grettle17

Dear: Sir

My, I take this opportunity to thank you for making your first step towards training with us. Akona is a specialist training Solution Company providing training for personnel operating in the security industry.

The company has a wealth of knowledge in the areas and levels of security. The training consultants and trainers are from various Military, Special Forces and Emergency services.

The Akona Close Protection course as been designed and developed to accommodate both the civilian sector and personnel serving or looking towards their second career out side the Armed Forces. Akona has worked closely with the Security Industry Authority (sia) to develop a comprehensive Close Protection programme that meets to the SIA directive for licensing of Close Protection personnel and to National Occupational Standards for the EDEXCEL B-Tec qualification and certificate in Close Protection.

The training centre is based in the new Wembley Stadium; the Close Protection training facilities are both realistic and demanding for the students undertaking the course. The course is broken down into two distinct phases this is clearly highlighted on the attached Akona Close Protection flyers.

If you require any further information then please do not hesitate contacting, Akona by either telephone or e-mail.




Kind Regards:


Pete

Close Protection Training Consultant
sia Approved

Akona Security and Close Protection Course – Course for Novices

The Akona Security & Close Protection (CP) Course is geared towards men and women that are serving in the military, ex-service personnel, non-military people looking for a career change or civilians already in the security industry.
Akona is an approved edexcel centre and the course has the following benefits:

• The course fulfils Security Industry Authority (sia) requirements and if passed will result in the CP Licence¹
• Once you register with Akona and pay for Part 1 your training for your licence begins and you will receive documentation that you can show to your employee and local authority
• It is a 14 day course for those that are new to Close Protection
• The course combines e-learning over the internet (or a workbook if the internet is not available to you) with practical teaching and assessment, thus increasing flexibility for personnel that are deployed and those that have other jobs
• The course results in a BTEC certificate Level 3 in Close Protection from Edexcel
• The course enables candidates to apply for the following:
  • sia Key holders Licence
  • sia Man Guarding License level 2 qualification
  • sia door supervisors License level 2 qualification
  • sia Close Protection Operative License (BTEC certificate Level 3)

How does the course work?
The learning development route is flexible but takes the following general format:
Part 1 – E-learning - This comprises of 14 interactive learning modules, which provide the knowledge to progress to Part 2 of the course.
Part 2 – Practical Teaching and Assessment - Fourteen (14) days of practical application of the Security and Close Protection course in Wembley National Stadium, London. The individual will be required to bring their workbook and to have completed the e-learning prior to the course. During the 14 days, Akona will confirm and test the individual’s knowledge with training and testing based around realistic scenarios.
Cost: The total cost of the course is £1762.50 including VAT
Part one cost £500.00 – this will give you access to the e learning.
Part 2 costs £1262.50 – this will be paid when you apply for the course and confirm your attendance date

Part 3- Work Experience- Students on the course will undertake the final exercise at Wembley National Stadium. Here they will gain practical assessment and work experience through operating with licence Close Protection Operators in the Vip and Executive areas of the stadium. After undertaking one week of security/CP experience, individuals receive a letter of reference from Wembley National Stadium Ltd.
Akona will then assist you in the administration required for applying for your sia licence.
If you are interested in access to E Learning and the Close Protection 14 day course please email info@akona.biz or ring 07967 562970 or mobile 0785 0894032 and leave your details.
¹This is assuming the individual has fulfilled the sia criteria e.g. passing the Criminal Records check etc.

DaemonHund

Sounds like a load of shit.

psdtraining

Grettle17, hardly the correct way to introdue yourself with a blatant advert for your company, being your first and only post.......... not cricket at all old bean........

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kenpsd

Hello Grettle 17 and welcome to the Forum, nice intro, the black type on a black back ground is particularly effective, the camouflage perspective is a nice touch!! Grettel? wasn't your 'other half' called Hansel? Is this course held in an enchanted wood maybe at a ginger bread cottage?

Wembley Stadium, Does your course programme include 'How to stop the Jocks from stealing the goal posts'?

Executive Security

We just ran an 8 day CP course in Minden, Ontario (Canada). We will be conducting more courses at the same facility. For more information, please visit Executive Security Services International
We had SWAT and Private Security guys on the course. The Swat guys brought their MP 5's/M4 on the course. As long it a registerd facility there is no worries.

Cheers,

Sunil Ram
Director of Operations
Executive Security Services International

Usagi

In Canada, there are federal laws and provincial laws, just like in the United States (Federal and States Laws). Things are a little different from one province to another. But basically, there is nothing specific to CP work in the laws, which means you are not different from any citizen. Civilian bodyguards are not allowed to carry weapons. Security personnel have no power other than the normal citizen.

In order to offer security services, you need to be a registered security company, such as Garda and many others. For instance, if I do CP work in Montreal, my relation with the client has to go through a registered company. But then, if you work freelance and are hired by a businessman for protecting him, you can officially be anything: his personal advisor, his chauffeur, his business partner, etc. I don't see how the law can be enforced in these conditions. But don't go and advertise your company as a security agency if you are not registered.

Is there any work for bodyguards in Canada? Here in Montreal, the offer exceeds by far the demand. Bodyguard services are offered by many security agencies and, sadly, some of them employ people with no experience or training whatsoever. When you apply for a security company, you need to get a license from the government. As long as you are not a criminal and you pay the fees, you get the license. There's no requirement in terms of training or skills. I've seen people with absolutely no knowledge at all about security doing close protection jobs.

The time is surely ripe in Canada for a major shift in the security business.

Francois

CPS - FMT
Francois M. Tremblay
Security Advisor - Close Protection - Instructor
Consultant en securite - Protection rapprochee - Instructeur
E-mail: fmt@<a href="http://www.closeprotect...CP</a>spsa.com
Web: Conseillers en sécurité - Accueil
Phone (Canada): +1.514.835.9557
Skype: CPsfmt

Executive Security

Private Security & Investigative Services
Licenses and Forms
On Aug. 23, 2007, the Private Security and Investigative Services Act came into effect in Ontario. The new law requires all security industry workers to be licensed, including some that were not licensed previously.

If you are a security guard, private investigator, bodyguard, bouncer or loss prevention personnel, you must now apply for a licence from the ministry.

Executive Security Services Internationall is fully licensed/insured to provide personal protection services in Ontario-Canada. The laws regarding personal protection have recently changed here. Each individual MUST be licensed. As a agency owner, there is more responsibility on us also to make sure the individuals that we hire/deploy are up to the task.

Usagi

Thanks for the information Executive Security.

I have a question though. You write "there is more responsibility on us also to make sure the individuals that we hire/deploy are up to the task". What I'd like to know is how this responsibility is enforced by the government. I mean, what happen if they find that security agents working somewhere are not well trained, or not trained at all. Can they revoke the employer's license? Has it happened yet?

Executive Security

Hi Usagi,

Yes, they can revoke the agency license. As of August 2007, the news laws affecting us agency owners are MUCH MORE STRICT. The training portion of the ACT is still to be finalized. Should be coming out in a few months. The Ministry is coming up with a list of credited trainers who will be the only one's that can do training for Security Guards in Ontario. They new Act clearly states the responsibility is on the employeers to make sure they employees are properly trained to perform their required duties. It also contains a list of subjects that MUST be coverd during the training. For more information, you can google the "new security guard act" in ontario.

Take care,

Sunil Ram
Director of Operations
Media Security Consultant
Security Training Instructor
TEL: 705.788.1957
www.executivesecurity.ca

Usagi