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Well here it is. The SIA will introduce “Escorting and Disengagement” into the Door Supervisor syllabus.

This needed to be introduced, to ensure standard and professionalism throughout the industry. From what we have seen this is a half hearted and dangerous way to progress and is far far less than what needed to be introduced.

How there has been industry consultation is beyond us. Perhaps the SIA have spoken to “suits” but they certainly have not spoken to Door Supervisors on the front line. The draft document mentions Disengagement on one hand and non harmful methods of control and restraint and then further on mentions restrictive control and restraint.

How on earth can it be suitable and sufficient to have Door Supervisors doing Escorting and Disengagement? They don’t want to disengage, if needed they want to engage. Escorting is fine but what happens, when on a Saturday night in a Club in any Town or City across the UK, a fight breaks out. Escorting and disengagement have gone out of the window. Emotions are raised and now the DS has to ENGAGE and get people out. Its OK they have done Escorting and Disengagement…….

Our two main concerns are, What is going to happen when Escorting and Disengagement fail? and fail they will in some instances. Door Supervisors will have to resort to neck holds, prone restraint etc etc all of which have been PROVED to vastly increase the risk of death.

This is a dangerous precedent that does nothing to look after the men and women that have to do a very difficult and dangerous job every night of the week across the Country. The SIA has again sat on the fence, realised they have to do something and introduced a half hearted measure.

Secondly, who will deliver this new training? There are horror stories of Training Providers who WILL be able to deliver this but are far from suited. We phoned one who advocated use of basket holds, prone restraint finger locks etc etc. The first two have been PROVEN to increase the risk of death and why would you need finger locks? This is about Escorting and Disengagement.

Laughable.

New licence-linked qualifications are to be introduced next year, bringing the training up to date and introducing a modular structure.

This follows an industry-led review of the SIA specifications that drive training content. The new specifications reflect current industry best practice so that individuals working in the security sectors undergo good basic training for their role.

A new structure with core plus specialist modules means less overlap and duplication in content across the sectors. This will make it easier to get qualified to obtain more than one licence, as just the relevant and required training needs to be taken for each additional qualification.

The new qualifications are now being developed by the awarding bodies and will be offered by training providers across the UK from:

June 2010 for door supervisors; and
January 2010 for operatives in all other sectors (September 2010 in Scotland)

After these dates, all applicants applying for an SIA licence for the first time must hold either the new qualification; or a current qualification that is less than three years old.

If you are considering Control and Restraint (C&R;) training then be very careful who you train through.

There are now BTEC Short Courses in Control and Restraint which are structured correctly in content and these courses have been developed in association with the National Federation of Personal Safety (NFPS)

The thing that has NOT been finalised is what standard the training provider instructors have to meet in order to deliver the qualifications.

We have done research in this area and have been told by Companies that their Instructors are “the best”, coming from Martial Arts background etc etc. No company we asked mentioned any vocational accreditation through organisations like the NFPS. Martial Arts is recreational and NOT vocational and Martial Arts does not make good Control and Restraint technique.

While C&R; does have roots in Martial Arts it has been adapted to be able to work in the real world and not just the Dojo floor.

More worryingly companies are teaching basket holds, prone restraint, neck holds. All of these techniques have been proved to increase the risk of Death. The Police Research Group (PRG) issued Paper 26 in the early 90s which said that Officers should avoid prone restraint because it greatly increased the risk of Death and serious injury through Positional Asphyxia.

You are increasing the risk of causing serious injury to the customer if you don’t do due diligence in the selection of training providers. Ask questions and ask to see accreditation’s and certification of competence etc etc.

We are more than able to provide FREE impartial advice in this area with a view to clear out the charlatan training providers who give the professionals a bad name and degrade the industry just to make a fast buck, YOUR FAST BUCK.

The new First Aid changes are nearly upon us.

This is the first major change to the first aid training requirements in 25 years. The changes will take effect on Thursday 01st October 2009.

The current 4 Day First Aid at Work (FAAW) programme will be shortened to 3 Days. The reason for shortening the course is to reflect the simplification of techniques namely CPR and casualty movement therefore requiring less training time.

Due to skill fade over 3 year certificate currency the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) STRONGLY advise a 3 hour refresher package at the end of the first and second years of the qualification. Candidates will not need to do a refresher in the year they complete a re-qualification (Year 3)

A new qualification will be added which will be known as the Emergency First Aider in the Workplace (EFAW) and will involve candidates completing a one day training course.

The 2 day Re-qualification course will remain unchanged.

Both the new 3 Day FAAW and EFAW qualification MUST be delivered by HSE registered training providers. As an employer you must ensure your training provider is HSE registered.

Holders of current FAAW certificates will not need to do the new course until their current certificate expires and then they will only need to do the 3 Day course if they fall outside the time lines for being able to attend a 2 Day re-qualification course.

The First Aid provision for your workplace should be established after conducting a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk. The HSE give guidance on First Aid Provision in the Workplace in the Health and Safety First Aid at Work Regulations 1981.

This is the first major change to the first aid training requirements in 25 years. The changes will take effect on Thursday 01st October 2009.

The current 4 Day First Aid at Work (FAAW) programme will be shortened to 3 Days. The reason for shortening the course is to reflect the simplification of techniques namely CPR and casualty movement therefore requiring less training time.

Due to skill fade over 3 year certificate currency the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) STRONGLY advise a 3 hour refresher package at the end of the first and second years of the qualification. Candidates will not need to do a refresher in the year they complete a re-qualification (Year 3)

A new qualification will be added which will be known as the Emergency First Aider in the Workplace (EFAW) and will involve candidates completing a one day training course.

The 2 day Re-qualification course will remain unchanged.

Both the new 3 Day FAAW and EFAW qualification MUST be delivered by HSE registered training providers. As an employer you must ensure your training provider is HSE registered.

Holders of current FAAW certificates will not need to do the new course until their current certificate expires and then they will only need to do the 3 Day course if they fall outside the time lines for being able to attend a 2 Day re-qualification course.

The First Aid provision for your workplace should be established after conducting a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk. The HSE give guidance on First Aid Provision in the Workplace in the Health and Safety First Aid at Work Regulations 1981.

This is the first major change to the first aid training requirements in 25 years. The changes will take effect on Thursday 01st October 2009.

The current 4 Day First Aid at Work (FAAW) programme will be shortened to 3 Days. The reason for shortening the course is to reflect the simplification of techniques namely CPR and casualty movement therefore requiring less training time.

Due to skill fade over 3 year certificate currency the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) STRONGLY advise a 3 hour refresher package at the end of the first and second years of the qualification. Candidates will not need to do a refresher in the year they complete a re-qualification (Year 3)

A new qualification will be added which will be known as the Emergency First Aider in the Workplace (EFAW) and will involve candidates completing a one day training course.

The 2 day Re-qualification course will remain unchanged.

Both the new 3 Day FAAW and EFAW qualification MUST be delivered by HSE registered training providers. As an employer you must ensure your training provider is HSE registered.

Holders of current FAAW certificates will not need to do the new course until their current certificate expires and then they will only need to do the 3 Day course if they fall outside the time lines for being able to attend a 2 Day re-qualification course.

The First Aid provision for your workplace should be established after conducting a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk. The HSE give guidance on First Aid Provision in the Workplace in the Health and Safety First Aid at Work Regulations 1981.