Physical Intervention level 2

SIA Disengagement and Physical Intervention Skills. Door Supervisors coming into the security industry after August 2010 will have to attain the level 2 qualification in physical intervention to gain an SIA licence. This Physical Intervention course, is available as the new add-on qualification to Door Supervision, bringing existing Door Supervisors up to the same level as newly licensed staff. We have realised that for a long time now it has been professionally recognised that in some work environments, Physical Intervention Skills are needed to reduce the use of High Risk Techniques that will also improve staff and customer safety. Depending on your work environment, this could involve anything from avoidance and disengagement, to rescue, escort and holding skills. Training for Security are also aware of the medical implications and legal advice on the use of force if these are not undertaken in a professional and correct manner. The use of non-Physical strategies must be achieved where practicable; however the use of Physical Intervention may have to be used as a last resort. The key areas the course will cover are as follows:

• Disengagement Skills we will look at how our staff can help to reduce the risk of assault through non-physical measures, and be able to avoid different forms of assault by adopting correct positioning, and their manner of approach. We will look at how they can disengage from the most common types of assault they are likely to come across in their roles as Door Supervisors.

• Holding Due to the nature of the job for Door Supervisors, they may have to legitimately use force, to take hold of or physically escort a person off the premises. We will teach staff the holds used to protect then and also to avoid discomfort and pain to the individual.