Security Guard Training - Previous Qualifications
If you have attained any of the qualifications listed below, you may use this qualification to apply for a licence.
- If you are applying for a licence for the first time, the qualification must have been achieved less than three years prior to your application.
- If you are renewing your licence we will still accept the qualification even if it is over three years old unless there has been a gap greater than three years between holding licences (a gap may be due to expiry or revocation of the previous licence).
| Qualification |
Awarding Organisation |
Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards
National Certificate for Security Guards (Scotland)
City & Guilds Certificate in Security Guarding (Scotland) |
British Institute of Innkeeping (BIIAB) (01276 684449) |
Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards
City & Guilds Certificate in Security Guarding (Scotland) |
City & Guilds (020 7294 2800) |
Level 2 BTEC Award in Security Operations
BTEC Award in Security Operations (Scotland) |
Edexcel (0844 576 0026) |
Level 2 Certificate for Security Guards
Certificate for Security Guards in Scotland |
EDI (08707 202909) |
Level 2 Award in Security Guarding
NOCN Award in Security Guarding (Scotland) |
NOCN (0114 227 0500) |
| National Progression Award in Security Operations: Security Guarding (Scotland) |
SQA (08452 791 000) |