After 1st April 2021 the qualification has significantly changed, now it is a one-day course. This qualification is required for those security guards who already have an SIA license and they wish to renew their SIA Security Guard license.
Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate is required to join SIA Top-Up Security Guard Course
SIA Top-Up Training for Security Guard Licence
Duration: 1 Day
Guided learning hours (GLH): 4
Mandatory Contact Hours Unit 1, 2 : 2 hours
Age Requirement 18+ years old
SIA Top-Up Security Guard Course £120
SIA Top-Up Security Guard Course + First Aid £180
Course Units
✅ Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry
✅ Principles of Minimising Personal Risk for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry
Assessment
Multiple choice exams and practical assessments.
Core Modules for the Qualification:
✅ Unit 1: Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry
*Understand terror threats and the role of the security operative in the event of a threat
* Identify the different threat levels
* Recognise the common terror attack methods
* Recognise the actions to take in the event of a terror threat
* Identify the procedures for dealing with suspicious items
* Identify behaviours that could indicate suspicious activity
*Identify how to respond to suspicious behaviour
✅ Unit 2: Principles of Minimising Personal Risks for Security Officers in The Private Security Industry
* Know how to minimise risk to personal safety at work
*Identify responsibilities for personal safety at work
* Identify situations that might compromise personal safety
* Identify the risks of ignoring personal safety in conflict situations
* State the personal safety benefits of undertaking dynamic risk assessments
*List ways to minimise risk to personal safety at work
*Recognise the different types of personal protective equipment relevant to the role of a security officer
*State the purpose of using body-worn cameras (BWC)
*Identify strategies that can assist personal safety in conflict situations
*Describe limits of own responsibility in physical intervention situations
*Identify types of harm that can occur during physical interventions
*Identify the personal safety advantages of mental alertness at work
* State the benefits of reflecting on personal safety experiences
*Know government guidance in relation to global (or critical) incidents
Learner Entry Requirements
* This qualification is a regulatory requirement for relevant Security Guards therefore learners must have a Security Guard SIA licence. It is the centres responsibility to check this and ensure that relevant records are available for audit purposes
*Security operatives are likely in the course of their work to be required to make calls to the emergency services or need to communicate to resolve conflict. It is essential that security operatives are able to communicate clearly
How is the Security Guard refresher course conducted?
Once you will book your training with us, we shall send you links to a safety awareness workbook and ACT online training in your email. You are required to do Action Counters Terrorism Course (ACT Course)
Bring your certificate of completion for your ACT Course when you come to your SIA top-up training course. You are also required to go through that workbook in your own time.
Complete the online distance learning quiz. On the day of your upskilling course, you will be taught the safety awareness for Security Guard and would be examined from the contents.
Is the security guard up-skilling training difficult?
The Security Guard Up-Skilling training course is designed at level two which means it a basic training.
Majority of the learners since they are already experienced manage to complete the qualification and exams in the first attempt.
SIA Refresher Training for SIA Licence Renewal
There can be many reasons that you shall be required to undertake training again. To find out the conditions please read the article below. You can book your refresher training with any of the ongoing courses that we have.
Reasons for Security Refresher Training
There could be many reasons that you might need to undergo refresher training for renewal of you SIA security license.
Example 1
You had done your qualification for Security Guard but never made you Security Guarding Licence so now if you go to SIA and ask them for grant of a license, they shall ask you to undertake training again. In this case, you shall be required to undertake the complete training for the SIA Security Guard course.
Example 2
You had done the security guard training qualification a few years back and also had made your SIA license. Once now you shall go for renewal SIA shall ask you to contact a training provider and do training for two additional modules. The two additional modules that have been included in 2021 are the Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry and Principles of Minimising Personal Risks for Security Officers in The Private Security Industry.
Example 3
You had done the security guarding qualification a few years back now once you shall go for the renewal of your security license, you shall be required to undergo refresher training again as in 2021 a new module for the security guarding was included which is working in the private security industry.
What to do?
You don’t need to worry you can do all of your refresher training for door supervisor, security guarding or CCTV with us. The refresher training shall be conducted with the normal courses that we are conducting view our dates and you can book in for the top up / refresher course.
Do I need to send my documents again to renew my Security Guard license?
In most of the cases you would not be required to send your original documents if you are renewing your license or applying to get a new license, however, we would advise you to have a look at the regulator’s website i.e., SIA to find out the latest policy in vogue.
SIA Top-Up Security Guard Course Training
This qualification is for all those security guards who have a security guard qualification as well as a license; however, their security guard license or qualification is before April 2021.
The reason for this new qualification is felt by SIA due to the fact that the previous security guard qualification did not have the new modules, whereas the new security guard qualification comprises of this module.
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