ISPS Awareness Training for Security Staff

We can create a bespoke training package to enhance the skills of any personnel engaged in security roles delivered at your location, please contact us for further details. we can also provide general awareness training for any staff working within your port facility.

 Port facility personnel with specific security duties should have specialist knowledge and  receive appropriate awareness training.   Refresher  training should be undertaken  no longer than 18 months.  

• Knowledge of current security threats and patterns;

• Recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and devices;  

• Techniques used to circumvent security measures;  

• Security-related communications; 

• Operation of security equipment and systems;  

• Testing, calibration and maintenance of security equipment and systems as  appropriate; 

• Methods of physical searches of persons, personal effects, baggage,  vehicles, cargo and ships’ stores;

• Bomb threat assessment procedures.   

 We strongly believe that any personnel involved in search operations should receive comprehensive training that includes not only search techniques but the also the legislation that underpins the requirement to search and also the soft skills of communication.

 • Search legislation

•Testing, calibration and maintenance of security equipment and systems as  appropriate;

• Methods of physical searches of persons, personal effects, baggage,  vehicles, cargo and ships’ stores;

• Hand and visual search techniques

• Using HHMD 

• Concealed items

• Dynamic risk assessments

• Communication skills

• Conflict resolution 

Security staff at ports are expected to have awareness training in the recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and  devices. With the advent of the new  Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025  this training will also be valuable to any person involved in venue or event security. 

• Introduction to explosives and incendiaries

• Explosive classification and categories

• IED & IID types and components 

• Stages of an explosion and their effects

• Firearms and ammunition

• Detection of firearms & explosives

• Human injuries

• Introduction to CBRN

• Dangerous Goods awareness