If you are interested in becoming a Door supervisor in the UK you must at least successfully complete a SIA accredited training course.

There are two Parts to this course one is rolls and responsibilities and the other is conflict management, it is BIIAB accredited and is city & guilds level 2 which is compulsory and is a must.

There are many companies out there offering training some good some not so well, they range from £100 to £300 plus.

Many are geared to fit around you experience and knowledge, this can be a advantage, if you have previous experience you may find this course fairly easy thus being able to obtain your SIA license.

They are intense courses so don’t go expecting it to be easy going, but those new to the door industry may find it hard having said that its all common sense.

There is no Guarantee of work as this is normally a self employed job, it is a question of networking, making as many contacts as possible and never giving up, you may wait days for your first job, you may wait months but if you must look for work it wont come to you.

After training you will need to send off for you SIA Door supervisor licence, this is a further £245.00 and can take up to 3 months to be processed, so don’t bank on being legally working for at least four months.

This also applies to all security sectors; please go to security industry authority for further details.

kevin storey security consultant www.bestprotection.co.uk

Source: www.isnare.com