Maintaining a safe and secure environment for customers and employees by establishing and enforcing security policies and procedures; supervising the security guard force.
Occupational Profile
The security sector covers a wide range of functions, ranging from the employment of security personnel to those involved in the design and implementation of complex security activities and/or equipment.
Completion of the apprenticeship would enable candidates to develop the skills and knowledge required to manage people working specifically in a security environment such as Private Security Industry, MOD, Event Security, ‘In –house’ security, Department for Transport and will provide a vocational route to a career in Security Management (excluding close protection).
Security First Line Managers will be competent in supervising people and activities in line with regulatory requirements; undertaking security risk assessments; providing security advice to others; understanding threat, vulnerability and risk; security methods, operations and activities; incident management and planning; stakeholder management; business communications and data security management within role(s) such as Ministry of Defence, Transport & Border Security and Private Security Industry. Understanding the threat, vulnerability & risk on a local, national and international security basis, and how to respond accordingly, would offer candidates a significant advantage over others with general managerial skills.
Successful completion will require rigorous and substantial training. A typical apprenticeship will take 18 months to completion. This will vary for those with existing general team leader/managerial skills, and those roles with specific seasonal activities or operational requirements that may take place away from the designated workplace e.g. placements in another country, part of the business, or role.
Candidates will develop the knowledge and skills required to be successful in their roles.
Summary of Standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/security-first-line-manager/
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