Top Up Security Guard Upskilling Course

It is supported by the SIA to meet the mandatory SIA top-up requirements for Security Guards who undertook their qualification prior to the QCF Security Guarding qualifications and who need to renew their license.  It comprises two units:

• Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry
• Principles of Minimising Personal Risk for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry

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.

Top Up Security Guard Upskilling Course Core Units

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

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 a 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.

SIA top up Security Guard up-skilling 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.

This is a one-day qualification in which you would be required to complete an online Action Counter Terrorism Training (ACT) and distance learning from the material given by your tutor and then on the given day come and attend the safety awareness training. After that, you would be assessed by your tutor using various assessment methods.

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Why was the need felt for the security guard upskilling course?

In 2021 the old security guard qualification changed and two new modules were added in the new QCF security guarding training namely Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry and Principles of Minimising Personal Risks for Security Officers in The Private Security Industry. Security guards with the old qualification lacked the necessary knowledge, thus a need was felt that they should be equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge. Now all Security guards renewing their licenses for security guarding would be required to do an additional one days training.