areas: London, Croydon, Guildford, Chelmsford, Milton Keynes, Slough, Swindon, Peterborough, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Leicester, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Southampton, Cardiff, Bristol, Norwich, Newcastle, Plymouth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Belfast.

Why are we the preferred training service provider for CCTV and SIA license security training courses?

·      CCTV and SIA Security Training (CSST) is an approved training provider for SIA (Security Industry Authority) License security training Courses in the UK.

·      SIA License Security Training courses fully accredited

·      Excellent Pass Rates as a result of sound tuition

·      Training is provided by a qualified SIA Licence Security and CCTV Trainer with the necessary understanding and experience of the relevant SIA and CCTV licensing sector as required by the (SIA) Security Industry Authority.

·      Your CCTV and SIA trainer will arm you with satisfactory skills and knowledge to perform to a high level in a security role

·      Training is offered in a comfortable classroom environment.

·      We cater for individual and group bookings for the CCTV and SIA license security training courses.

·      No previous SIA Licence Security Training or CCTV experience is necessary.

·      We will assist you with your SIA and CCTV Licensing and subsequent employment needs.

·      SIA Multilingual learner support team available daily

·      Easy online accessibility to CCTV and SIA License Security Training Courses exam results.

·      Free examination re-sit offered, if required for your CCTV and SIA License Security Training Course exam.

·      CCTV and SIA License training courses available for both weekends and weekdays.

·      SIA Door Supervisor & CCTV training courses available in London, Croydon, Guildford, Chelmsford, Milton Keynes, Slough, Swindon, Birmingham, Manchester, Peterborough, Leeds, Liverpool, Bradford, Sheffield, Blackpool, Leicester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Norwich, Cardiff, Swansea, Bristol, Newcastle, Brighton, Plymouth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast and more

If you are serious and determined about your career as a SIA Security Officer, SIA Door Supervisor or CCTV Operator in the SIA (Security Industry Authority) security profession, then we can help you advance your career by assisting you in attaining the SIA Certified Professional Badge.

Do reach contact our SIA Licence Security Training and CCTV learner support team on 0845 6431 845to find out how best you can acquire the CCTV and SIA training and certification.

SIA Security Training Course Details

SIA CCTV COURSE
SIA SECURITY GUARD TRAINING COURSE
SIA DOOR SUPERVISOR TRAINING COURSE

SIA CCTV COURSE

To get a SIA license for a SIA CCTV operator you must attend our SIA approved training course for SIA CCTV and obtain a level 2 qualification. This entry level qualification aims to introduce you to the world of CCTV operations

A good understanding of the legislations and codes of practice is important as the SIA CCTV operators’ main task is to monitor the activities of members of the public in a private or public space.  To be able to carry out this role you will need a SIA license for SIA CCTV operators. The SIA CCTV operator serves as a customer service link between the public and the data controller by carrying out cooperation roles.

SIA CCTV training is required by the SIA for the SIA CCTV license. This SIA CCTV training course is SIA approved covering roles and responsibilities of a CCTV operator (part 1) and practical assessment (part 2)covering the practical tasks of a SIA CCTV operator including procedures for storing, monitoring, disclosing, and processing CCTV images while also maintaining the evidential value of documentary evidence including CCTV images.

The SIA CCTV operator course is composed of 2 units:

Unit 1 – Knowledge and skills based course covering:

The Roles and Responsibilities of the SIA CCTV Operator and Other CCTV Staff

Codes of Practice, Operational Procedures and Guidelines

CCTV Equipment and its Operation

Control Room Communications and Access Control

Legislation

Dealing with Incidents

SAI CCTV Surveillance Techniques

Fire and Emergency Procedures

Health and Safety at Work

Unit 2 – Practical Assessment

SECURITY GUARD TRAINING COURSE

Part 1: Knowledge based training and assessment (22.5 hours).

This section of the course covers the following topics:

Role and responsibilities of SIA security officers

Customer care and social skills

Fire safety

Health and safety

Dealing with incidents and emergencies

The Law (civil and criminal)

Procedures for the control of keys and equipment

Assignment instructions

Reporting

Part 2:

Communication Skills and Conflict Management (14 hours)

Overall aim: To ensure that SIA security door supervisors have the appropriate communication skills and knowledge of conflict management

Introduction to communications skills and conflict management

Aim: To discuss communication skills and conflict management with SIA security course trainees.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA trainees will be able to:

State the importance of customer care

Show an understanding of basic communication skills

Show an understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication effectively

State the need to calm difficult situations and avoid violence

Identify different types of behavior

State what risks can occur during violence at work

Identify the most common conflict flash-points

State the importance of managing aggression

Show an understanding of basic problem-solving skills

State the impact of reflecting and learning from the experience of conflict

Application of communication skills and conflict management

Aim: To observe and discuss scenario situations requiring effective communication skills and conflict management needed as a SIA security officer.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will:

Understand the issues regarding entry refusal and will know how to refuse entry in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Understand the issues regarding ejection and will know how to eject a customer in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Be able to identify some of the types of incidents that occur inside a venue

Understand how the SIA licensed officer can deal with incidents in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Understand the law about arrest in relation to a SIA security door supervisor’s role

DOOR SUPERVISOR TRAINING / SECURITY TRAINING COURSE

Part 1- Role and Responsibilities of a SIA Door Supervisor (14 hours).

The Overall aim of part one of the SIA security Training course is to ensure that door supervisors have the knowledge and understanding of their role and responsibilities in the security industry environment.

SIA door supervisor security training course Introduction.

Aim: To introduce door supervisors to the leisure and security industries.

Objectives: By the end of this session trainees will be able to:

Define the role of the SIA security door supervisor

Identify the qualities of a SIA security door supervisor

Identify the key players in the leisure and security industries

State the relationships with the SIA, the police and local authorities

State the main objectives of SIA security door supervisors

State the requirements for SIA security door supervisors under the Private Security Industry Act)

SIA security training course Behavioral standards

Aim: To discuss appropriate behaviors for SIA security door supervisors.

Objectives: By the end of this session trainees will be able to:

State the reasons for having SIA security behavioral standards

List the SIA’s specific requirements in relation to licensing and enforcement

Civil and Criminal Law relevant to the SIA security qualification

Aim: To discuss civil and criminal law relevant to door supervision.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security trainees will be able to:

Show an understanding of civil and criminal law

State the requirements relating to the use of force

State what is meant by ‘reasonable’ and ‘necessary force’

Identify types of assault

List some other criminal offences that door supervisors may come across

List the options available to SIA officers when the law is broken

Searching

Aim: To discuss search procedures.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security trainees will be able to:

State the reasons for searching premises

State how to search people and their property

State ‘conditions of entry’ and the importance of obtaining permission to search

State the difference between general, random and specific searches

Define an ‘offensive weapon’

State the hazards of conducting a search

State the procedures for recording articles seized during searches

List the options available to door supervisors if they find items during searches

Arrest

Aim: To discuss arrest procedures.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

Define an arrest able offence

State the agreed procedures for arrest

State the limitations to a door supervisor’s powers of arrest

Identify circumstances in which door supervisors may arrest

Specify why arrests should only be made as a last resort

State the procedures following an arrest

Drugs Awareness

Aim: To discuss drugs and drug abuse.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

Identify key areas of the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971 and the Public Entertainment License (Drugs Misuse) Act 1997

State some of the symptoms of drug abuse

List the most common types of illegal drugs

List signs of drug dealing

State how to deal with customers found in possession of drugs

State the procedure for handling seized drugs

List Health and Safety issues in relation to illegal drugs

State how to dispose of contaminated waste

Recording Incidents and Crime Scene Preservation

Aim: To discuss incident recording and crime scene preservation.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

List the types and reasons for records

State the reasons for recording incidents

Identify incidents that need recording and when to call the police

Explain what information a record should contain

State the rules for incident book/notebook entries

List the different types of evidence

State how forensic evidence can be obtained at a crime scene

State the basic rules to follow to preserve evidence

Licensing Law

Aim: To discuss licensing law and the licensee’s social responsibility

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

State the law in relation to refusing entry and ejecting customers

State police powers in relation to license premises

State the different types of license’s and permissions available for premises

State the rights and duties of licensees and door supervisors as their representatives

State the law in relation to young persons

State law in relation to drunkenness, disorderly conduct, prostitutes and unlawful gaming

Equal Opportunities

Aim: To discuss Equal Opportunities and Discrimination.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security training trainees will be able to:

State what is meant by equal opportunities, prejudice and stereotyping

State the relevance for door supervisors of the Race Relations Act, the Sex Discrimination Act and the Disability Discrimination Act

State how these Acts may be enforced

Health and Safety at Work

Aim: To discuss Health and Safety in the workplace.

Objectives: By the end of the session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

Define the main areas of Health and Safety legislation

State the purpose of ‘duty of care’

State the responsibilities of the employer, employees and self employed

Identify typical risks, hazards and spillage’s

Identify safety signs and safety signals

State the precautions to be taken in the manual handling of heavy goods

State the precautions to be taken against HIV, hepatitis and other infectious diseases

Emergency procedures

Aim: To learn the basic procedures for emergency situations

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will be able to:

Define the term emergency

List the reasons for fire certificates and occupancy figures

State the three components of fire

Explain the importance of knowing the venue’s fire and evacuation procedures

List the types of fire extinguishers, and their use

State the procedures for a bomb threat

State how to act in a first response situation requiring first aid

State who to contact in first aid situations

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Part 2:

Communication Skills and Conflict Management (14 hours)

Overall aim: To ensure that SIA security door supervisors have the appropriate communication skills and knowledge of conflict management

Introduction to communications skills and conflict management

Aim: To discuss communication skills and conflict management with SIA security course trainees.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA trainees will be able to:

State the importance of customer care

Show an understanding of basic communication skills

Show an understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication effectively

State the need to calm difficult situations and avoid violence

Identify different types of behaviors

State what risks can occur during violence at work

Identify the most common conflict flash-points

State the importance of managing aggression

Show an understanding of basic problem-solving skills

State the impact of reflecting and learning from the experience of conflict

Application of communication skills and conflict management

Aim: To observe and discuss scenario situations requiring effective communication skills and conflict management needed as a SIA security officer.

Objectives: By the end of this session SIA security course trainees will:

Understand the issues regarding entry refusal and will know how to refuse entry in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Understand the issues regarding ejection and will know how to eject a customer in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Be able to identify some of the types of incidents that occur inside a venue

Understand how the SIA licensed officer can deal with incidents in a way that reduces the risk of conflict.

Understand the law about arrest in relation to a SIA security door supervisor’s role

The new modular version (QCF) for SIA training is now also available, AAB Training will be introducingseveral options for candidates to become Security Guards, Door Supervisors, CCTV operators, Close protection operatives and other inresting career paths, following your SIA licence application.

For up to date Security training (SIA) in the following cities:

London (CCTV, SIA Training, Door Supervisor, Security Guard, Close protection bodyguard)

Birmingham (CCTV, SIA Training, Door Supervisor, Security Guard, Close protection bodyguard)

Manchester (CCTV, SIA Training, Door Supervisor, Security Guard, Close protection bodyguard)

Leeds (CCTV, SIA Training, Door Supervisor, Security Guard, Close protection bodyguard)

Contact our team today on 0845 6431 845 for immediate assistance with all your Security job training needs.

Sample security job vacancies existing:

Retail security guards nationwide:

Qualifications required: SIA Licence (Physical intervention, first aid, security guard or door supervisor, CCTV helpful)

Airport security officers nationwide:

Qualifications required: SIA Licence (Physical intervention, first aid, security guard or door supervisor, CCTV helpful)

Door Supervisors (leisure and licensed retail sector nationwide)

Qualifications required: SIA Licence (Physical intervention, first aid, security guard or door supervisor, CCTV helpful)

Reception security (hotel and corporate security sector nationwide)

Qualifications required: SIA Licence (Physical intervention, first aid, security guard or door supervisor, CCTV helpful)

Become sector competent now the work in the fastest growing industry worldwide, the Security Industry which attracts a workforce more than doule the size of the national police force, operating as an extention of the larger police family. Get your SIA Licence with AAB Training and enjoy the benefits of a good career. We specialise in assisting candidates with no experience to become competent and gain entry into the Security market.

Contact our careers advisors today and see what we can do for you!

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