Screening & Vetting BS7858

The importance of effective screening within the security business sector is paramount. It is a fundamental requirement for those wishing to comply with BS7858 and other industry codes of practice, to operate a stringent pre-employment vetting system. Skills for Security offers the Vetting Skills programme for administrators

• Basic prinicples of security screening
• Information required from applicant
• Verification of information
• Minimum requirements for provisional employment to commence
• Options for closing gaps in an employment history
• Additional SIA ACS requirements
• Cessation of employment

• To give delegates a good understanding of BS7858 requirements
• Enable delegates to be able to confirm that an applicant has a verifiable history
• To authenticate documents for date and place of birth and home address
• Suggest alternatives to close a gap in employment history
• Recognise when probationary employment can commerce
• Be able to compile a fully documented screening file

You must provide:

• Two identity documents from group A. At least one document must show your current address and at least one document must show your date of birth.

Or

• One identity document from group A and two documents from group B. At least one document must show your current address and at least one document must show your date of birth.

Group A

• If you are a UK passport holder, your passport number entered on the application form. You do not need to submit the actual passport.
• Signed valid passport of any other nationality.
• Driving licence photocard if it was issued by the DVLA in Great Britain. We will not accept the photocard on its own if it was issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland.
• Driving licence photocard and its paper counterpart issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland.
• UK original birth certificate issued within 12 months of birth
• UK biometric residence permit card

Group B (Address & Identity)

• Valid UK firearms licence with photo.
• Current UK driving licence - paper version (not the paper counterpart to a photocard).
• P45 statement of income for tax purposes on leaving a job issued in the last 12 months.
• P60 annual statement of income for tax purposes issued in the last 12 months.
• Bank or building society statement issued to your current address, less than three months old. You can use more than one statement as long as each is issued by a different bank or building society.
• Mortgage statement issued in the last 12 months.
• Utility bill (gas, electric, telephone, water, satellite, cable) issued to your current address within the last three months. NOTE: You can only submit one utility bill in support of your SIA application.
• Pension, endowment or ISA statement issued in last 12 months.
• Letter from H.M. Revenue & Customs, Department of Work and Pensions, employment service, or local authority issued within the last three months. You can submit more than one letter as long as each is issued by a different Government department or a different local authority.
• A credit card statement sent to your current address within the last three months. You can submit more than one statement as long as each is issued by a different issuer.
• Council Tax statement issued in the last 12 months.

Group B (Identity Only)

• Driving licence photocard (without a paper counterpart) issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland.
• Valid EU photo card.
• Marriage certificate or Civil Partnership certificate, with translation if not in English.
• UK birth certificate issued more than 12 months after date of birth, but not a photocopy.
• Non-UK birth certificate, with translation if not in English.
• UK adoption certificate