Award for Door Supervisors in the Private Security Industry (Top up)

• SQA group award number

  R669 04

• Assessment

  Pass/Fail Only

• Total qualification time

  23

• Guided learning

  17

• Operation start date

  31 March 2021

• Operation end date

  31 December 2025

• Certification end date

  31 March 2026

This qualification includes key areas that will bring current licence holders up to date with the new licence-linked qualifications requirements.

The Award for Door Supervisors in the Private Security Industry (Top up) is designed to show that learners have obtained and can demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to be a Door Supervisor.

The primary purpose of the qualification is to confirm occupational competence. However, employers can also rely on the knowledge provided as meeting nationally recognised standards within security, and more specifically door supervision, at this level. As such the sub-purpose is to confirm the ability to meet a ‘licence to practise’ or other legal requirements made by the relevant sector, professional or industry body.

Under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, all door supervisors must hold a licence to practise issued by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Successful completion of this course enables a door supervisor to meet one of the requirements to apply for their licence.