Following the approval, and in line with new legislation on Public Space Surveillance CCTV licensing, First Security’s training centre will now offer four-day courses on the operation and monitoring of CCTV.
Steve Townson, Senior Training Manager at First Security, explains: “Since 20th March 2006, under the Private Security Act (2001) and the Approved Contractor Scheme, any security contractor’s employees operating a CCTV surveillance system in a public space have been required to be licensed. In view of these new rules, I have been running CCTV training to ensure that 100% of our own staff are licensed and, as a result we have now achieved the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status for CCTV.
He continued, “This legislation has led to an increased demand for CCTV training across the industry and the Skills for Security and the NOCN approval of our training centre mean that we are now able to provide the approved courses to any third party contracted to provide CCTV operations. We can also manage the whole SIA CCTV licensing process for individuals or groups. This is a rare offering for the industry and a fantastic new business opportunity for First Security.”
For authenticity, one training room has been fitted with a fully operational CCTV Control room, linked to the main First Security office in Myddelton Square, London. First Security is planning to market this offering to the industry in the latter part of 2007.
“This is a bespoke assessment and solutions design, tailored to site specific customer needs aimed at enhancing operational effectiveness and is being extremely well received by our own customer base,” concludes Steve.
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