Release date: 7th May 2008
Funding for companies that offer their security staff the Security Practitioner qualification has been available for some time. Now Skills for Security has negotiated new funding that will enable employers to recoup most of the cost of training the Skills Coaches associated with the Security Practitioner programme.
Skills Coaches are required to assess, mentor and coach security officers in the workplace. The two-day course ensures that the Skills Coach is properly trained and qualified to carry out these vital functions, and also explains the process for successfully steering security officers to achievement of the Security Practitioner qualification. Security Practitioner is designed for security officers who have already completed their initial training, have some practical experience of delivering security services and are now ready for further development. Achievement of the qualification is by demonstration of workplace skills and competencies, not by attending a traditional training course.
What makes the Security Practitioner programme special is that is was developed by security companies rather than academics and is, therefore, specifically geared to meet the needs of employers and end-users.
Skills for Security's Chief Executive, David Greer, comments "We at Skills for Security are really pleased to have secured yet more government money for our industry in the form of further financial support of the Security Practitioner programme. This means that employers can now engage with the programme in the knowledge that the cost of up-skilling their workforces at both operative and supervisory levels will be minimal, with funding for both the learner and the skills coach now available."
Further information is available from info@skillsforsecurity.org.uk.
