The Hampshire-based trainers Tavcom report a significant contract which will see it play a key role in a Middle East homeland security project.
The Kuwait Government is investing £1 billion on physical security to ensure the safety of people working or visiting key buildings and facilities around the Gulf country. At the heart of an integrated security system will be CCTV cameras which will assist security operators to monitor and react to crime or terrorism. Tavcom has been tasked to train 36 technicians/engineers on all matters relating to the installation and commissioning of CCTV. Customised training developed by Tavcom for the project, covers a range of subjects which include an understanding of the system design process, camera and lens selection, lighting options, compression, frame rate and resolution, telemetry, equipment housing, recording and storage and service and maintenance, besides an understanding of IP network devices and processes such as VLANs, router protocols, IP addressing, subnets and port address translation.
Paul Tennent, Managing Director of Tavcom, said: “We are naturally very pleased to have been entrusted to conduct this very important training programme which will provide the foundations for the success of what will be one of the most complex and sophisticated video surveillance projects in the world. We have built a fully equipped training centre in Kuwait City in order to ensure that everyone who participates in the training programme can take advantage of ‘hands-on’ facilities that offer immediate opportunities to put theory into practice.”
About Tavcom
The firm offers BTEC certificated courses to installers, operators, managers and designers of CCTV, network IP, intruder alarm, access control, fire alarm and all other types of electronic security systems. Technical and non-technical courses cover all security systems related fields including Security Management, Control Room Operations, System Planning and Project Management, Structured Cabling, Disaster Recovery, Counter Eavesdropping, PAT Testing, Solar Panel Installation and Covert CCTV.
