Release date: 4th September 2008
Skills for Security reports that it has been in negotiation with the Learning & Skills Council (LSC) to obtain additional funding for training security staff and systems engineers.
At the moment, anyone who already holds any Level 2 or higher qualification is not eligible for LSC funding if they want to train for an additional Level 2 qualification. This means, for example, that an engineer who achieved five GCSE's at grades 1 – 3 whilst at school cannot obtain funding to take the security systems NVQ. Similarly, anyone who changes careers and already holds a qualification from their previous occupation can’t be funded to achieve a qualification in their new job.
Skills for Security is hopeful that these rules will be changed in the near future, and that its negotiations with the LSC will result in a number of security qualifications becoming eligible for funding irrespective of whether the trainee already holds a Level 2 qualification.
Treena Moseley, UK Employer Liaison Manager at the skills body, commented "We have been working hard to achieve this extra assistance for our industry, and I'm quietly optimistic of success."
