Training

Crowd safety qualification

by Mark Rowe

Two police inspectors have become the first officers in the world to hold the Level 5 Diploma in Crowd Science and Risk Analysis. Mick Rochester and Andy Bullock from Australia’s New South Wales Police became the first police officers to receive the qualification through the force’s partnership with UK-based eResponse Crowd Safety.

eResponse Crowd Safety unveiled the industry qualification earlier this year – based on a three-day course aimed at people who plan and manage the movement of people at large-scale spectator events.

Jim Fidler, head of eResponse Crowd Safety Australia, said: “It’s a huge step forward to be offering such an in-depth, high level qualification within the crowd safety and security sector. The completion of the diploma by Public Order Inspectors Mick Rochester and Andy Bullock is a big milestone and it has placed New South Wales Police at the forefront of crowd management planning in Australia by being the first force in the world to have qualified crowd managers. It’s a benchmark which has been noted throughout the industry and it means the force has rubber-stamped its commitment to the highest standards of safety for all large scale events in the state.

“The new diploma is already creating conversation around the world and has become sought-after within the industry. To have taken it to such a wide scale so quickly is magnificent and across Australia, and indeed in the UK, we are set to deliver a series of back-to-back courses later this year to help more people gain the highest possible qualification our industry has to offer.”

The new qualification sits alongside the training provider’s other existing Level 2 to Level 4 crowd safety qualifications, delivered around the world. They include topics such as Front of Stage Pit Operations, Event Security Operations (ESO) and also Stewarding for Event Staff.

The launch of the diploma is the latest in a long line of announcements from eResponse Crowd Safety since it was formed in 2014 as a division of UK-based training and recruitment provider, eResponse Group.

Headed by UK-based Director of Crowd Safety Andy Hollinson, eResponse delivers training and a consultancy service for a variety of large-scale gatherings which include sporting events, music festivals, religious pilgrimages and large-scale celebratory events. They have delivered courses to over 1,500 people. Visit www.crowdsafetytraining.com.

Pictured left to right are Insp Mick Rochester, Jim Fidler and Insp Andrew Bullock. Jim Fidle, originally from England, was a Metropolitan Police officer. He has planned and delivered security for some of Australia’s highest profile events and mass gatherings. In 2012 Jim had the role of venue security manager for LOCOG and in 2014 spectator safety manager for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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