Get Training - Requirements for awarding organisations and training centres delivering SIA licence to practice qualifications - 2021

Oct 20, 2026

SIA front line licence applicants must complete formal, legally required training leading to recognised licence-linked qualifications. The document explains how awarding organisations expect training to be delivered and assessed, describing training centre standards, facility suitability, and compliance with health and safety expectations. It sets minimum insurance cover levels, outlines specific insurance for physical intervention training, and specifies practical delivery environment requirements and venue criteria for examinations and assessments.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages39

Reading Time1 h 38 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Purpose of this document

Authority to set how training is delivered and assessed

Training centre requirements

Facilities

Centre insurance

Insurance requirements for physical intervention skills training

Training requirements

Delivery requirements

Annex A

Annex B

Annex C

Get Training Requirements for awarding organisationsand training centres delivering SIA licence to practice qualifications First published February 2021 | Last updated July 2023 Contents Section Page(s) Introduction 4 Training centre requirements 5-10 - Facilities 5 - Centre Insurance 5 - Insurance requirements for Physical Intervention Training 5-6 - Examination venue criteria 6-7 - Venue delivery requirements for practical training and assessment (physical 7-8 intervention and conflict management) - Learner requirements for Physical Intervention practical skills training 8 - CCTV facilites and equipment requirements 8-9 - Checking of identification 9 - Age restriction for qualifications 9 - Certification 9 - Audit criteria 10 Training requirements 11- 16 - Trainers/assessors delivering licence-linnked qualifications 11-12 - Qualification requirements for internal quality assurers (IQA) 12-13 - Additional criteria for Application of Conflict Management in the Private 13 Security Industry unit - Occupational competence for approved trainers and assessors 13-14 - Additional criteria for Application of Physical Intervention Skills in the 14-15 Private Security Industry unit (for Door Supervisors) - Additional criteria for Application of Physical Intervention Skills for the 15 Close Protection Operatvies in the Private Security Industry unit - Rules for the use of physical intervention skills training programmes 15-16 - Order of delivery/assessment of units 16 - Reasonable adjustments 16 Delivery requirements 17-29 - Delivery of specific content to the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales and 17 Northern Ireland) - Legal systems and local laws 17 - International delivery of licence-linked qualifications 17 - Conflict management delivery 17 - Pre-requisites for learners (including Top Up) 18 - English Language 18-19 - First Aid 19-20 - Standard delivery times for units in licence-linked qualifications 21 - Use of self-study 21-22 - Delivery hours for licence-linked qualifications 23 - Delivery hours for top up qualifications 23 - Assessing individual units 23-27 - Assessing Top up units 27-28 - Exemption from core competency training 28 - Qualifications frameworks 29 Annex A 30-34 Guided learning hours, required contact time for units (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) 35-36 Annex B Guided learning hours, required contact time for units (Scotland) 37-39 Annex C Guided learning hours, required contact time for units (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) for Top up Qualification Introduction Purpose of this document People applying for an SIA front line licence must undertake formal training that leads to a recognised (and legally required) qualification. This document sets out how that training must be delivered and assessed. We wrote this document in collaboration with various awarding organisations that offer the licence-linked qualifications. It should be read in conjunction with the ‘Specification for Learning and Qualifications’ documents available on our website. Note: throughout this document we refer to “awarding organisations”. When we use this phrase, we also mean awarding bodies operating in Scotland. Our authority to set how training is delivered and assessed The Security Industry Authority was created by the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The Act applies to the whole of the UK. It gives us our legal authority and places certain duties upon us. The Act says that: • our functions include “to set or approve standards of training”(Section 1) • our licensing criteria “may include such criteria as the Authority considers appropriate for securing that those persons have the training and skills necessary to engage in the conduct for which they are licensed”(Section 7) • we may “prescribe or impose conditions as to training”(Section 9) Training centre requirements Facilities

FAQs

What is the purpose of this SIA training requirements document?

It sets out how SIA licence-linked training must be delivered and assessed for front line licence applicants, and it must be read alongside relevant specification documents from awarding organisations.

What facility standards must an approved training centre meet?

Training and assessment must occur in a suitable approved environment that is adequately equipped, conducive to learning, compliant with current health and safety requirements, and able to support practical activities.

What minimum insurance cover is required for an approved centre?

An approved centre must have minimum cover including employers’ liability of £5 million, along with public liability and professional indemnity at appropriate levels.

Oct 20, 2026

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