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Title – Security licence body chief quitsSource – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 6th November 2008
I don’t imagine this comes as any great surprise to anyone who is familiar with the mess that has embroiled the SIA almost since it’s inception. You certainly don’t meet many people who come away from an experience involving the SIA with positive stories to tell.
When the documentation required by those applying to the SIA is so stringent and the expense considerable, so it comes as a bit of a kick in the teeth when the SIA themselves seem to bypass their own procedures and employ staff in highly sensitive positions without giving them the appropriate clearance.
It is hardly surprising that many of the Door Supervisors (and we should all be writing to the BBC and other media agencies, to ask them if they can stop using the outdated and derogatory term ‘bouncer’) feel that their licence and renewal fees are simply a tax which has and continues to push many people out of the industry. What exactly is the SIA doing for them?
The SIA or should I say the licensing of Door Supervisors has undoubtedly made the security industry more accountable and more professional, but the sheer costs involved in the licensing process has also had the opposite effect. With an SIA Door Supervisors Licence costing £245 on its own and then the costs of training on top of that, most people considering obtaining their licence are more interested in finding the cheapest training provider and are not too bothered about the standard of training.
Unfortunately this has led to many training providers cutting corners and becoming what I refer to as ‘certificate delivery companies’. These are companies less interested in the effectiveness of the training and how well it will prepare candidates for their role working in the Security Industry and more interested in simply preparing people to pass their exams...
I am not saying all training providers are this way inclined, there are many excellent trainers out there doing excellent work, but I feel sorry for them. Their margins are being squeezed to the point where they have to choose to join those who cut corners or compromise their standards. Ask any trainer worth thier salt if you can really run an effective interactive course with 25 candidates and they will tell you it is impossible. Can you run a lecture style course with 25 people and the answer is yes. But the Door Supervisor course is not designed as a lecture and to present it as such is simply not as effective. So who is making sure that training standards are maintained? Not the SIA!
At Beyond The Blue we don’t compromise our training standards; we are not a ‘Certificate Delivery Company’, but rather a proactive training company. For this reason we have currently suspended our open National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS) courses and are only running NCDS courses for organised groups and our corporate clients. Our clients understand our approach to training and want the training for their staff to be about more than simply the certificate at the end of it; They demand the effective product we provide and the professionalism of their employees as a result. If you have a minimum of 12 candidates for the NCDS call us on 0845 602 55 95 or Contact Us for your training requirements.
Please visit our website at
www.btbl.co.ukDate – 6th November 2008
I don’t imagine this comes as any great surprise to anyone who is familiar with the mess that has embroiled the SIA almost since it’s inception. You certainly don’t meet many people who come away from an experience involving the SIA with positive stories to tell.
When the documentation required by those applying to the SIA is so stringent and the expense considerable, so it comes as a bit of a kick in the teeth when the SIA themselves seem to bypass their own procedures and employ staff in highly sensitive positions without giving them the appropriate clearance.
It is hardly surprising that many of the Door Supervisors (and we should all be writing to the BBC and other media agencies, to ask them if they can stop using the outdated and derogatory term ‘bouncer’) feel that their licence and renewal fees are simply a tax which has and continues to push many people out of the industry. What exactly is the SIA doing for them?
The SIA or should I say the licensing of Door Supervisors has undoubtedly made the security industry more accountable and more professional, but the sheer costs involved in the licensing process has also had the opposite effect. With an SIA Door Supervisors Licence costing £245 on its own and then the costs of training on top of that, most people considering obtaining their licence are more interested in finding the cheapest training provider and are not too bothered about the standard of training.
Unfortunately this has led to many training providers cutting corners and becoming what I refer to as ‘certificate delivery companies’. These are companies less interested in the effectiveness of the training and how well it will prepare candidates for their role working in the Security Industry and more interested in simply preparing people to pass their exams...
I am not saying all training providers are this way inclined, there are many excellent trainers out there doing excellent work, but I feel sorry for them. Their margins are being squeezed to the point where they have to choose to join those who cut corners or compromise their standards. Ask any trainer worth thier salt if you can really run an effective interactive course with 25 candidates and they will tell you it is impossible. Can you run a lecture style course with 25 people and the answer is yes. But the Door Supervisor course is not designed as a lecture and to present it as such is simply not as effective. So who is making sure that training standards are maintained? Not the SIA!
At Beyond The Blue we don’t compromise our training standards; we are not a ‘Certificate Delivery Company’, but rather a proactive training company. For this reason we have currently suspended our open National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS) courses and are only running NCDS courses for organised groups and our corporate clients. Our clients understand our approach to training and want the training for their staff to be about more than simply the certificate at the end of it; They demand the effective product we provide and the professionalism of their employees as a result. If you have a minimum of 12 candidates for the NCDS call us on 0845 602 55 95 or Contact Us for your training requirements.
Please visit our website at
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