Security for Retail & Hospitality Staff: Responding to Civil Unrest

Course Overview

This course equips learners to respond to nearby civil unrest.

Very occasionally, peaceful demonstrations result in looting and property damage. This kind of civil unrest is unpredictable, and it poses a risk to businesses and their employees. On this course, learners will find out how to monitor civil unrest and respond to an unfolding situation.

Exploring a series of animated workplace environments, learners are helped to imagine themselves in a situation of civil unrest, developing stronger situational awareness and acquiring key security know-how.

Course Objectives

• Identify and monitor potential unrest
• Prepare for the possibility of unrest
• Secure a workplace against looting
• Get away from an area where unrest has broken out

The course takes around 10 minutes to complete, and includes a multiple-choice assessment to test learners’ understanding of the content.

This course forms part of the Security for Retail & Hospitality Staff series. Designed to improve workplace safety and reduce the risk of criminal activity, the series provides targeted security training for retail & hospitality staff. It was developed in partnership with security specialists Trisat, who have helped clients from Jaguar Land Rover to T-Mobile create more secure working environments.