Training – I-On Security

Why we train our own people

Most security companies recruit officers who are already licensed and hope the training behind that licence was any good. We took the other route and built the training centre.

I-On Academy is our sister company, a Highfield approved training centre operating from the same site at Spear House in Burntwood. It is a separate business with its own learners and its own public course bookings, but it is where a good part of our own workforce comes from.

For a client that has two practical consequences. We are not waiting on a third party course date before we can put somebody on your contract, and we know exactly what the people we deploy were taught, because we taught them.

What it means for a contract

Faster mobilisation, because licensing is not queued behind someone else’s course calendar
A consistent standard across the team rather than a dozen different training providers
Refresher and renewal handled before a licence lapses, not after
Additional qualifications added where a contract needs them

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Courses at I-On Academy

Highfield accredited, delivered in Burntwood, and open to the public as well as to our own officers.

Course enquiries

01543 395638

I-On Academy, Spear House, Cobbett Road, Burntwood, Staffordshire WS7 3GR

Door Supervisor Level 2

A six day course qualifying learners to work as security operatives in the private security industry.

Door Supervisor Level 2 Refresher

A two day course allowing an expired SIA licence to be renewed.

Emergency First Aid at Work

One day, covering the skills and knowledge to deal with a range of first aid situations.

First Aid at Work

Three days, for a fuller first aid qualification.

Looking to get your SIA licence?

Course dates, prices and online booking are all handled on the I-On Academy website. If you are after training rather than security services, that is where you want to be.

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Two companies, one site

I-On Academy Ltd and I-On Security Ltd are separate companies operating from the same address. The academy trains and assesses to Highfield standards independently of who the learner later works for. Completing a course does not create an obligation on either side, and the academy is open to anyone.

Thinking about a career in security?

Most people arrive at this industry sideways. Door work at the weekend, a friend who got licensed, a job that ended and a licence that looked achievable.

It is a real career if you treat it as one. Licensed officers move into supervision, control room work, dog handling and close protection, and the people who do that are usually the ones who kept adding qualifications rather than waiting to be offered them.

If you are starting out, the Door Supervisor Level 2 course is the usual route in. If your licence has lapsed, the refresher gets you back. Both are booked through the academy.

We recruit regularly for contracts across the UK. Being licensed and reliable puts you in a much shorter queue than being neither.

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Talk to us about training

For course bookings use the academy site. For anything about a contract, start here.

Booking a course

Course dates, prices and booking are handled on the I-On Academy website. The academy takes bookings directly and can answer anything about content, assessment or eligibility.

Training as part of a contract

If you are a client and your site needs officers with a specific qualification, tell us what it is. Being able to train in house usually means we can meet it without a delay.

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