23/08/2024
From Tuesday 1 April 2025, door supervisors and security guards must undertake refresher training to renew their licence.
The new refresher qualifications will be available from 1 October 2024 and will update key safety-critical skills door supervisors and security guards use to keep the public safe.
If they hold a door supervisor licence they can choose one of the following options:
• take the door supervisor refresher training and renew their door supervisor licence
• take the security guard refresher training and switch to a security guard licence
In either case, they must have an Emergency First Aid at Work qualification, or equivalent, before they can take the refresher training.
In April 2021 the SIA raised the standards for licence-linked qualifications for Door Supervisors (DS) and Security Guards (SG). Accredited ‘top-up’ awards were introduced for DS and SG in October 2021.
By October 2024, all existing DS and SG licence holders will be qualified to the same standard. The refresher training will ensure that operatives have safety-critical skills that are up to date.
Read the full press release: https://orlo.uk/khUVy
