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The Hikvision stand at the
ST17 Heathrow exhibition
last month. As smart
products develop, the
very jobs of the future
are not invented yet - so
how to train industry
starters for them?!
everyone agrees that apprenticeships
are a good thing - so Peter says from
talking to employers that training is
an intergral part of their business.
As for the (only human) putting off
something you don’t need today, Peter
speaks in terms of understanding
your operational requirement and not
necessarily going for a ‘big bang’;
perhaps look at a section of your
company, use that as a trial and a
benchmark. Because you have to
find out what type of training (in a
classroom, on a tablet, a blend?) and
who’s delivering it; and what are your
measures of success. Peter makes the
point that in some sectors, such as
car-making, which is process-driven,
it’s easy to roll out training; for others,
it takes time and effort to understand
benefits of training - in recruiting and
retaining staff, for example.
The journey
An employer does not necessarily
have to map a three-year
apprenticeship standard from
beginning to end, at the start, Peter
says. He recalls that speaking with
employers he may talk about ‘the
journey’; an organisation may have
learners on the same standard but
learning in different ways. For those
who wonder at the idea that the jobs
of the next 20 years (or whenever)
are not even invented yet, and
we only have to think of our own
working lives to think of the work
and jobs created and destroyed -
big data analysis, including video
- surely we cannot train people
for what doesn’t exist yet! Peter
puts an interesting stress on two
standards, that are not particular
to security: customer service; and
team leader-supervisor. Those allow
you to train someone specific to an
organisation’s requirements. Training,
then, is for making people become
more productive; the benefit to the
employer is in lower staff turnover,
becoming an ‘employer of choice’,
that wants staff to develop. By
‘customer’ the standard not only
means someone the other side of
the counter, but perhaps an internal
customer, another department you
deal with. You train someone as a
museum or gallery security officer,
and he or she may develop an interest
or show a talent for back-office
admin; or some other part of the
workplace; isn’t that fine, if the person
moves departments, as the employer
is keeping the experienced staff, and
the employee is developing their
career? “For me, every organisation
should take responsibility for their
own recruitment, training and
retention; it should be about how do
we recruit the best people, how do we
train them in the best way, how do we
actually retain them over a period of
time.” Peter doesn’t deny there can
be chronic skills shortages in a sector;
and yet, there are organisations that
don’t feel that. p
Leadership course
HawkSight SRM working with
UK-based Agile Group has launched
its new Institute of Leadership
and Management training course
for security risk and consultants.
‘Leadership in security risk
management’ is described as a
two-day module which combines
theory, experiential roll-play led
learning and coaching. Paul Mercer,
HawkSight MD said: “In today’s
corporate environment one of the
biggest disconnects we see is between
those responsible for security risk
management and the boardroom –
arming security risk professionals
with the leadership skills they need to
demonstrate where security risk sits
within overall corporate security can
only benefit those organisations.” p
Assaults law
The Assaults on Emergency Workers
(Offences) Private Members Bill
has passed its second reading in the
House of Commons and may well
beome law - giving longer prison
terms for such crime - as it has Home
Secretary Amber Rudd’s support. As
a Private Member’s Bill, introduced
by Chris Bryant (Labour MP for
Rhondda, who topped the ballot) it
now goes to committee. Mr Gyimah
said: “Every day, emergency workers
across the country show remarkable
courage simply in carrying out their
duties.” No MP during three hours of
debate mentioned security officers. p
UNHAPPY
‘We are part of a fastgrowing
and energetic
sector, but there are
simply too few women
in the workforce.’
On cyber, Adam
Maskatiya, General
Manager at Kaspersky
Lab UK and Ireland.
Joe Connell on stage at
Consec in October
Commonwealth meets
The Security Commonwealth (SyCom) met for
the tenth time, in London on November 7, the
first in the chair for Joe Connell, the chairman of
the Association of Security Consultants (ASC)
as reported in our September issue. Briefly, it’s
a grouping of security groups, coming up to
three years old, begun by the then chairman of
the Security Institute, Emma Shaw. Afterwards
Joe Connell called it a very informative and
engaging meeting of minds and spoke of how
SyCom could develop. “This included a proposal
for an equitable form of governance to reflect the
unique representative role and nature of SyCom,
plus ‘aims and objectives’ that will contribute to
a rolling three-year business plan, once finalised.
Vitally, it is important to note that SyCom should
act as a facilitator, a portal, and as a forcemultiplier
for its member organisations, never as a
dictator or as a competitor.” p
Institute builds MoU
The Security Institute has signed
an memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the Watford-based
Building Research Establishment
(BRE) and has formed a Special
Interest Group (SIG) for the built
environment, for security consultants,
engineers and managers. Two
Institute members have volunteered
to co-chair: Mark Tucknutt; and
Gavin Jones, Associate Director at
BRE. Mark Tucknutt said: “Security
is increasingly recognised as a
discipline in the built environment,
and through this group we hope to
promote the benefits of thorough,
professional consideration of security
in the design process. A first meeting
is on December 4. p
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