Door Supervisor Top-Up Refresher training helps you renew your SIA Door Supervisor licence, so you keep earning and working on security shifts. Door work pays £12.71 to £25 an hour.
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If your Door Supervisor licence is expiring, you can't renew it without this refresher: the SIA requires it before any renewal. It's 2 days of training that brings you in line with the new SIA standards, covering everything added since you last trained. You already know the job. This course keeps you qualified to keep doing it.
The updated course adds:
Terror threat awareness Advanced search techniques Vulnerability awareness, including spiking Enhanced physical intervention skills
The Top-Up Refresher replaces the previous Top-Up training with crucial updates: terror threat awareness, advanced search techniques for effective security checks, vulnerability awareness for issues like spiking, and enhanced physical intervention skills. The updates align with the latest SIA standards, so you finish with the skills modern door work asks for and a renewal that goes through smoothly.
Basic physical intervention skills General security protocols for compliance Foundational skills for door supervisors Enhanced physical intervention skills for effective conflict management Terror threat awareness, so you can respond to today's risks Vulnerability awareness, including issues like spiking Advanced search techniques for effective security checksWhat hasn't changed: the course still takes just 2 days, and the price stays the same.
Our Door Supervisor Top-Up Refresher course includes practical, scenario-based training delivered by expert SIA trainers, and meets the latest SIA standards for renewing your Door Supervisor licence.
This refresher is for anyone who already holds a Door Supervisor licence and is approaching its 3-year expiry — or whose licence has recently lapsed.
If you want to keep working doors and events without losing time or income to a gap in your licence, this is where you renew.
Hold a current or recently-expired Door Supervisor licence Want to renew without repeating 6 days of training Need to meet the SIA's 2025 refresher requirement Are ready to keep working doors, events and venuesWe send you the e-learning videos when you book. Complete them before your course day.
The updates since you last trained: terror threat awareness, spotting vulnerability, protecting the public from spiking, and advanced search techniques.
Updated, safer intervention techniques, practised on your feet, then a practical exam. You leave current, compliant and confident.
Included with every booking for a limited time: a £49.99 course free, covering how to spot drug harm and handle incidents on shift.
Want to see the format before your course day? Try the free Door Supervisor refresher mock exams: real exam-style questions, unlimited attempts.
Before booking your Top-Up Refresher, make sure you have:
An expiring Door Supervisor licence: this course is for renewing an existing Door Supervisor licence, not getting a first one. New to security? Book the full Door Supervisor course. First Aid: a valid Emergency First Aid qualification (EFAW or higher) with at least 12 months of validity left. Show it to your trainer on the day. No certificate? We run the 1-day Emergency First Aid course too: add it to your booking at checkout as the First Aid + Top-Up package. E-learning: we send you the e-learning videos when you book. Just finish them before your course starts. Criminal record: the SIA re-checks your record when you renew. Anything changed since your last application? Use the free SIA criminal record checker.Training centres across the UK. Search your postcode for local dates, venues and prices.
Pass the 2-day Top-Up Refresher, then apply for renewal on the SIA's website. The SIA charges a £204 renewal fee, and the renewed licence is valid for another 3 years. Once your checks are in progress, the SIA typically takes ~2 to 4 weeks to reach a decision.
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The refresher covers terror threat awareness, advanced search techniques, vulnerability and spiking awareness, and enhanced physical intervention skills. You complete short e-learning before attending the classroom course, then apply for renewal through the SIA.
You cannot legally work as a door supervisor with an expired licence. Regardless of how long you've been in the industry, once your licence expires the only way to resume working is by taking the refresher course and renewing your SIA licence. Book early enough to complete the course and submit your application before your current licence expires.
The Security Guard Top-Up Refresher is shorter at one day because it does not include the physical intervention unit included in the Door Supervisor refresher course.
The training is scenario-based, so you practise applying the updated knowledge rather than only reading about it.
When booking, choose a classroom date at a centre near you. If you need a new licence rather than a renewal, the Door Supervisor training course explains the full six-day route.
If you do not have a valid certificate, add the Emergency First Aid at Work course to your booking so you can complete both requirements without arranging a separate provider.
Your trainer prepares you for both parts during the two days, and results are normally available on the day. You can also practise with our free Door Supervisor refresher mock exams.
Get Licensed currently quotes around two to four weeks once checks are in progress, but the SIA says it cannot guarantee an exact processing time. Use the SIA licence renewal guide and the SIA's decision-timescale indicator when planning.
Instalment options may be available for the course fee at checkout.
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