News stories from Skills For Security in 2018

New Knutsford training centre brings security apprenticeships to the Northwest

Skills For Security | 21 Sep 2018

The private security sector’s skills body, Skills for Security, has opened a new training centre in Cheshire, bringing its security apprenticeships to the Northwest for the first time.

Security sector skills body seeks Engineers of Tomorrow at IFSEC 2018: £1,000 prize

Skills For Security | 25 Apr 2018

Skills for Security, the sector skills body for the private security sector, is pitting security apprentices against each other in a live installation challenge at IFSEC 2018 in London.

Skills for Security launches employment law courses for security sector

Skills For Security | 19 Apr 2018

Skills for Security, the skills body for the private security industry, has announced a new range of HR and employment law courses, designed to help security organisations raise their compliance levels and reduce risk.

Skills for Security calls for providers to influence occupational standards

Skills For Security | 10 Apr 2018

The security sector’s skills body, Skills for Security, is inviting organisations in the sector to influence the next set of occupational standards.

Organisations can transform apprenticeships in a few simple steps, says skills body

Skills For Security | 16 Mar 2018

According to the chief executive of Skills for Security, Peter Sherry, many organisations could easily get significantly better value from their apprenticeship levy fund.

Dated preconceptions compromise apprenticeships, says security sector skills-body leader

Skills For Security | 13 Mar 2018

Chief executive of sector skills body Skills for Security, Peter Sherry, believes that many out-of-date assumptions are holding back apprenticeship programmes.

Organisations not taking full advantage of apprenticeship levy fund, says skills-body leader

Skills For Security | 06 Mar 2018

Peter Sherry, chief executive of sector skills body Skills for Security, says that many organisations haven’t yet embraced changes to apprenticeship funding.

Skills for Security aims to expand management and service skills in the security sector

Skills For Security | 01 Mar 2018

The sector skills body for the private security industry, Skills for Security, is expanding its apprenticeships portfolio to include management and service skills.