WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
The ProQual Level 2 Award in Prevention of Extremism and Terrorism is aimed at security staff working for organisations that may be targeted by extremist or terrorist activity.
The qualification is suitable for individuals who need to develop their knowledge and understanding of identifying potential threats, maintaining a strong security culture, recognising hostile reconnaissance and responding appropriately to security-related incidents.
Course information and design
The ProQual Level 2 Award in Prevention of Extremism and Terrorism provides learners with knowledge and understanding relating to the prevention of extremist and terrorist activity within security environments.
The course covers the nature of potential threats, sources of information and intelligence, security culture, hostile reconnaissance, appropriate engagement with customers and members of the public, security surveys, incident response, evidence gathering, communication and emergency first aid.
It is a Level 2 qualification designed primarily for security staff who may work for organisations that could be targeted by extremist or terrorist activity. It develops knowledge of threats, prevention, security awareness and appropriate incident response.
The course is aimed at security staff working for organisations that may be targeted by extremist or terrorist activity. It is particularly relevant to personnel who need to understand potential threats, security awareness and appropriate actions during incidents.
The qualification has a Total Qualification Time of 10 hours, including 5 Guided Learning Hours (GLH).
You will learn about terrorist and extremist threats, security culture, sources of threat information, hostile reconnaissance, customer engagement, searching procedures, visual security surveys, incident response, evidence gathering, communication, emergency first aid and current terrorist methodology.
Yes. The qualification covers understanding current threats, identifying methods used by extremists and terrorists, identifying sources of information regarding potential threats and understanding the importance of a good security culture.
Yes. Identification of hostile reconnaissance is specifically included among the topics covered by the qualification.
You must demonstrate the required knowledge and competence across all assessment criteria for the mandatory unit. The assessment evidence must be valid, authentic and sufficient.
Course Cost
Location
London/Kent (United Kingdom) and Bangkok (Thailand)
Course Dates
1st of every month
Course Length
Assessments
- Candidates must demonstrate the level of knowledge described in the unit. Assessment is the process of measuring a candidate’s knowledge and understanding against the standards set in the qualification.
- Each candidate is required to produce evidence which demonstrates their achievement of all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
- Evidence can include:
– assignments/projects/reports
– worksheets
– portfolio of evidence
– course work - Learning outcomes set out what a candidate is expected to know, understand or be able to do.
- Assessment criteria specify the standard a candidate must meet to show the learning outcome has been achieved.
- To achieve this qualification all candidates must produce evidence which demonstrates their achievement of all of the assessment criteria.
Skill Prerequisites
- Good level of English
QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE
Prevention of Extremism and Terrorism
- Understand the current threats posed by Terrorism and Extremist behaviour
- Understand best practice to mitigate such threats
- Understand the actions to be taken in the event of an incident
- Understand guidance on current terrorist methodology