Our Events Planning Team were in St Andrew’s, Fife last week for the first of our pre-event walkrounds for this year’s 150th Open Championship. Our first team are on the ground in 2 weeks time for the build phase which will see them based there for the next 5 months in these picturesque surroundings which is renowned as the oldest and most iconic golf course in the world.
This week our recruitment teams attended careers fairs in Dundee & Edinburgh. Over 5,000 job seekers spent both days networking with local and national companies to discover new opportunities and our team was on hand engaging with job seekers outlining Security Scotland’s current fulltime positions as well as our seasonal summer event positions. This week sees the recruitment team heading to the National Stadium – Hampden Park, Glasgow for another busy day.
Are you looking for a summer job where you will work at world class events, incredible outdoor shows, and work with a dynamic management & supervision team? Are you looking to supplement your income and meet great new workmates? Are you free on specific event or competition days where you will experience friendly and interesting places of work? Security Scotland are recruiting across Scotland for SIA Licensed Security and Event Customer Service Stewards as we prepare for one of our busiest summers yet, with more exciting shows still to be added. Ideal candidates must be over 18 with a friendly and outgoing approach, be presentable and have excellent communication skills, which should include written English. The shifts will be to your preference of either days, nights, or weekends although a degree of flexibility is required. If you wish to be considered, please email jobs@securityscotland.com Roll on Summer 2022 !!
Congratulations to our March EOTM Head Office Recruitment, Vetting and Compliance Teams. Our recruitment and vetting teams work exceptionally hard to ensure that everyone who joins the Security Scotland team are the best people for the job. Ensuring that every single person provides the correct documentation to ensure we comply with the British Standard 7858 Screening of individuals working in a secure environment the teams ensure our clients can rely on us to provide a consistently excellent service to them and their customers. The team’s collective hard work recently paid off with Security Scotland achieving their best score to date in this years Security Industry Authority Approved Contractors Scheme audit. Well done to everyone involved !!
Congratulations to our February EOTM Sam Steel Sam responded in an excellent manner to a highly distressing incident. Whilst on site Sam viewed what initially seemed to be an intoxicated male passing by the site however whilst continuing his observations Sam’s concern for the individual caused him to react in the way which saved the man’s life. Sam went above and beyond his role and his quick thinking whilst maintaining the Security of the site is the type of action we wish to be openly praising and acknowledging to get the best out of our colleagues. Well Done, Sam!!
Over the last few months, our Training Team have been working hard compiling a counter terrorism focused training course for our people that goes into greater detail than previous courses. The new pilot course – “Hostile Awareness”, focuses on specific behaviours, traits, and the suspicious activity of would-be terrorists. The course has been compiled by an ex-Police Scotland CT Tactics Trainer, so the methodology is current as well as the content all being available open source. This week saw the first cohort of candidate’s test driving this pilot course and the feedback was excellent.
Congratulations to our January EOTM Ian Forrest Ian is always very reliable, accommodating, and super helpful is just some of the feedback we have had for him… and we agree!! His versatility allows him to pick-up last-minute requests or swich shifts last minute. We recieved good feedback from site leads regarding him as well as our event clients. Further feedback as have received is that Ian is always the first guy to be moving all the barriers and setting up The Edinburgh Playhouse. He’s often seen sweeping up and removing all the rubbish around the doorway and is generally a helpful, pleasant chap! Well Done, Ian!!
Regularly washing our hands with soap and water still remains one of the most effective tools in the ongoing fight against COVID-19, helping protect ourselves and others. While it may seem a small thing, it makes a big difference in keeping us all safe day to day.
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Since the end of October our Specialist Services teams have been deployed at a host of locations throughout the country in conjunction with the COP26 event taking place in Glasgow. Our close protection officers, behavioural detection officers and rope access teams were all deployed throughout the 2-week event. In addition, we continually carried out penetration tests on all our client’s premises to ensure the integrity of each site was at the forefront of our staff’s minds. Our Head of Field Operations, Mark Leonard commented “this event was one of the UK’s largest Policing Operations with around 10,000 officers deployed daily and we were delighted to play our part in supporting visiting delegates, heads of state, royalty and of course the local Glasgow & Edinburgh business communities”.