In partnership with Skills for Security and JobCentre Plus, Mercury Training Services is offering funded security training for new entrants to the industry who are currently unemployed.
The instruction covers security guarding, CCTV monitoring, door supervision and conflict management and includes:
- a two-week course assessment followed by six weeks of security training for successful customers
- training in customer service skills, the ability to work in a team and to solve problems
For those individuals who successfully complete the course, Mercury Training Services will pay for their first security guarding licence.
The unique eight-week programme will be offered at Security House in Worcester starting in January 2013.
Course organisers are looking for security companies within a 20-mile radius of Worcester, national companies with contracts in the area or organisations that run their own in-house security teams who will have job vacancies to offer the highly-trained personnel when they finish the programme.
There’s also a need for employers willing to visit Security House and give a 20-minute talk to the groups while they are in training, in turn explaining about the careers available and the day-to-day realities of working within the security sector.
The press statement continues: “This is not a ‘quick-fix’ solution. It offers training to a higher level than basic ‘licence to practise’ standards and is designed for people of all ages who want to make a career in security. Strict discipline is maintained throughout the training period to ensure that those who succeed are highly motivated and will approach their first job with a professional attitude.”
Mike Dzioba, the employer relationship manager for DWP, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Mercury Training Services and Skills for Security to offer our customers the opportunity to gain skills and qualifications enabling them to work in the security world. This training will considerably increase their chances of securing a job in the sector.”
The course has already worked in Birmingham and the Black Country where:
- an average of 18 customers have been trained per course
- over 80 interviews have been arranged with various companies
- there have been 50 known job outcomes to date
- 115 Security Industry Authority licences have been applied for by Mercury Training
*Employers are now invited to find out more at a drop-in information session to be held at Skills for Security’s Worcester hq on Wednesday 4 December from 1.00pm-4.00pm.
**Interested parties should contact Customer Services on (telephone) 01905 744000 if they’d like to attend, require more information about the programme or would simply like the opportunity to give a talk to the trainees