Lisburn
Company Receives Coveted Industry Award
Federal Security Services, based in Lisburn is the largest provider of
security services on the island of Ireland. The company’s team of
over 3,000 dedicated professionals has been awarded a prestigious industry
accolade from Skills for Security, the Skills and Standards Setting Body,
for the UK security industry.
The award for 'Contribution to Skills Development and Training', sponsored
by the National Open College Network (NOCN), was presented to the organisation
at the Skills for Security Conference at the La Mon Hotel, Co Down, on
4th November.
Left
to right: Brendan Flynn, Federal Security Services, Professor Jill Brunt,
NOCN, Shauna Rogers, Federal Security Services and David Greer, Skills
for Security
Federal
Security Services demonstrated that the organisation undertook a training
needs analysis for its management and staff, so that it could tailor its
training requirements to match those required by each of its individual
clients. The training that was implemented has produced higher standards
of work performance, effective management and implementation of change,
encouragement of team spirit, increased retention rates as a result of
greater job satisfaction and the development of a multi-skilled workforce.
Shauna Rogers, Federal's Human Resources and Diversity Manager comments,
‘We are dedicated to the achievement of excellence and have developed
bespoke training plans, with support from the Institute of Leadership
and Management, which has seen 11 of our managers complete Level 5 qualifications
and all of our supervision teams studying for Level 3 qualifications.
We are extremely pleased that our efforts have been acknowledged and hope
this sets a precedent for the industry.’
The entry particularly impressed the independent, judging panel which
comprised of Editors from some of the leading trade press publications,
who commented that this was ‘An excellent entry, that demonstrates
training as a means to an end, to benefit both clients and themselves
and that their entry sets a benchmark for peers to follow.’David
Greer, Chief Executive, Skills for Security said, ‘The standard of
entries this year was very high and the judges had a hard task to identify
a winner. Federal is providing a perfect example of how continuous training
and development of management and staff can contribute to the company's
objectives and ultimately have an effect on their bottom line.’
For further information please contact Ian Melanophy, Head of Operations
at Federal Security Services, on 02892 622 211 or email ian.melanophy@federalsecuritygroup.com
