15 employees at Kings Security Ltd, who range in age from just 20 to more than 50 years old, were celebrating at the weekend (10 September 2016) after gaining NVQs in a variety of disciplines.

Kings Security graduates

In a specially arranged Kings’ graduation ceremony, 11 graduated with an NVQ Level 3 in Electronic Security and Emergency Systems, three graduated with an NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration, and one, 54-year-old Eddie Atkins, graduated with an NVQ Level 3 in Management.

The NVQ Level 3 in Electronic Security and Emergency Systems was achieved by Harrison Cooke, Jack Baker, Sean Breeze, Oakley Cronly, Kieron Booker, Lyndon Pearson, Daniel Newman, Chris Hardwick, Jordan Bretherton, Chris Langley and Kevin Cattanach. Hannaa Suleman, Joel Stead and Sophie Hizzett all achieved an NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration; Sophie’s with the addition of an HR element.

Core training and qualifications

“We’re delighted to be able to congratulate the class of 2016,” said Jolene Taylor, Head of Learning and Development at Kings Security. “Our training academy is an intrinsic part of our business and we offer all of our staff core training in six different modules: health & safety, customer service, fire awareness, first aid, ISO 27001 and manual handling, while encouraging job specific training and qualifications such as NVQs and CSMP.”

“Accredited qualification sponsorship is available for all at Kings,” she added. “It is no coincidence that our commitment to our staff in the field of training and development means we are able to boast an exceptionally high apprentice/trainee retention rate of more than 94 per cent.”

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