Everything below is what you actually pay at Skills Pad. There are no joining fees, no registration fees and no hidden extras. All prices include VAT where applicable.
SIA course fees
| Course | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| SIA Door Supervisor Course (Level 2 Award for Door Supervisors) | 6 days | £350 |
| SIA Door Supervisor Refresher (top-up training) | 2–3 days | £215 |
| SIA CCTV Operator Course (Level 2 Award for CCTV Operators) | 3 days | £300 |
| SIA Security Guard Course (Level 2 Award for Security Officers) | 4 days | £315 |
| SIA Security Guard Refresher | 2 days | £215 |
| Emergency First Aid at Work | 1 day | £95 |
What the course fee includes
- All classroom and practical training days with an experienced tutor.
- Every Highfield examination for the qualification, and the practical assessment where the course has one.
- Course workbooks and learning materials.
- Your Highfield certificate on successful completion.
- Guidance on completing your SIA licence application.
What the course fee does not include
- Emergency First Aid at Work — £95. A valid first aid certificate is a mandatory entry requirement for the Door Supervisor course and the Door Supervisor Refresher. If you already hold one, you pay nothing extra.
- SIA licence — £250. This is the cost of obtaining your SIA licence through Skills Pad and it includes our administration fee for handling the application with you. You may apply directly to the SIA yourself instead.
- Travel, parking and refreshments.
- Re-sit fees, if you need to retake an examination.
Optional extras you can add when you book
| Option | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency First Aid at Work | £95 | The one-day certificate you need before a Door Supervisor course or refresher. |
| SIA licence application through Skills Pad | £250 | The licence cost including our admin fee for preparing and submitting the application with you. |
| Passport-sized photographs | £8 | Taken at our centre to the specification the SIA requires. |
| Faster speed service | £44.95 | Certificate and paperwork processed in 5 to 7 working days instead of the standard 10 to 14 working days. |
Paying for your course
You can pay by debit or credit card at checkout. Card payments are processed securely by Stripe and Skills Pad never sees or stores your card details.
An interest-free payment plan is available through Klarna, so you can spread the cost of a course rather than paying it all at once. Klarna carries out its own checks and its own terms apply. You will see the option at checkout.
If you are booking several people onto a course, or you are an employer arranging training for your team, contact us for a group quotation before you book.
Funded and part-funded training
Skills Pad delivers a range of funded and part-funded programmes alongside our commercial courses, including work with Luton Adult Learning. Eligibility depends on the specific programme, your circumstances and where you live, and funding is not available for every course. See our funded training information or call 01582 958844 and we will check honestly whether anything applies to you. We will not tell you a course is funded when it is not.
Cancellations, transfers and refunds
If you need to move to a different date, tell us as early as you can and we will do our best to transfer your place. Our full cancellation and refund position is set out in our terms and conditions. If anything is unclear before you book, call us and ask — we would rather explain it up front.
Why our prices are what they are
The fee covers real classroom time with a qualified tutor, the Highfield registration and examination costs for every unit, the practical assessment and your certificate. Courses priced well below this usually do not include the examinations or the certificate, so it is always worth checking exactly what a quoted price covers before you book anywhere.
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Skills Pad is a training provider. We are not the Security Industry Authority. Passing a licence-linked qualification is a requirement for the matching SIA licence, but the SIA decides every application itself after its own identity and criminal record checks.