Vetting Policy

Vetting Policy

All individuals applying for employment with the Company will undergo a thorough vetting procedure in accordance with BS7858.

In accordance with legislation in England and Wales, all security operatives must be accredited by the Service Industry Authority (SIA) and as an SIA approved contractor, you must be vetted in accordance with BS7858.

Vetting by the Company

All job applicants will be required to produce the following documents in support of their application:
  1. Application form
  2. Proof of ID (group A documents)
  3. Proof of address (group B documents)
  4. 5-years checkable work history
  5. HMRC employment history
  6. Proof of SIA licence (for all security roles)
  7. Right to work
As a company, we must complete 5-years checkable work history with no gaps larger than 30 days. To help with this process we request you contact HMRC for your 5-years work history - this will enable us to fill in any gaps in your employment history.

Vetting by SIA

SIA undertakes considerable vetting leading to the issue of Licences.
Amongst the vetting processes undertaken by SIA are:

Right to Work

Since July 2007, SIA has worked with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to check the right to work in the United Kingdom of all SIA licence applicants who are non-EEA nationals.

SIA also checks the right to work of SIA licence holders from outside the EEA (i.e. Individuals who have met SIA licensing criteria and have been granted a licence). Where the recorded right to work of a licence holder expires before their SIA licence, a further check is undertaken with the UKBA.

If the results of these checks suggest that the individual's right to work has expired, SIA will write to inform them of their intention to revoke their SIA licence(s) unless they can demonstrate a renewed right to work. They have 21 days to provide this evidence. If SIA does not receive a response within the 21 days the decision to revoke their licence will automatically take effect

Criminal Record Checks

SIA will always carry out a criminal record check on anyone who applies for a licence. If that individual has a criminal record, it does not necessarily mean that they will not get a licence.
However, if the individual has any convictions, warnings, cautions, absolute / conditional discharges, admonishments or charges awaiting trial for offences SIA will make a decision according to:
  1. Whether the offences are included in the lists of SIA defined offences
  2. The classification of seriousness of the offences (SIA produces lists that classify offences according to degrees of seriousness)
  3. The actual sentence or disposal given to the applicant for the offence
Access to a person’s criminal record is usually restricted under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, as it is in the public interest for the SIA to have full disclosure of a person’s criminal record in order to assess their suitability for a licence, the SIA is are exempt from this restriction and are allowed full access to the applicants criminal record. We are able to consider all offences on record including spent convictions.
We may require you to obtain an enhanced DBS for working on sensitive sites. If this is the case we will send you a payment link to complete. Upon receiving the original copy of a clean DBS check, a copy of invoice from DBS, and you starting work with us, we will refund the cost of the DBS check.

Additional Training

SIA recognises that everyone working in the private security industry has the right skills and knowledge to do their job well and safely. For this reason – in order to receive an SIA Licence - it will be necessary for security operatives to obtain a recognised qualification by taking a training course and passing an exam in order to get a front line licence in the following sectors:
  1. Cash and Valuables in Transit
  2. Close Protection
  3. Door Supervision
  4. Public Space Surveillance CCTV
  5. Security Guard
Group A documents

You need to provide 1 document from group A.

We accept:
  1. a passport that is signed, current, and valid
  2. a driving licence photocard issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in the UK
  3. a driving licence photocard and its paper counterpart issued by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Northern Ireland
  4. a UK original birth certificate issued within 12 months of birth
  5. a UK biometric residence permit card
  6. Group B documents
You need to provide 2 documents from group B. Each of these documents must show your current address.

Unless we say otherwise, we will not accept 2 of the same type of document. For example, we will not accept 2 council tax statements. we will only accept 1 council tax statement and 1 document of a different type.

We will accept:
  1. a bank or building society statement from the last 3 months (we will accept 2 statements, but only if they are from different banks or building societies)
  2. a utility bill from the last 3 months (we will accept gas, electric, telephone landline, water, satellite TV or cable TV bills but not mobile phone bills)
  3. a credit card statement from the last 3 months (we will accept 2 statements, but only if they are from different credit-card providers)
  4. a council tax statement from the last 12 months
  5. a mortgage statement from the last 12 months
  6. a letter from the last 3 months from any of the following:
  7. HM Revenue and Customs
  8. the Department of Work and Pensions
  9. a Jobcentre Plus – or any other employment service
  10. a local authority
  11. a P45 or P60 tax statement from the last 12 months
  12. a paper version of a current UK driving licence (not the paper counterpart to a photocard)
  13. a driving licence photocard issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland (not the paper counterpart)
  14. a pension, endowment or ISA statement from the last 12 months
  15. a valid UK firearms licence with photo

Signed Luke Glenet
Position Director
Issue Date 03/02/2021
Reviewed annually on the anniversary 
Reviewed 05/01/2023

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