1SC Guarding Media Centre.

Welcome to 1SC Guarding's Media Centre. Here you'll find the latest company news, industry news and blog posts.  Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

 

Subscribe to this list via RSS Blog posts tagged in SIA

1scguarding_20200615-113515_1.pngOver the years we have been on the case of substandard Security Officers and how they represent our Industry as one of the most under paid but extremely unprofessional, albeit British Standards and the introduction of the SIA seem to have done very little to improve this status.

Lockdown for us has been extremely busy, yet getting staff is near impossible! We can get, would be applicants with 10 years’ experience and an SIA license, but quite frankly 96.5% arrive with little or no understanding of Security and what it is we actually do, how is this?

It’s well thought that the owners of SIA licenses whilst genuine have not actually attended any tuition and the test they need to obtain a license has been manipulated to pass all candidates thus, producing persons who posses a security license but have no idea about the job or what it entails, although the claims of all applicants is that, “I’ve done the job for years” the standard is below poor, in our opinion.

We strive daily to improve the conditions and pay of our staff but we are thwarted by the on set of those needing work and unscrupulous training companies putting forward substandard staff to be employed into our industry, it really doesn’t take the brain of Einstein to figure out if an applicant is experienced and has the under-pining knowledge to protect persons and property when on duty.

Since the lockdown began, we have interviewed scores of staff and of those over the past 12 weeks we have employed 3, we actually need 23 but we cannot find applicants with the required skill set and we are no different to our competitors or are we?

...
Continue reading
in 1SC News 3527 0

fe69e49e-8a62-4c38-9ee6-c5a20bba514a.jpg

This is an important message from The SIA that we would like to pass onto staff. If you are from the EU are you confident that you have enough time to apply for settled status? Don’t leave it too late.

You must have the right to work in the UK to hold an SIA licence. You can apply to the UK government’s EU Settlement Scheme to continue living and working here after the UK leaves the EU.

If you haven’t already, we recommend that you apply for the scheme as soon as possible. This is to make sure there aren’t any delays when it is time for you to renew your licence. You can apply here. There is no fee to pay.

If you have any questions, please visit EU Settlement Scheme for details of how to get help on the phone or online.

Tagged in: brexit EEA Swiss EU SIA UK
in 1SC News 1335 0

© Copyright 2018 1SC Guarding Ltd