Level 2 National Certificate for Security Guards

Why Attend this City and Guilds 1902 Security Guards Course?

The purpose of this City and Guilds 1902 course is to provide awareness of security issues to meet an increasing demand for more well-trained operatives in the security sector. Anyone aspiring to work as a Security guard should have passed a this UK recognised Security Guard Course.

City and Guilds 1902 tells prospective employers that you have undergone a thorough and comprehensive security guard course and fully absorbed the knowledge and understanding to meet any demands. Graduates of our Security Guard Course can apply their skills for all types of duties whether working in the public or private sectors of the workplace.

City and Guilds 1902 is essential where the multiple tasks of Security Guards are ever changing and developing with a commensurate increase in the variety of duties and responsibilities. Likely security situations include criminal activity terrorist attacks general emergencies and public safety situations.

C&G 1902 course is Security Industry Authority (SIA) accredited.

Security Industry Authority (SIA)

The Security Industry Authority is established to manage the licensing of the private security industry as set out in the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The SIA also aims to raise standards of professionalism and skills within the private security industry and to promote and spread best practice. The City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards relates directly to the approved SIA Specification for Core Competency Training and Qualifications for Security Guarding.

Security Guards Course Information

There are Two Units for this City and Guilds and SIA nationally recognised qualification:

• Unit 1 The Roles and Responsibilities of Security Guards
• Unit 2 Conflict Management for Security Guards

UNIT 1 of the National Certificate for Security Guards Course
The aim is to provide student security guards with sufficient knowledge so that they can evaluate their work environment and cut down the risks to the 3 x P's - People, Property and Premises. This is done by supplying effective security measures which deal with incidents in accordance with agreed legal procedures.

There are 12 Outcomes to this Unit of the Security Guards Course. The student will be able to:

1. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the Security Guard
2. Identify the requirements for effective patrolling
3. Identify the requirements for controlling access
4. Identify the requirements for search procedures
5. Identify security and emergency systems and procedures
6. Recognise requirements for dealing with fire
7. Identify requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act
8. Identify the role and powers of the Security Guard in law
9. Identify requirements for dealing with emergencies
10. Identify requirements for customer care
11. Identify requirements for effective communication
12. Recognise equality and diversity in the workplace

UNIT 2 of the National Certificate for Security Guards Course
The aim is to provide student security guards with sufficient basic understanding to enable them to deal effectively with incidents of workplace violence.

There are 3 Outcomes to this Unit of the Security Guards Course. The student security guard will be able to:

1. Assess and reduce the risk of violence in the work environment
2. Identify behaviour that indicates an escalation towards violence and take appropriate measures to avoid or calm and defuse the situation
3. Identify post incident support and report the circumstances to provide information for personal and organisation learning

Success Graduates of the Security Guards Course receive a FULL Award of C&G 1902 Level 2 National Certificate for Security Guards - City and Guilds 1902.
To achieve The City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards students need to complete fully both Unit One and Unit Two.

Connections with other awards

The City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards is designed as part of a progression award to prepare students working towards achieving the associated NVQs and the underpinning knowledge contained within the specific units:

Level 2 NVQ in Providing Security Services
National Occupational Standards in Managing Work Related Violence.

General Information

This vocationally related Security Guards Course has been designed by City & Guilds to support government initiatives towards the National Qualifications Framework. It offers a flexible approach to enable individual students an opportunity to achieve a qualification relevant to their individual learning and employment needs. It also provides a cost effective pathway for businesses (public and private) to ensure meeting the required standards for staff with security guard duties.

The Global Aspects of the Curriculum

The City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards substantially addresses spiritual, moral, ethical, social and cultural issues as they apply to or can be derived from training for the role of working in the security industry.

Spiritual, Ethical and Other Issues

Delivery of this qualification can contribute to students' understanding of spiritual, moral, ethical, social and cultural issues in the following manner:

• Spiritual/Moral/ethical: Appreciating individual's religious beliefs and gender issues when carrying out the role of a Security Guard can lead to discussion on moral/ethical issues. Spiritual issues can be raised when learning how to communicate and develop effective relationships with colleagues. For example, outcome 12: Recognise equality and diversity in the workplace leads to discussing various Acts including Race relations, Sex discrimination and Race Relations Act.
• Social/Cultural: There is an emphasis throughout this qualification for learners to interact with others, their peers, assessors/trainers, supervisors, work colleagues and customers. Social and cultural issues can arise through requirements for search procedure, customer care, equality and diversity.
• Environment/Health and Safety/European
  The Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards also provides awareness of environmental issues, health and safety considerations and European development through outcome 7: Identify the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act.

SIA Specifications
The City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards maps directly to the SIA Specification for Core Competency Training and Qualifications for Security Guarding.

Relationship to NVQ units
It also contributes to some of the knowledge and understanding of various NVQ Units within the national occupational standards in Managing Work Related Violence.