SIA training and licensing procedure
In the united kingdom if intend to work in certain areas of security industry you would be required to get a license from the regulatory authority which is the security industry authority abriviated as SIA. There are different sectors which are licencsed, the same are listed below
- Door supervision
- Security guarding
- CCTV Pss
- Close Protection
- Key holding
- Cash and valuables in transit
- Vehicle immoblization
Before you apply to sia for the above mentioned licence or licenses you shall be required to undergo a training. You can choose us as your training provider or you may decide to choose from numerous other training providers. The training providers do not certify you, infact they are accrediated by different awarding bodies e.g edxcell, highfielf HABC, city and guilds, edi, nocn etc. The training provider shall be responsible to provide you training as per the SIA and awarding body guidelines and shall test you on the testing material provided by the concerned awarding body.
After you have been tested your paper work will be sent to the awarding body for proccesing, usually it takes around 10 working days once you shall be notified of your results by your training provider. If you have qualified that is the point where you can apply to SIA for your specific licencse you can apply for a single or multiple licenses at the same time, the benifit for applying for multiple licenses is more because that is how you would be able to save money and you would possibly get a job quicly.
Once you have been notified about your result or have been given the certificate that is the point where you can apply to SIA for your specific licencse. You can apply either by going on line to the SIA website or you can simply call them ask for a paper application form to be sent to your postal address.
Normally SIA will take upto 20 days depending upon individual circumstances to decide upon your application.
TIPS
- Read the how to fill SIA application form very carefully
- Write in black ink
- No cuttings, overwritting, erasing etc
- See the person who has attested your information his details are correctly entred
- Ensure that your passport size photo graph meets SIA standards
- Check have you entred your payment details
Once SIA makes a decission on your application you shall be notified if you are sucessfull or otherwise. If sucessfull you shall be granted a licence or licenses in your desired sectors for which you have undergone the essential required training. If there are certain observations that the regulatory body has you shall be asked to rectify them and you will be given a fair chance.
If you have been successfull now you can start looking for work. You have to be smart inorder to look for work , this is a sperate topic which shall be elaborated upon subsequently.
