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Friday, April 6, 2012
How Do You Tell if Somebody Is Lying?
"Is he lying?" Odds are, you'll never know. Although people have been communicating with one another for tens of thousands of years, more than 3 decades of psychological research have found that most individuals are abysmally poor lie detectors. In the only worldwide study of its kind, scientists asked more than 2,000 people from nearly 60 countries, "How can you tell when people are lying?" From Botswana to Belgium, the number-one answer was the same: Liars avert their gaze.
"This is ... the most prevalent stereotype about deception in the world," says Charles Bond of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, who led the research project. And yet gaze aversion, like other commonly held stereotypes about liars, isn't correlated with lying at all, studies have shown. Liars don't shift around or touch their noses or clear their throats any more than truth tellers do.
Source and ©: CBS, Science News, Carrie Lock
This topic is a frequent issue of discussion on the following courses:
BTEC Professional Award in Workplace Investigation and Interviewing, 23-25 April, UK
Crime Prevention and Security Design, UK, 25-29 June, UK
ASIS CPP Certification Intensive Preparation Programme, UK, 3-19 September
The latter, which is based on the POA Manual, is quite rigid in its approach, arguing that there are definite indicators that a person is lying, verbal and non-verbal.
My experience differs slightly. While there are some people who, under pressure of interview, display obvious lie signs, I have seen the same signs displayed by truthful people who are put into a stress situation (such as an interview). I have also interviewed many liars who have displayed absolutely no tell-take signs at all, sometimes because they are accomplished liars, or sometimes because they don’t accept that what they have done was dishonest. Since childhood, for example, we are given toys and encouraged to be imaginative!
Your views and experiences?
More on the original CBS article at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_5_166/ai_n6205884/
"This is ... the most prevalent stereotype about deception in the world," says Charles Bond of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, who led the research project. And yet gaze aversion, like other commonly held stereotypes about liars, isn't correlated with lying at all, studies have shown. Liars don't shift around or touch their noses or clear their throats any more than truth tellers do.
Source and ©: CBS, Science News, Carrie Lock
This topic is a frequent issue of discussion on the following courses:
BTEC Professional Award in Workplace Investigation and Interviewing, 23-25 April, UK
Crime Prevention and Security Design, UK, 25-29 June, UK
ASIS CPP Certification Intensive Preparation Programme, UK, 3-19 September
The latter, which is based on the POA Manual, is quite rigid in its approach, arguing that there are definite indicators that a person is lying, verbal and non-verbal.
My experience differs slightly. While there are some people who, under pressure of interview, display obvious lie signs, I have seen the same signs displayed by truthful people who are put into a stress situation (such as an interview). I have also interviewed many liars who have displayed absolutely no tell-take signs at all, sometimes because they are accomplished liars, or sometimes because they don’t accept that what they have done was dishonest. Since childhood, for example, we are given toys and encouraged to be imaginative!
Your views and experiences?
More on the original CBS article at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_5_166/ai_n6205884/
Monday, July 25, 2011
Expanding Your Horizons as a Security Professional
ARC has an exciting programme of courses over the coming months, with something for all levels. If you are looking for core-skills training in security management, you should consider either:
• Security Management Stage 1, 8-19 August and again 14-25 November (UK). This core-skills course, attended by hundreds of security managers worldwide, is university accredited and provides the initial step towards the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management. The course is also scheduled to run in Kuala Lumpur, 12-23 September, and Nigeria, 3-14 October.
• BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Coordination and Management, 5-9 September (UK) and 14-18 November (Singapore). This course provides delegates with a recognised Edexcel award in security management. Edexcel professional awards are recognised across the world.
If you have attended a core skills course in security management, you may wish to consider Security Management Stage 2, 10-21 October (UK), which focuses on the more advanced concepts in security management.
Security Management Stage 3, 19-30 September, is a two-week programme that focuses on the broader contribution that security managers can make to their organisations, especially at the strategic level. The course assumes that delegates have a broad education in generic security management, having attended Security Management Stages 1 and 2, or having already undertaken CPP.
The Burrill-Green Masterclass in Strategic Security Management, 31 October - 4 November, is intended for the most senior practitioners of corporate security and those with realistic aspirations to take up such a position. This is a unique learning experience and applications for places will be scrutinised accordingly to ensure that all participants are sufficiently “pre-qualified”. If you have completed Security Management Stages 1-3, hold a CPP, or are operating at regional security management level or higher, this is an ideal programme for you.
BTEC Professional Awards offer certificated proof of your competence in security management. Train to security survey with the BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Surveying and Design, 12-16 September (UK), train to investigate with the BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Workplace Investigating and Interviewing, 3-6 October (UK), or simply aim for the generic BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Coordination and Management (details above).
For information on any of these opportunities, just click on the course title to be taken to the respective ARC webpage, or contact janetward@arc-tc.com
• Security Management Stage 1, 8-19 August and again 14-25 November (UK). This core-skills course, attended by hundreds of security managers worldwide, is university accredited and provides the initial step towards the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management. The course is also scheduled to run in Kuala Lumpur, 12-23 September, and Nigeria, 3-14 October.
• BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Coordination and Management, 5-9 September (UK) and 14-18 November (Singapore). This course provides delegates with a recognised Edexcel award in security management. Edexcel professional awards are recognised across the world.
If you have attended a core skills course in security management, you may wish to consider Security Management Stage 2, 10-21 October (UK), which focuses on the more advanced concepts in security management.
Security Management Stage 3, 19-30 September, is a two-week programme that focuses on the broader contribution that security managers can make to their organisations, especially at the strategic level. The course assumes that delegates have a broad education in generic security management, having attended Security Management Stages 1 and 2, or having already undertaken CPP.
The Burrill-Green Masterclass in Strategic Security Management, 31 October - 4 November, is intended for the most senior practitioners of corporate security and those with realistic aspirations to take up such a position. This is a unique learning experience and applications for places will be scrutinised accordingly to ensure that all participants are sufficiently “pre-qualified”. If you have completed Security Management Stages 1-3, hold a CPP, or are operating at regional security management level or higher, this is an ideal programme for you.
BTEC Professional Awards offer certificated proof of your competence in security management. Train to security survey with the BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Surveying and Design, 12-16 September (UK), train to investigate with the BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Workplace Investigating and Interviewing, 3-6 October (UK), or simply aim for the generic BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Coordination and Management (details above).
For information on any of these opportunities, just click on the course title to be taken to the respective ARC webpage, or contact janetward@arc-tc.com
Welcome to Laura
2011 has been the busiest year so far for ARC, and we are welcoming record numbers onto our courses. This has led to an expansion of the support team and ARC is delighted to welcome Laura Campbell as latest addition to the organisation. Laura will perform the dual role of marketing and academic coordination. Laura joins ARC direct from Reading University, where she has been reading Politics and International Relations. Those blog readers who are working towards the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management will have the most direct contact with Laura, as she increasingly takes on responsibility for the coordination your post-course assignments.
Laura can be contacted at laura@arc-tc.com, and very much looks forward to working with you in the future.
Sharing Oil and Gas Security Management Expertise
Last week 16 delegates representing countries as diverse as Angola, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, UK, and the UAE, and major oil producers including Shell, BP, Total and Chevron, gathered at ARC Training for the now annual Managing Security Risks in the Oil and Gas Sector Course. Covering many aspects of oil and gas security, including security risk analysis, onshore maritime security, human rights and indigenous populations, corporate social responsibility, pipeline security, refinery and terminal security, activism and retail security, the course included a detailed syndicate project in which delegates produces a security strategy for a notional exploration and production operation in Angola.
In feedback, 100% of the delegates rated the courses as “good” or “excellent”, and all indicated that they “would recommend the course to a colleague”.
Full course contents can be found at http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/SpecialisedSecurityCourses.asp#msr
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Terrorism, Pandemics or Something Else - The Future
Despite the recent lowering of the UK terrorism alert level from Severe to Substantial, it is worth taking a look at the current UK Civil Emergencies National Risk Register http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/nationalriskregister-2010.pdf , in which attacks on crowded places and attacks on transport remain high likelihood events. A little lower down than terrorism on the likelihood scale but significantly higher on the impact scale is pandemic disease. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_097137
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Future according to the World Economic Forum - Climate Change, Fiscal Crises, Geopolitical Conflict, Energy and Water Insecurity
The World Economic Forum Global Risks 2011 Report is a detailed analysis of the risk landscape for the coming five years. Prominent among those risks that are expected to have the greatest likelihood of occurrence/impact are climate change, fiscal crises, geopolitical conflict, extreme energy price volatility and water security.
An understanding of future likely global risks is important to businesses when developing strategy and to security managers in particular who are tasked with producing a parallel and commensurate security management strategy.
The Global Risks 2011 Report is one of a number of documents that will be analysed during the Corporate Risk Management module by delegates attending the forthcoming university-accredited (postgraduate-level) Security Management Stage 3 Course. Other subjects addressed by the course include Corporate Social Responsibility, Setting a Vision for Corporate Security, Kidnap Risk Reduction & Response, Illicit Trade & Counterfeiting, Product Tampering & Extortion, Espionage and Investigating Information Leaks, Security Project Management, IT Security – Managing Strategic Risks, Terrorism – Future Trends & Responses, External Liaison & Stakeholder Engagement, Business Expansion – Security Considerations, Security Intelligence, and Dealing with Protest Activity.
The course is aimed at those who have completed Security Management Stages 1 and 2, but is also suitable for those who are CPP-certified, and provides a full three-year term of CFE recertification credits.
For details contact Janet or visit http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
An understanding of future likely global risks is important to businesses when developing strategy and to security managers in particular who are tasked with producing a parallel and commensurate security management strategy.
The Global Risks 2011 Report is one of a number of documents that will be analysed during the Corporate Risk Management module by delegates attending the forthcoming university-accredited (postgraduate-level) Security Management Stage 3 Course. Other subjects addressed by the course include Corporate Social Responsibility, Setting a Vision for Corporate Security, Kidnap Risk Reduction & Response, Illicit Trade & Counterfeiting, Product Tampering & Extortion, Espionage and Investigating Information Leaks, Security Project Management, IT Security – Managing Strategic Risks, Terrorism – Future Trends & Responses, External Liaison & Stakeholder Engagement, Business Expansion – Security Considerations, Security Intelligence, and Dealing with Protest Activity.
The course is aimed at those who have completed Security Management Stages 1 and 2, but is also suitable for those who are CPP-certified, and provides a full three-year term of CFE recertification credits.
For details contact Janet or visit http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
What Is the Connection between the Serengeti National Park and the World’s Biggest LNG Project?
Monday 16 May will see the simultaneous start of two of ARC’s most popular two-week, university-accredited (postgraduate) courses.
In the UK, 16 professionals from Brazil, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, and Yemen will be attending the Security Management Stage 3 Course, an advanced programme to prepare managers for senior-level/regional-level security management responsibility. For some, this will also be a crucial step towards achieving their MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management.
Alongside conventional security risk issues such as kidnap, terrorism, malicious contamination and extortion, illicit trade, business espionage, IT threats, security project management and activism, the course will address some of the more complex issues of security management such as widening the remit of the security professional, adding value to the security management programme, corporate social responsibility, external liaison and stakeholder engagement, security considerations in business expansion into new regions, and security intelligence. The course includes a wide range of professionals ranging from South Africa regional government security heads to professionals from the world’s biggest LNG operation.
Meanwhile, in Kenya, 11 professionals from Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa will begin the core-skills Security Management Stage 1 Course. As well as security managers from traditional security operating environments, course delegates will include wardens from some of Tanzania’s world famous parks, including the Serengeti.
Full details of all ARC courses can be found at www.arc-tc.com, or by emailing janetward@arc-tc.com
In the UK, 16 professionals from Brazil, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, and Yemen will be attending the Security Management Stage 3 Course, an advanced programme to prepare managers for senior-level/regional-level security management responsibility. For some, this will also be a crucial step towards achieving their MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management.
Alongside conventional security risk issues such as kidnap, terrorism, malicious contamination and extortion, illicit trade, business espionage, IT threats, security project management and activism, the course will address some of the more complex issues of security management such as widening the remit of the security professional, adding value to the security management programme, corporate social responsibility, external liaison and stakeholder engagement, security considerations in business expansion into new regions, and security intelligence. The course includes a wide range of professionals ranging from South Africa regional government security heads to professionals from the world’s biggest LNG operation.
Meanwhile, in Kenya, 11 professionals from Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa will begin the core-skills Security Management Stage 1 Course. As well as security managers from traditional security operating environments, course delegates will include wardens from some of Tanzania’s world famous parks, including the Serengeti.
Full details of all ARC courses can be found at www.arc-tc.com, or by emailing janetward@arc-tc.com
40% of Execs Expect Major Cyber Attack on Electricity Industry in Next 12 Months
Source: InfoSecurity.com
A full 40% of executives from electricity firms think their industry is more vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Close to 30% of respondents believe their company was not prepared for a cyberattack, and more than 40% expect a major cyberattack within the next year, according to a survey of 200 IT security executives from electricity infrastructure enterprises in 14 countries conducted by Vanson Bourne for McAfee and CSIS. The survey results are presented in their new report "In the Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyberattacks".
The energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only a single percentage point (51%) compared to last year’s report, and the oil and gas industries increased only by three percentage points (48%).
“Perhaps one of the most frightening findings in the report is the fact that, although the security threat and awareness of the threat have increased exponentially, the energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only one percent”, Phyllis Schneck, chief technology officer for public sector at McAfee, wrote in a blog.
Schneck offered two reasons for this lag in security investment by the energy sector. First, there is a lack of incentive to invest in security when the threats are not tangible. Second, cybersecurity investment decisions are made at the chief information officer level, when they need to be made at the chief executive level. “Cyber security is a business risk – if the lights go out, everyone loses money”, she said.
Full report at: http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/17597/40-of-execs-expect-major-cyber-attack-on-electricity-industry-in-next-12-months/
A full 40% of executives from electricity firms think their industry is more vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Close to 30% of respondents believe their company was not prepared for a cyberattack, and more than 40% expect a major cyberattack within the next year, according to a survey of 200 IT security executives from electricity infrastructure enterprises in 14 countries conducted by Vanson Bourne for McAfee and CSIS. The survey results are presented in their new report "In the Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyberattacks".
The energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only a single percentage point (51%) compared to last year’s report, and the oil and gas industries increased only by three percentage points (48%).
“Perhaps one of the most frightening findings in the report is the fact that, although the security threat and awareness of the threat have increased exponentially, the energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only one percent”, Phyllis Schneck, chief technology officer for public sector at McAfee, wrote in a blog.
Schneck offered two reasons for this lag in security investment by the energy sector. First, there is a lack of incentive to invest in security when the threats are not tangible. Second, cybersecurity investment decisions are made at the chief information officer level, when they need to be made at the chief executive level. “Cyber security is a business risk – if the lights go out, everyone loses money”, she said.
Full report at: http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/17597/40-of-execs-expect-major-cyber-attack-on-electricity-industry-in-next-12-months/
Monday, May 9, 2011
Demonstrating Competence in Advanced Security Management Concepts
14 candidates have this morning begun a week’s intensive study with ARC that will lead them to the ASIS CPP examination next week. Most candidates are from the UK, but the group also includes one Russian, one Irishman and two South Africans. The candidates are hopeful of becoming part of the unique body of just 6,000 security professionals worldwide (of whom about 130 are in the UK) who have earned this prestigious designation in advanced security management.
The week-long course is the culmination of 4 months of distance learning, totalling some 160 hours of hard study, during which they have assimilated the key points from thousands of pages of reference material, covering generic management and leadership principles, organising and managing a security function, personnel security, investigations, crisis management, the law, physical security, and information/IT security.
ARC has a good track record in preparing candidates for this very difficult examination, the pass mark for which is 80%. Typically, about 8 out of every 10 ARC-trained candidates pass first time. But the examination is not for the faint hearted. Each year the questions become more difficult, making it a very hard qualification to achieve. In recent years the exam has changed from a memory-recall challenge into a true competence-assessment test by the clever wording of the questions. Only the most dedicated candidates make it through the distance learning phase into the classroom, and only the top of the profession pass the examination.
The week-long course is the culmination of 4 months of distance learning, totalling some 160 hours of hard study, during which they have assimilated the key points from thousands of pages of reference material, covering generic management and leadership principles, organising and managing a security function, personnel security, investigations, crisis management, the law, physical security, and information/IT security.
ARC has a good track record in preparing candidates for this very difficult examination, the pass mark for which is 80%. Typically, about 8 out of every 10 ARC-trained candidates pass first time. But the examination is not for the faint hearted. Each year the questions become more difficult, making it a very hard qualification to achieve. In recent years the exam has changed from a memory-recall challenge into a true competence-assessment test by the clever wording of the questions. Only the most dedicated candidates make it through the distance learning phase into the classroom, and only the top of the profession pass the examination.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tankers Could be Used for Terror Attacks: Somali Prime Minister
Source: Uganda Daily Monitor
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Tankers Could be Used for Terror Attacks: Somali Prime Minister
Source: Uganda Daily Monitor
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Advanced-Level Education in Security Management
14 delegates from a diverse range of countries, including Brazil, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Qatar, South Africa and Yemen will be attending the strategic level Security Management Stage 3 Course at the ARC Training International Academy for Security Management during the period 16-27 May.
For many, the course will mark the almost midway point on their way to achieving the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management, a unique collaboration between Middlesex University and ARC. Topics that will be studied can be found at http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
Recent events in the Middle East are sure to feature prominently in the sessions on strategic risk management and the security challenges of business expansion into new markets
For many, the course will mark the almost midway point on their way to achieving the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management, a unique collaboration between Middlesex University and ARC. Topics that will be studied can be found at http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
Recent events in the Middle East are sure to feature prominently in the sessions on strategic risk management and the security challenges of business expansion into new markets
Every 3000th Click on a Website Could Infect Your Computer...Even if the Site is Legitimate and Well-Known!
Here's how....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12539993
IT security is one of 15 essential subjects covered during Security Management Stage 1. The next UK course takes place 8-19 August. Click here for details, or email Janet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12539993
IT security is one of 15 essential subjects covered during Security Management Stage 1. The next UK course takes place 8-19 August. Click here for details, or email Janet.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Dubai: Delegates from 7 Countries Complete the First Step to Gaining MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management.
Delegates representing UK, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan completed the two-week university-accredited Security Management Stage 1 Course in Dubai, yesterday, 21 April, excelling in their end-of-course assessments.For almost all of the delegates, this course marks the first step en route to achieving the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management, awarded by London’s Middlesex University.
The Security Management Stage 1 Course, developed and delivered by the ARC Training International Academy for Security Management, is the most popular core-skills security management training course in the world. It has been undertaken by over a thousand security managers from almost 100 different countries.
Forthcoming Security Management Stage 1 Courses are as follows:
Kenya 16-27 May, UK 8-19 August, Nigeria 3-14 October, UK 14-25 November, Singapore 6-17 February 2012
For more information, contact Janet.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Maritime Piracy Hits All-Time High Q1 2011 - Oil Tankers a Particular Focus
Source and Copyright: UPI.com
Somali pirates are increasingly threatening global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf as they extend their attacks ever deeper into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, morphing from a tactical nuisance to a strategic danger.
Three supertankers have been seized so far this year, the first time since the piracy plague began in 2006 that so many have been captured in a three-month period.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2011/04/14/Somali-pirates-zero-in-on-oil-tanker-lanes/UPI-35161302806016/#ixzz1JkIYebuF
Somali pirates are increasingly threatening global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf as they extend their attacks ever deeper into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, morphing from a tactical nuisance to a strategic danger.
Three supertankers have been seized so far this year, the first time since the piracy plague began in 2006 that so many have been captured in a three-month period.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2011/04/14/Somali-pirates-zero-in-on-oil-tanker-lanes/UPI-35161302806016/#ixzz1JkIYebuF
How to Gain a Qualification in Workplace Investigating
“a fantastic course which I would definitely recommend to others! The content was spot on and the material very well presented.”
Last week 12 delegates representing a variety of international and UK-based organisations successfully completed the first Workplace Investigation and Interviewing Course at ARC’s training centre in Berkshire. Delivered by Angus Darroch-Warren, the course is an approved Edexcel Level 4 Professional Award and is believed to be the first course of this type to receive this recognition in the UK.
The delegates learnt how to conduct effective and legally compliant workplace investigations. Delegates studied theoretical concepts in the classroom, covering topics such as risk management, the law, criminal and civil procedure, the disciplinary process and communication skills. They were also tasked with managing a set of practical scenarios which required them to collect and analyse investigation material, conduct interviews and present their findings in a workplace context. In the words of one delegate it was a “fantastic course which I would definitely recommend to others! The content was spot on and the material very well presented.”
The next Edexcel Level 4 Professional Award in Workplace Investigations and Interviewing Course takes place 3-6 October. This is becoming a very popular course, so do be sure to register early, by contacting Janet.
Last week 12 delegates representing a variety of international and UK-based organisations successfully completed the first Workplace Investigation and Interviewing Course at ARC’s training centre in Berkshire. Delivered by Angus Darroch-Warren, the course is an approved Edexcel Level 4 Professional Award and is believed to be the first course of this type to receive this recognition in the UK.The delegates learnt how to conduct effective and legally compliant workplace investigations. Delegates studied theoretical concepts in the classroom, covering topics such as risk management, the law, criminal and civil procedure, the disciplinary process and communication skills. They were also tasked with managing a set of practical scenarios which required them to collect and analyse investigation material, conduct interviews and present their findings in a workplace context. In the words of one delegate it was a “fantastic course which I would definitely recommend to others! The content was spot on and the material very well presented.”
The next Edexcel Level 4 Professional Award in Workplace Investigations and Interviewing Course takes place 3-6 October. This is becoming a very popular course, so do be sure to register early, by contacting Janet.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Becoming Qualified as a Security Surveyor
The recent Security Surveying and Design Course was ARC’s first to be run as a BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Security Surveying and Design. To the delight of the trainer, and to the credit of the delegates, all have been awarded provisional passes.The delegates came from mixed experience backgrounds including banking, oil and gas, retail and national policing (Carabinieri). The survey was conducted on a retail operation and despite their non-familiarity with the risk profile of the industry sector the delegates were able to relate the course material to the survey, and produced a creditable report.
It is encouraging to see delegates develop so quickly through the week and establish a strong team ethic. The practical application of the course content makes the learning experience much more meaningful.
The next BTEC Level 4 Professional Award Course in Security Surveying and Design takes place 12-16 September 2011. For details click here or contact Janet.
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