Top Up Security Guarding + First Aid

This course is now expired. This qualification has been replaced with the new Refresher Security Officer qualification.

The Level 2 Award for 'Top Up Security Guarding' is compulsory training for those who are seeking to renew their SIA Security Guarding Licence. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has made the  Top Up Security officers course a prerequisite qualification to apply for Security Guard license renewal. The Top Up Security Guarding course is a 1-day training. We provide this training every week Thursday. The course fee is £120. SIA has made the Emergency First Aid at Work training a prerequisite qualification for joining the Refresher Security Guarding course. If you do not have the First Aid qualification you need to join the First Aid training. We provide the First Aid training every week Thursday and the course fee is £50. The total cost for Refresher Security Guarding and First Aid training is £150. You can book the Refresher Security Guarding course for £100 separately or with First Aid for £150 from the course list. After the training, you will receive your certificate in 7- 10 days. We can also assist you to apply for SIA Licence.

The course consists of 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

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