British Security Industry Association
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is the trade association for the professional security industry in the UK. Our members are responsible for more than 70% of privately provided UK security products and services (by turnover) including the manufacture, distribution and installation of electronic and physical security equipment and the provision of security guarding and consultancy services.
The Awarding Organisation for Accredited Qualifications (AoFAQ)
An awarding organisation recognised by the Government’s Ofqual, CCEA and the Qualification Wales in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. We also award qualifications in Scotland and can award qualifications throughout the world.
AoFAQ specialise in designing qualifications for Food Safety, Health and Safety, First Aid , Education & Quality Assurance, Health and Social Care and associated subjects. To promote quality in training, we also produce qualifications for Trainers, Assessors and Internal Quality Assurers.
For first aid qualifications where credibility is paramount, AoFAQualifications is the recognised awarding arm of the Association of First Aiders giving employers confidence in meeting their regulatory requirements second to none.
UK Register of Learning Providers
A 'one-stop' portal to be used by government departments, agencies, learners, and employers to share key information about learning providers. The UKRLP allows providers to update their information in one place and share this across agencies such as the Skills Funding Agency, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and UCAS.
Since provider registration opened on 1st August 2005, the UKRLP has grown to over 30,000 providers. Each of these has been verified against a recognised external source and has been allocated a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN). This is the unique identifier used to share information with the UKRLP partner agencies.
Highfield Qualifications
Highfield Qualifications is a global leader in compliance and work-based learning qualifications and end-point assessment, and winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. It is regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales, SQA Accreditation, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), and the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
Highfield is also recognised by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) as an apprentice assessment organisation (AAO) and registered on the Register of Apprentice Assessment Organisations (RoAAO).
Security Training Authority
We assist in the development and delivery of programmes to enhance professionalism by accrediting our members’ qualifications through UKAS quality assurance. We provide advice and guidance to security training providers and security companies who wish to provide industry backed non-regulated accredited qualifications for staff employed in private security roles worldwide.