The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has published a profile of the door supervision sector. The ‘snapshot’ report looks at employment issues. It draws on findings from recent surveys and past research by the SIA. It also uses data from the SIA licensing system. That data shows that the number of door supervisor licences and licence applications is the highest it has been in the last ten years.
Responses to surveys by the SIA suggest that some companies within the sector have found it difficult to recruit and retain door supervisors (more in the September 2021 print edition of Professional Security magazine). Responses indicated that the main barriers to retention include:
– some door supervisors have found alternative work during the pandemic and are reluctant to return to the sector;
– and some who have previously worked as door supervisors are reluctant to come off furlough pay.
Responses to surveys undertaken by the SIA also indicated that barriers to recruitment and retention are:
– low pay
– unsociable hours
– job insecurity
– high levels of physical and verbal abuse, training costs; and
– the licence application fee (application or renewal).
The full findings and data from this research can be found on gov.uk.
The SIA expects to publish further sector profiles.
