SIA Door Supervisor / Security Guard License

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anyone has the experience recently of getting there door license?? i am just waiting for mine to come back. and so far the SIA have put my application through wrong, Sent all the correspondence to 10 doors down the road. and the best one of all they have LOST my Driving license and the paper counterpart!!

sorry for the rant but ive now been waiting 4 weeks and im still not at the decision stage, 3 of those 4 weeks were spent telling me that i had got the application wrong and needed to re-do it, and finally they have realised that its there fault :(

im now getting close to some work on a film set which i cant do without the license on my belt :(

just wondered if anyone knew a rough time scale from the checks stage to the license arriving through my door?
 
My Brother did his SIA licence thing before he did his bodyguard training and from memory it only took about 8 weeks in total.

****-ups can happen tho mate.
 
muhahaha you have just discovered how much of an incompetent waste of money and space the SIA are, if its all been sorted now and your licence is going through you should hopefully have it within a month. Although if you phone them and speak to a supervisor and make sure they understand it was all their fault and theres a high chance of you losing work theres a good chance it'l magically appear a bit quicker.

Also this site http://www.workingthedoors.co.uk/ has a good forum for questions and advice but its down at the minute for maintence
 
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thanks for the site!

well i am just at the waiting for criminal check. i have work coming up end of feb / start of march and have told them this. i really hope its through in time!!
 
It took, from sending off the forms to receiving my license, 13 weeks for my door supervisors badge.
The SIA reckon they've got it back down to under 6 weeks, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think when it got to my criminality check it only took a week or two from there to get the rather expensive card.
 
thats good to hear! well i will keep chasing them once this check is done! apparently i should get the check back here before the sia update there site :/

awww well. they still have 5 weeks lol
 
Four weeks is nothing really when it comes to waiting on the S.I.A processing an application. Some of my colleagues have had to wait 6+ months on theirs due to mistakes the S.I.A had made including sending a licence with the wrong name on it, with mine taking around 4 months. After you receive your disclosure it will probably be another 2-3 weeks until you receive the licence.

Are you working directly with the film studio or with a security company? If the latter then they should have no problems putting you into work right away as long as they know your application is being processed.
 
DDave said:
Four weeks is nothing really when it comes to waiting on the S.I.A processing an application. Some of my colleagues have had to wait 6+ months on theirs due to mistakes the S.I.A had made including sending a licence with the wrong name on it, with mine taking around 4 months. After you receive your disclosure it will probably be another 2-3 weeks until you receive the licence.

Are you working directly with the film studio or with a security company? If the latter then they should have no problems putting you into work right away as long as they know your application is being processed.
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ive been told that i need the badge to work :( i cant work of the LDN!( i think its that one lol) :(

so i will keep calling them once the decision is in! its a year long contract on the film set so i can go up whenever, but still i want to be there from the start really
 
Do you need any qualifications or experience to apply for a badge, or can anyone basically just fill out an application form and get one?

And if you already have a cleared CRB check, do you need to get it done again?
 
A2Z said:
Do you need any qualifications or experience to apply for a badge, or can anyone basically just fill out an application form and get one?

And if you already have a cleared CRB check, do you need to get it done again?
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you need to do a 4 day course! and there are then 2 exams! once you pass that you can then apply for the license (thats for the door supervisor badge)

yes they do the check themselves its all included in the price
 
Thanks for the info.

How much did you pay for everything total? Course..exams..badge..etc
 
Hugely tempted to get an SIA license, would mean i could work on the doors again, would make a nice extra bit of cash in the pocket :]
 
Morba said:
Hugely tempted to get an SIA license, would mean i could work on the doors again, would make a nice extra bit of cash in the pocket :]
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only reason im doing it. although i have got lucky with this film work :) if it all falls into place :)

i am very tempted to do a lot of festivals this year to! money seems very good
 
festivals can be great money, you get to do stupid amounts of hours and if you can get in with the normal staff then you might be able to bag some time during the setup and take down periods. Boring work at those points, but easy money.
I remember doing glasto for a few years, would be there about 10days before and around a week after. excellent bit of cash hehe
 
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