Training Accreditations & Awards
We pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in security services, this is reflected in our list of accreditations and awards. These achievements evidence our dedication to maintaining the highest industry standards and our ongoing pursuit of quality, professionalism and innovation.
SIA Approved Contractor & Training Provider
We are edging ever closer to the top of the ACS pyramid, thanks to an outstanding audit score which sees Vistech Services claim a coveted spot among the top security firms in the UK. We deliver a range of SIA approved security training courses in our state-of-the-art training centre based in Middlesbrough.
Security & Fire Excellence Awards
Vistech Training are proud to be finalists at the Security and Fire Excellence Awards in the category for Training Initiative of the year.
Armed Forces Covenant Award
Vistech Training are proud to announce that we have received the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme, Silver Award. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.
The Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service
The MOD’s Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELC) promotes lifelong learning for members of the Armed Forces. The scheme provides financial support in each of a maximum of three separate financial years for higher level learning of a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3 or above.
Highfield Qualifications
Highfield Qualifications are a global leader in compliance and work-based learning and apprenticeship qualifications and one of the UK?s most recognisable awarding organisations. They are regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales, SQA Accreditation, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), and the Security Industry Authority (SIA). In addition to this, they are also a government-regulated end-point assessment organisation (EPAO).
National Association of Security Dog
Vistech Training deliver accredited NASDU learning programmes in security patrol dog handling. The National Association of Security Dog Uses (NASDU) promotes standards, training and education within the private security dog sector and offers support and guidance.
The Matrix Standard
The matrix standard is the Department for Education’s (DFE) standard for ensuring the quality of the delivery of high-quality information, advice and guidance. The DFE supports the Matrix Standard as the quality framework for accrediting information, advice and guidance contracts including the National Careers Service, its subcontractors and other services delivered on behalf of the Education Skills Funding Agency.
NOCN Group
The NOCN Group is a leading education and skills charity, their focus is on social and economic mobility, not profit. They offer a wide range of qualification and EPA standard, from construction to productivity, bespoke and regulated, for UK and International centres.
Security & Fire Excellence Awards
Vistech had already marked up many notable achievements including being a shortlisted finalist and many qualifying entrants each year since 2016, including ACS Champion of the Year.
- 2016 Award for Security Guarding Company of the Year entrant & 2016 Award for Innovation in Security Services entrant
- 2018 Customer Care Initiative of the Year
- 2019 ACS Champion of the Year
- 2020 Finalist
- 2021 Finalist “Customer Care Initiative of the Year”
Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Partnership
Vistech Training currently support Middlesbrough Football Club’s youth members through work experience via the training department.
