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)