Beefed Up Security In The Name Of The Global Crisis

Nobody is as interested in your career as you are! The UK economy is in the early stages of a recession. Thousands of people have been made redundant and thousands more are on the road to redundancy. Take Terry for example. He is a 37 year old ex soldier out of the army for just under three years when his dreams of self employment as courier crashed with the rising cost of diesel and the declining business opportunities in his South Wales home town. Terry has to retrain and build on his personal assets if he is to find work. Anybody who finds themselves out of work must realise that changing career path is a mini career in itself.

Terry isn't alone of course. In November the number of jobless rose to more than 1.8m for the first time since the Labour party came to power in 1997. One business sector far from shedding people is the personal security sector. It seems the demand for good security people in all the various specialism’s is 'recession proof'. Terry is made of an ideal clay for moulding into shape with 'close protection' security training. There are a whole range of National Vocational Qualifications that can be learned under the guidance of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), www.the-sia.org.uk.

Close protection, or body guard to the outsider, is a role that is complex, highly specialized and well rewarded for the talented exponent. The SIA exists to manage the licensing of the private security industry as set out in the Private Security Industry Act 2001. They license security training companies in order to raise standards of professionalism and skills within the private security industry and to promote and spread best practice. Anyone, like Terry, who is seriously considering joining this profession is well advised to get their training from a licensed provider. Terry's 'prior learning' makes him a shoe-in for such a career move. He gained an SAS regiment body guard course certificate before leaving the army which will cut he cost of his self investment today.