
An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Developing Practical Skills
& Techniques for Security Officers
UPCOMING SESSIONS
Date | Venue | Fee | |
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09-13 Feb 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
01-05 Jun 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
14-18 Sep 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
Security Officers are skilled professionals who work across various organizations and interact with diverse groups of people. To excel in their roles, they need a strong foundation of skills and knowledge that can improve both personal and organizational performance. As the world rapidly evolves, so do the risks and challenges associated with managing people. Security departments can no longer be seen as lower-level functions within an organization. For security staff to contribute effectively to the broader organizational goals, it's essential that officers possess leadership abilities to guide their teams, while individual officers need the expertise to respond to security challenges efficiently.
To maintain consistent best practices in security, officers must understand the requirements of their industry, organization, department, team, and specific security projects.
The Developing Practical Skills & Techniques for Security Officers training course is designed to provide participants with the skills, knowledge, and competence needed to meet international standards and current best practices in security. This course offers a chance to develop key security skills that will enhance an organization's or officer's ability to manage conflict and implement security solutions. It covers technical aspects of security roles, risk assessment, legislation, health and safety, incident management, and crisis control. With an interactive, hands-on approach, the course empowers participants to not only learn but also practice techniques that improve security efficiency and effectiveness, fostering greater productivity within the organization.
Training Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Identify best practice and effective policy implementation on leading security solutions
- Effectively operate and interact with a security function
- Identify communication strategies to build more productive communications
- Understand the roles of Security Officer
- Know how to effectively diffuse and deal with conflict
- Understand special risk requirements
- Identify the components of an Improvised Explosive device (IED)
Designed for
The training course will be of benefit to those who find themselves responsible for or involved with mobile or static guarding or implementing guarding security in both the public and the private sector. In addition, it will raise the awareness for those personnel who have been allocated 'potential' or specific tasks in an existing security programme yet have had insufficient time to devote to the subject.
This Developing Practical Skills & Techniques for Security Officers training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Security supervisors / officers
- Facility supervisors / officers
- HR and administrative supervisors responsible for security
- Health and Safety / Fire personnel
Learning Methods
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The delegates will be involved in the latest trends in training course presentations. The classroom presentations are made up of interactive practical exercises, supported by audio visual material and case studies. Delegates will be expected to participate actively in relating the principles of security management to the specific needs for their industry. This practical development of skills will benefit delegates who then can return to work ready for implementation of security measures and plans.
The Course Outline
- Define the key purpose of security
- The main objectives of a security officer
- Qualities of a security officer
- Assignment instructions
- Control rooms
- Confidentiality
- Different types of patrols
- Perimeter security and access control
- Security lighting
- Understanding loss
- Key point identification
- Key point identification (Case study)
- Risk analysis
- Risk analysis (Case study)
- Security survey (Theory)
- Security survey (Practical)
- Understanding terrorism
- Weapons and explosives recognition
- Conditions in place before searching
- Different types of search (Theory)
- Different types of search (Practical)
- Actions on a find
- Evacuation planning
- Threat warning reports
- Legal considerations
- Impact factors
- Reasonable response options
- Profiled offender behaviour
- Identification of warning signs
- Identification of danger signs
- Striking techniques
- Primary target area
- Secondary target area
- Final target area
- Use of force report writing
- Positional asphyxia
- The nature of fire (Video)
- Three elements of fire
- Classifications of fire
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire risk assessment
- Fire risk assessment (Practical)
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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