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Find out how SIA licensing applies to event staff.
Tools and guidance that you will need in order to become an SIA approved contractor.
Our specification documents form the basis of the qualifications linked to SIA licensing.
SIA licence dispensation: what the rules are, what an LDN should look like and how to ask for permission to issue more LDNs.
SIA regulation: how the SIA enforces the law and what the penalties are for breaking it.
How to choose an SIA approved contractor and why you should.
Reporting training malpractice: who to tell and what they need to know.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to someone using a bodycam or headcam.
Security staff can be the first to respond to acid attacks or incidents where someone has been exposed to a hazardous substance. Make sure you know what to do.
Sub-contracting and use of labour are common practices in private security. Know the difference and understand who is responsible for checking SIA licences.
When planning an event, make sure that your security operatives are complying with the law.
Understand how you can meet the ACS standard on matters including right to work, employment screening, licensing of directors and using overseas suppliers.
Rolled-up holiday pay: what it is, when it can be used and what SIA approved contractors must do if they use it.
You can buy the British standards at a 30% discount.
A description of some of the benefits of the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme.
Guidance for training providers: what you need to know if you will be delivering SIA licence-linked training after 1 April 2021.
An SIA approved contractor is assessed every year, must inform us of significant changes to the company, and must use the ACS mark correctly.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Guidance for training providers: what you need to know to meet the SIA's rules on first aid training.
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