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Training, News<br />
college courses:<br />
Redcare partner<br />
The security inspectorate SSAIB<br />
reports a training partnership with<br />
BT Redcare, the first manufacturer to<br />
work with the Tyne and Wear-based<br />
inspectorate, to include syllabus<br />
items from the new fire, emergency<br />
and security systems standard. This<br />
new format will then be delivered<br />
to companies and colleges that<br />
specialise in security and fire systems.<br />
Redcare will also become the first<br />
manufacturer to be listed on the new<br />
training component of the SSAIB’s<br />
website for registered firms. This will<br />
grow to include details of training<br />
schemes and a list of colleges and<br />
commercial providers that offer them.<br />
SSAIB training manager Trevor<br />
Jenks mentioned this new link up<br />
at the company’s Installers Forum<br />
earlier this year and he believes that<br />
partnerships of this type are needed<br />
for engineers. Trevor said: “BT<br />
Redcare have been doing this for a<br />
long time, so it’s a way to enhance<br />
their training and ensure the essential<br />
knowledge of the technology is put<br />
in place. It’s a way of extending the<br />
training and expand the knowledge of<br />
engineers in this industry.” p<br />
Academy launch<br />
The contractor Axis Group has<br />
launched The Axis Academy. That’s a<br />
dedicated learning and development<br />
resource, created as a new Group<br />
company. Axis Group’s HR Director,<br />
Naomi Austen, will head the new<br />
operation. She said: “Delivering<br />
meaningful training is a high priority<br />
for any business operating in the<br />
service sector, and until recently most<br />
have relied on external providers. By<br />
building our own resource, and our<br />
own skills, we are developing a new<br />
in-house model that will not only<br />
support our future success, but also<br />
the future careers of employees.” p<br />
Apprentices with attitude<br />
VWS, the Scottish security installer,<br />
has hired three new trainees as junior<br />
engineers. They will be joining<br />
after completing courses at New<br />
College Lanarkshire. The company<br />
is also taking on two new business<br />
administration apprentices via trainer<br />
YouTrain. VWS reports that it’s<br />
a long time supporter of Modern<br />
Apprenticeships, having taken 11<br />
apprentices; six are still with the firm,<br />
while five new apprentices are going<br />
through college this year, including<br />
Kyle Keith, whose older brother,<br />
Dillon, is one of the three new<br />
engineers. The other two are Ross<br />
McLoughlin and Sean Malone. MD<br />
Graham Wilson said: “I like to think<br />
that the best thing we can teach these<br />
young apprentices is an unwavering<br />
commitment to quality. People rely<br />
on our systems, and I get a real pride<br />
from seeing the apprentices pick up<br />
the VWS attitude.” p<br />
VWS business admin<br />
apprentices Beth<br />
McLean and Calum<br />
Finlayson<br />
Photo courtesy of VWS<br />
UK PARTNER: The<br />
access security product<br />
manufacturer TDSi<br />
has announced ABCA<br />
as its ‘UK Partner of<br />
the Year – North’ in its<br />
annual Partner Awards<br />
after IFSEC 2017. TDSi<br />
Channel Partner Manager<br />
Neil Hughes of TDSi is<br />
pictured presenting the<br />
award to ABCA MD<br />
Philip Miller. p<br />
Tech recognition<br />
The CTSP, ‘Certified Technical Security<br />
Professional’, is launching on September 1.<br />
Briefly, it’ll be a register recognising competence<br />
and qualifications for installers and those who<br />
maintain fire and security systems. Registrants<br />
will be listed on a searchable website, so that<br />
the public and users of services can check use<br />
of the standard. Its organisers Tavcom Training<br />
aired the CTSP at IFSEC 2017 in June, and the<br />
ST17 exhibition in Harrogate in July. At ST17,<br />
Tavcom sales manager Andrew Saywell described<br />
CTSP as ‘recognition where recognition is due<br />
for engineers’. Andrew made the point that while<br />
the NSI and SSAIB inspected security installation<br />
companies, and security industry bodies such<br />
as ASIS UK and the Security Institute were for<br />
security managers, installers and engineers by<br />
comparison were a ‘forgotten lot’. To gain CTSP<br />
status, and the right to use that postnominal, you<br />
need a minimum of 12 months’ experience in the<br />
field; and to have a level three qualification (A<br />
level in the school classroom, or one of the typical<br />
systems training courses that Tavcom offer). You<br />
must show knowledge of electronic principles;<br />
and provide two references. p<br />
JM Security Systems is actively<br />
seeking to acquire successful<br />
electronic security companies<br />
with a contracted client base.<br />
CYBER YOUTH DATE: Young people who have done low-level cyber crimes were<br />
recently at a first ‘Intervention Day’. The aim; stopping them re-offending or<br />
becoming involved in serious crime, encouraging them to consider ethical and<br />
legal jobs in cyber security. The day, at PGI’s Cyber Academy in Bristol, was<br />
run for 14 to 18-year-olds who had typically received low level interventions<br />
such as cease and desist orders or cautions. The young people heard from a<br />
former hacker, and how talents could be used in lucrative jobs. p<br />
www.professionalsecurity.co.uk SEPTEMBER 2017 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY 69
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