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25/11/2024

14/09/2024

From Tuesday 1 April 2025, door supervisors and security guards must undertake refresher training to renew their licence.

The new refresher qualifications will be available from 1 October 2024 and will update key safety-critical skills door supervisors and security guards use to keep the public safe.

If they hold a door supervisor licence they can choose one of the following options:
• take the door supervisor refresher training and renew their door supervisor licence
• take the security guard refresher training and switch to a security guard licence

In either case, they must have an Emergency First Aid at Work qualification, or equivalent, before they can take the refresher training.

In April 2021 the SIA raised the standards for licence-linked qualifications for Door Supervisors (DS) and Security Guards (SG). Accredited ‘top-up’ awards were introduced for DS and SG in October 2021.

By October 2024, all existing DS and SG licence holders will be qualified to the same standard. The refresher training will ensure that operatives have safety-critical skills that are up to date.

Read the full press release: https://orlo.uk/khUVy

04/03/2024

This year, 2024, marks 20 years since the first SIA licences were introduced. But what does licensing mean, and what do licence holders do?

Read the latest blog by Iestyn David, our Head of Licensing & Service Delivery, as he reflects on our role to protect the UK public through the effective regulation of the private security industry.

https://thesiauk.wordpress.com/sia-at-20-demystifying-private-security-licensing-how-it-helps-to-protect-the-public/

23/12/2023

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26/06/2023

If you do not have an SIA online account, or cannot log into your account, you can get in touch via our ‘Contact Us’ form.

If you do have an SIA online account, please login to your account and use the 'Contact the SIA' form within our licensing site.

https://www.services.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/contact-form.aspx

18/10/2021

All Door Supervision and Security Guard licence holders will need a first aid qualification and the new top-up training before they renew their licence.

17/09/2021

07/09/2021

26/08/2021

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23/08/2021

What the changes are, when they will happen, and how they affect SIA licence applicants and licence holders.