RISCO helps to tackle industry skills crisis

RISCO and Skills for security

Provider of professional cloud-based security solutions, RISCO, has announced a new partnership with apprenticeship training provider, Skills for Security with the aim of addressing the national shortage of 30,000 security engineers and the sectoral skills gap.

Skills for Security in three-year deal with Nineteen Group

Skills for Security – The UK’s Leading Fire and Security Apprenticeship Training Provider – has announced a three-year partnership with Nineteen Group on their portfolio of security events. This partnership reflects the Skills for Security’s strategy and objective to encourage more young people to pursue careers in security. Skills for Security (SfS) will debut at […]

Skills for Security apprenticeship receives approval to launch in Scotland

Skills for Security will be launching a Security Officers Services Apprenticeship imminently in Scotland with the training delivered by the Security Industry Training Organisation (SITO). This landmark apprenticeship provides security officers with the most up-to-date training to develop the skills and expertise needed for a modern, professional security officer. The apprenticeship itself will cover First […]

Skills for Security appoints new Director of Technical Training

Skills for Security has appointed Darrell Gilmour as the new Director of Technical Training. Darrell has worked in the fire and security industry for almost a decade starting his career as an alarm apprentice and installation engineer, later moving towards sales and design with well-known Kings Secure Technologies. In 2018 he took up a brief […]

Exclusive: Training the next generation of security professionals

Security Journal UK catches up with David Scott, Managing Director of leading training provider, Skills for Security. What are the main aims and objectives of Skills for Security? Since I took over in 2019 as Managing Director, our main focus has been on the quality of training and achieving standards. We are one of the […]

Skills for Security partners with Corps Security on pilot apprenticeship

Skills for Security (SfS) has begun the first induction on its new pilot scheme as part of a new partnership with specialist security solutions provider, Corps Security. The scheme, ‘Team Leader and Supervisor Apprenticeship’, can be delivered flexibly to meet specific business needs with the curriculum, covering seven major aspects from organisational culture and strategy […]

Skills for Security announces Apprentice of the Year

Skills for Security – a UK Electronic Fire and Security training provider – has awarded Matthew Aindow Apprentice of the Year after scoring 93% in his End Point Assessment (EPA).  Skills for Security have celebrated almost 30 apprentices completing their Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Apprenticeship over the course of the last year. The company’s […]

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