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Highfield Level 2 Award for Door Supervisors in the Private Security Industry
The Highfield Level 2 Award for Working as a Door Supervisor within the Private Security Industry is aimed at learners who want to apply for a licence from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to work legally as a door supervisor. Based on the SIA’s own specifications and updated to meet the latest requirements, it has been developed by Highfield, the leading awarding organisation for security qualifications and written by some of the country’s leading security experts.
To complete this qualification learners are expected to undertake approximately 61 hours of learning. The SIA stipulates a minimum of 44 contact hours (6-days) if self-study is undertaken. Please refer to Highfield's qualification specification for further details on self-study.
Key topics include:
The main characteristics of the Private Security Industry
The importance of safe working practices
Drug-misuse legislation
Issues and procedures relevant to the role of a door supervisor
Licensing law
Queue management
How to recognise
Assess and reduce risk in conflict situations
Problem-solving techniques when resolving conflict
Physical interventions and the implications of their use
The use non-aggressive physical skills to protect yourself and others
Highfield Level 2 Award for Door Supervisors in the Private Security Industry (Refresher)
The Highfield Level 2 Award for Working as a Door Supervisor Private Security Industry (Refresher) is for learners who currently hold a licence from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to work as a door supervisor and need to be brought up to date with the new licence-linked qualifications requirements.
Based on the SIA’s own specifications and updated (October 2024) to meet the latest requirements, it has been developed by Highfield, the leading awarding organisation for security qualifications and written by some of the country’s leading security experts.
To complete this qualification learners are expected to undertake approximately 21 hours of learning. The SIA stipulates a minimum of 11 hours and 15 minutes contact time(1.5-days) if self-study is undertaken. Please refer to Highfield's qualification specification for further details on self-study.
Key topics include:
- Principles of terror threat awareness
- Safeguarding the public from incidents of spiking
- The application of physical intervention skills
Highfield Level 2 Award for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry
The Highfield Level 2 Award for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry has been developed to give learners the skills and knowledge to operative effectively and safely while meeting the requirements of the SIA to work as a security officer.
To complete this qualification learners are expected to undertake approximately 42 hours of learning. The SIA stipulates a minimum of 29 contact hours (4-days) if self-study is undertaken. Please refer to Highfield's qualification specification for further details on self-study.
Topics include:
- The main characteristics of the Private Security Industry
- The importance of safe working practices
- Roles and responsibilities of security officers
- Drug-misuse legislation
- Issues and procedures relevant to the role of a security officer
- How to conduct effective search procedures
- Queue management
- How to recognise, assess and reduce risk in conflict situations
- Problem-solving techniques when resolving conflict
Highfield Level 2 Award for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry (Refresher)
The Highfield Level 2 Award for Security Officers in the Private Security Industry (Refresher) has been developed for learners who currently hold a licence from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to work as a security officer and need to be brought up to date with the new licence-linked qualifications requirements.
To complete this qualification learners are expected to undertake approximately 9 hours of learning. The SIA stipulates a minimum of 3 hours (0.5-days) if self-study is undertaken. Please refer to Highfield's qualification specification for further details on self-study.
Topics include:
Principles of terror threat awareness
Know how to conduct effective search procedures
Understand how to keep vulnerable people safe