Who is this course for?
- New entrants to the private security industry
- Security guards progressing into door supervision
- People seeking work in licensed premises, events and venue security
What will you learn?
- Principles of working in the private security industry
- Door supervisor roles and responsibilities
- Searching procedures, queue management and venue capacity
- Licensing law and professional conduct
- Conflict management and de-escalation
- Physical intervention, risk reduction and safe practice
- Emergency procedures, vulnerable people and incident management
Training and assessment
Assessment normally combines knowledge examinations with practical assessment, including the physical intervention component where required. Full attendance is essential.
Course structure
SecurWise delivers six days of door supervisor training plus one day of Emergency First Aid at Work, giving a seven-day training pathway. Typical classroom hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Important: SIA licence-linked qualifications can include mandatory classroom attendance, practical training and assessment. Course delivery and licence requirements must follow the current qualification specification and SIA rules in force at the time of training.
