Security Jobs In United Kingdom
Introduction:
In an advance country like Uk security is too important.If you have visited uk,you may have noticed security almost everywhere.Security is compulsory for every small and big business and events in Uk.
That's why it is also one of the highly paid job in Uk. Today we will introduce you about all aspects of security jobs from scratch.
Requirements:
Now we will discuss about some basic and important things which are legally required to get a security job in Uk.
1.SIA (Security Industry Authority) License/Badge
First thing which is required to get a security job is an SIA License/Badge.To get this license you must have to be 18+. You can get this either by yourself or by some institutes.
By Self:
If you want to apply for it by yourself simply go this website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-sia-licence and apply for it.
By Institute:
To get this license by institutes you first have to find such institutes near you which offer this license.
Institutes will charge you a training fee for this. In this training they will teach you different techniques and many more to get this license. Training fee may vary from state to state minimum it can be about 150 Pounds And Maximum it can be about 350 Pounds depending upon the places where you are living in Uk.
The complete training process is about of 3-7 days.
Exam:
Now You have completed the training so you have to give an exam.They may record this exam.
After exams you have to wait for 1-2 weeks to receive the result.During this time you have to go to the official website of SIA and create a personal account for yourself.Once you receive your result you have to upload it on your SIA's account.
After all you have to go your nearest post office along with your result,proof of address,passport and your brp.
You can use National Insurance NI and GP registered document as your proof of address.
Also You have to pay 190 Pounds Fee for your License that is compulsory for everyone either you are applying by yourself or by any institute.
One thing which you need to remember is that there are different type of security Licenses but you should always apply for "Door Super Visor" because it is highly paid and easiest security job in Uk.
Note In Uk you are paid hourly so if you are doing a job as a door super visor so you may receive 9-13 Pounds Hourly.
After all of these you have to wait for 1-2 months to receive your license.
2.Your Age Must Be 18+
3.Proof Of Address
4.Passport and BRP
How To Get Job:
- Finally after a long time you have received your license now its time to get job.You can get security jobs by different methods.
- You can look new businesses opening near you and also for events as we have discussed earlier that every business and event requires security so you can go to the owner of sites and convince them to hire you for their security.You may also look forward for construction sites etc.
- Some New Businesses or construction sites hang a security hiring boards near their buildings/sites so you can also apply by there and if someone is hiring security so there is 99% surety that they may hire you.Because in 1st method they may also reject you but in this case they need you so you can get it easily.
- These days everything is getting digital you may have also seen security officer hiring,security guards hiring,events security guards hiring such types of social media posts you can also apply by here.
- You can also create social media posts like Need security job, need construction site security job, I am available for overnight security Job.
- If You Get Job At anywhere so always ask the contractor for his number or give yours to him as if he gets a contract from someone in the future so he may hire you again.
By Doing All Of These Steps You Can Get Easily a Security Job In Uk.
Our Advice:
Hope so you have read all the above steps. We should be very happy if someone gets his/her license by following our steps. Every Single word is written after a lot of hard work and research. Our Advice to you is that you should apply through institutes that are near you because they may have highly qualified and experienced staff to train you to get your license. If You apply through institutes you may also receive your license and badge earlier. Also when you met someone related to your security job so you should exchange a number with him.Because sometimes your contractor needs more than one person for security so you may ask him for that.And sometimes if he also needs someone so he may contact you. Also sometimes you may get sick during your contract Mean your contract with your contractor is for 4 days and you may get sick after 2 days so you may ask your friend to go instead for you and you can give your 2 days' salary to him.