Bucks New University Approved Training Providers

Olympus security are leading providers for Bucks New University who deliver the SIA endorsed qualifications. Successful completion of the course will receive the highly respected certificate in protective security. Not only does this allow candidates to apply for the SIA close protection front line licence, but has the additional benefit of 15 course credits towards the Bucks New University foundation degree in close protection. Our training courses have been formulated to cover, not only the full range of the SIA core competency, but include numerous additional subjects vitally important to commercial close protection which are simply not covered outside our organisation.

It speaks for itself that any potential employer will certainly regard the level of training and qualification as paramount during any selection process of a suitable close protection operative. With this in mind we at Olympus, are confident that our level of training and expertise is unparalleled.

The course is available to both male and female candidates and all levels of experience. As a successful operational company, we are confident that during your time with us we can prepare you for what is both a challenging and extremely rewarding career.

As a respected operational provider of trained close protection operatives, we are fortunate to have sourced an exceptional level of instructional staff.

For over a decade our instructors have been responsible for training a wide and expanding range of operatives. These have ranged from some of the most elite military and police units in the world, to door supervisor staff, and even to those individuals who have no prior security background.

Course Content

Olympus Security Close Protection courses are now run in Hereford.

Ex+med UK Ltd will be conducting the First Responder Module of this course. Their courses are accredited and clinically approved by organisations such as the Health and Safety Executive and by the Royal College Of Surgeons (Edinburgh), faculty of pre hospital care. The course fulfils, over and above, the SIA requirements for Close Protection Officers. More details on this can be found at www.ex-med.co.uk

At Olympus Security, we adhere to the SIA core competency as a structural base for the current training qualification. Many clients require a greater degree of knowledge and expertise than the standard 150 guided learning hours. With this in mind, we at Olympus feel it is our responsibility to give our students the very best training available on order to prepare them for this demanding role.

All topics are covered with a mixed variety of classroom based, external, on the ground reality based scenarios, and additional out of hours individual tasking.

The culmination of this knowledge is drawn together on the final five day live exercise.

This is the longest and most comprehensive of its type in the commercial marketplace, it is an excellent test of the students' practical application.

A small example of the topics covered is shown below:

• Full intelligence gathering operation to be commenced
• Full search protocol both technical and physical means
• Secure briefings and de briefs
• Setting up operations room
• Setting up secure observation points
• Detailed map work
• Live protection exercise (individual tasking as leadership posts)
• Tactical driving and mobile navigation including all action on drills
• Full anti surveillance protocol
• Reaction to attack, immediate action drills, hard extraction of a principle
• Inter agency liaison (police, NGOs etc)

Although the aforementioned list is not exhaustive, it will relay suitable indication that our final exercise is second to none. It speaks for itself that this final exercise is invaluable in the preparation of candidates as suitable operatives for the commercial market.

Upon the successful completion of the course, students are given a thorough course report and assistance with our course after care subjects. This includes C.Vs, SIA licence application and assistance with some of the more personal aspects that a successful close protection operative may have to deal with.

Once again as a successful and expanding employer of trained operatives, we are seeking to employ the finest students from each of our courses.

Subjects covered during our courses include:

Whilst we cover all aspects of the government core competency, we exceed all guidelines in not only the subjects taught, but the depth to which they are applied on our courses.

A basic guide is included below:

Duties of a bodyguard

• Situational awareness including on street and off street drills
• Implementation of a full in depth close protection operation
• Implementation of a detailed residential security operation (including Safe houses)
• Team positions and tactics
• Solo close protection duties
• In depth geographical reconnaissance (including covert insertion)
• Risk analysis
• Use of vehicles (tactical driving applications)
• Operational planning (secure briefings and debriefs)
• Intelligence gathering (open and closed source enquires)
• Map work and route selection ( re grid of maps colour code etc)
• Search techniques (physical and technical)
• In depth legislation pertaining to CP (exceeds all guidelines)
• Surveillance awareness; to include:
  • Cover stories
  • Decoy tactics
  • Props teams
  • Team positions and tactics
  • Covert communication
  • Surveillance radio procedure
  • Covert operations Hard and soft extraction
  • Open and closed source enquiries
  • Surveillance legislation
  • Directed surveillance authority how to conduct and maintain
  • Inter agency liaison (police, intelligence services etc)
  • RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
• Conflict management
• Law and legislation
• Unarmed combat training
• Situational awareness
• use of force, use of decoys, etc
• Improvised weapons and instant arming (how lethal weapons are constructed from everyday items etc)
• Kubotan training, takedowns, groundwork extraction of a principle etc
• Weapon disarm tactics (knife, pistol, SMG, etc)
• Combat handcuff tactics (rigid cuffing, multiple cuffing techniques)
• Baton training (ASP, PPCT, PR24)
• Open hand use of body weapons

Olympus security Ltd holds SIA approved contractor status for the Provision of Security Guarding, Door Supervision and Close Protection services

For Further information:
www.the-sia.org.uk
www.bcuc.ac.uk