The UK’s security sector skills body.
Through advice, guidance, training and qualifications, Skills for Security works with organisations to improve skills and professionalism within the security sector.
Apprenticeships
Skills for Security’s apprenticeships frameworks can help your organisation to build a workforce for tomorrow.
Funded training
Skills for Security offers a portfolio of fully funded training courses which can be taken online.
Authorised training
A wide range of security-focused training courses from Skills for Security’s authorised providers.
Training enablement
We help organisations in the security sector to use the Apprenticeship Levy to establish and fund their own training company
Services
Helping employers and training providers through a range of services specifically for the security sector.
Partners
Skills for Security works closely with a sector group of specialist partner organisations.
Sector body
As the sector body for the private security industry, Skills for Security helps to maintain standards, improve skills and offer advice and guidance.
Awarding organisations
Skills for Security is accredited by top learning awarding bodies.
Latest News
Skills for Security calls for providers to influence occupational standards
Skills for Security, the security sector’s skills body, has been working with a group of employers within the sector to review the National Occupational Standards for Electronic Security Systems.
Professional Security magazine speaks with Peter Sherry of Skills for Security
In December 2017, Professional Security magazine interviewed the Skills for security chief executive, Peter Sherry, about all things learning.
Skills for Security one of the first to offer the new Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Apprenticeship Standard
Skills for Security is proud to be among the first of the training providers to offer the brand new Fire, Emergency and Security Systems apprenticeship standard.