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SIA top up refresher
Renew a Door Supervisor licence (2 days) or a Security Guard licence (1 day) with Emergency First Aid included, at our Forest Gate centre (E7). Choose your licence when you book and pay £50 online.
This SIA top up refresher training in Forest Gate is the refresher training the SIA requires before a Door Supervisor or Security Guard licence is renewed. You choose the licence you hold when you book: the Door Supervisor refresher takes two days and the Security Guard refresher one. Emergency First Aid is included in the price and taught as part of the course. Pick SIA Door Supervisor + First Aid (2-Days) or SIA Security Guard + First Aid (1-Day) when you book.
At Forest Gate this course starts every Tuesday and every Thursday and every Saturday. There are 32 dates open to book now, listed below with the day each one starts. The course runs over 2 days, 9am to 6.30pm each day. Every session counts towards the SIA's minimum hours, so plan to be there for all of it.
Training is at 7th Floor, Kalam House, 252-262 Romford Road, London E7 9HZ. Forest Gate station on the Elizabeth line is a 10 to 15 minute walk, one stop from Stratford and direct from Liverpool Street. Wanstead Park on the Overground is also close. The Forest Gate centre is in E7, between Stratford and Manor Park. It is a quieter spot than Stratford itself, a 10 to 15 minute walk from Forest Gate station on the Elizabeth line.
The full fee is £200. You pay £50 online when you book and the remaining £150 at the centre on your first day. The deposit is not refundable, because your place is registered and the trainer is arranged as soon as you book, but you can move to another date once, free of charge, with at least 48 hours notice.
Mostly licence holders coming up for renewal who want the refresher and the first aid certificate in one booking. Bring your current or expired licence number. The SIA lets you renew before your licence expires or up to three years after, and the refresher is valid for your renewal once you have passed.
Your passport or UK driving licence, two proofs of address from the last three months and three passport size photos. For an SIA licence course you also need your two ACT certificates, which are free online; the joining instructions explain how to get them.
The full syllabus, the units and exams, and the questions people ask before booking are on the top up refresher page.
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Free practice tests
Practise for the exams before you come, with every answer explained.

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