For
Training, VSG is the Winner!
VSG, the UK provider of security services, has achieved another major
accolade by winning the prestigious and coveted Contribution to Skills
Development & Training Award at the 2008 Skills for Security Awards.
Sponsored by NOCN, the National Open College Network, this was the only
award presented at this year's ceremony - held at the Williams F1 Headquarters
in Oxford - and was won by VSG in the face of intense competition.
Winning
this award is recognition of VSG's commitment to excellence in training,
and in particular the company's development of a novel and innovative
training programme for security staff in shopping centres.
‘This is a fantastic achievement for us,’ said Sandra Warren,
VSG's Training Manager, ‘and we are especially thrilled that Skills
for Security - the skills and standards setting body for the security
business sector - has recognised the effort and commitment that VSG puts
into its training operations.’
‘Our success is very much the result of teamwork within our organisation.
Our training staff are dedicated to the achievement of excellence, and
have contributed magnificently to every stage of our new programme for
shopping centres, from initial concept, through development to the final
roll out and delivery.’
David Greer, Chief Executive at Skills for Security, said: ‘VSG is
a very worthy winner of this high profile award. There were a large number
of highly commendable entries, but the judging panel, which consisted
of experts who are independent of Skills for Security, felt that VSG's
work on its training programme for security staff in shopping centres
is not only unique, but also demonstrably effective - a true example of
using training as a bridge into career development progression.
‘We are delighted to have been able to highlight this superb example
of best practice to our colleagues within the industry, and to provide
public recognition for VSG's efforts and achievements’.
VSG developed its ground-breaking Shopping Centre Portfolio (SCP) training
programme after recognising that the knowledge and skills required of
a security team operating in a shopping centre were different from those
required in other retail and corporate environments.
The SCP programme has been carefully formulated to provide staff with
the full range of skills needed for their role including response skills,
such as counter-terrorism and first aid, as well as softer skills, such
as customer service and people awareness.
The programme, which forms part of the VSG tender process for all new
shopping centre opportunities, and which is also being rolled out across
the company's existing contracts, has proved extremely popular with clients.
VSG believes that SCP has been a major factor in the 18% increase in shopping
centre assignments that the company has achieved since its introduction.
2008 is proving to be one the most successful in VSG's 8 year history,
as this is the 7th nationally acclaimed honour it has achieved this year,
across all areas of the business. These include four accolades from the
BSIA (British Security Industry Association) and two from Security Industry's
‘Oscars’, the Security Excellence Awards, including Security
Guarding Company of the Year.
For further information, please contact VSG's Training Manager, Sandra
Warren, on 01604 744000.
For further information please telephone VSG on 01604 744014 or Email:
sales@vsg.co.uk
Web: http://www.vsg.co.uk
