Training

Crowd management development

by Mark Rowe

Four of the event security company Showsec’s operations executives have been awarded a Foundation Degree in Applied Professional Studies in Crowd Management, the Leicester-based company’s latest graduates through a partnership with the University of Derby.

Glen Stevenson, Simon Howard and Carlos Campbell donned gowns and mortarboards for a recent graduation ceremony at the Derby Arena. A fourth Operations Executive, Mark Norbury, has also received the Foundation Degree.

That development pathway for the crowd management contract sector is about to be added to by training being undertaken by a group of managers who will then be able to teach aspects of that Foundation Degree.

Keith Hackett, Showsec’s Learning and Development Manager, said: “Our partnership with the University of Derby’s Business Centre means that we are constantly looking at ways to remain at the forefront of management training in the industry.

“The operational team has been further strengthened by the latest graduates acquiring a Foundation Degree and they are to be commended for their dedication and professionalism in combining those studies with an extremely busy workload. This level five qualification means they are ready now to move on to greater things, making them potential candidates for the Area Manager’s programme in the future.”

Showsec works with the University of Derby’s Business Centre on the training and development programme. That has involved five managers taking a teacher training course recently; Alan Wallace, Joe Milner, Ieuan Fury and Tom Bailey, who all received a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Applied Professional Studies in Crowd Management earlier this year, being joined by HR Manager Michelle Abdale.

Hackett said: “It is hugely beneficial to the progression of the business to be able to offer a quicker pathway to different levels of managerial qualifications and one way in which we can refine this programme is by doing a high proportion of the training in-house.

“Once these five managers have completed this teacher training, they will be in a position to offer that support for Years 1 and 2 of the Foundation Degree.”

Hackett, and Showsec’s Managing Director Mark Harding (pictured third from left), attended the graduation ceremony at Derby Arena to see the Operations Executives receive their degrees.

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