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Online course · Self-paced
Write incident reports that your supervisor, the client, the police, an insurer and a court can all rely on. Twenty short topics, each with a hands-on activity, and a certificate you can verify online.
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On the night, a report feels like paperwork. Months later it may be the only record of what happened, and the only record of how you behaved. A thin report leaves your supervisor unable to answer a complaint, the police unable to find the CCTV, an insurer unable to settle a claim, and you unable to defend yourself. A clear, timed, factual report does all of that work for you while you sleep.
The whole course follows one incident: a Saturday evening at a shopping centre where a man is stopped after leaving a store without paying, becomes aggressive, is held until police arrive, and a bystander is knocked over. Each module adds a layer, from the notebook to the final signed report, so by the last module you are not doing a fresh exercise. You are finishing the report you started in module one.
Every topic is the same shape, so you always know where you are. A lesson of a few hundred words with a picture and a real-world example. A hands-on activity built for that topic. One question. Then the next topic. There is no time limit on anything.
A phone, tablet or computer with a web browser, and about three hours in total. Nothing to install and nothing to print, though the final module gives you forms and cards to download if you want them.
What you will learn
Module 1
Before you can write a good report, you need to know who reads it, what counts as a fact, and what a bad report costs. These three short topics cover that.
Module 2
A report is written from notes taken at the time. This module is about the notebook, the first account a witness gives you, and the occurrence book the whole site runs on.
Module 3
The content of a report is a set of answers: who, what, when, where, why and how, in order, in plain words. Five topics build those answers one at a time.
Module 4
Now you write it. The form, the narrative, the hardest paragraph of all (the one about force), and what happened to the evidence.
Module 5
A report is a legal document. This module covers the data it holds, what happens when it becomes a witness statement, and the other records an incident may need.
Module 6
Everything comes together: the full report for the running scenario, scored as you write, then the templates to take to work.
No. It is a professional development course from London SIA Course. The SIA door supervisor and security guard qualifications cover recording incidents in a single session; this course is the practice that session has no time for. It does not replace any SIA licence training.
Twelve months from the day you buy. Most people finish in two or three sittings of about an hour each. Your progress is saved, so you can stop and come back on any device.
A certificate of completion as a PDF, with your name, the course title, the date and a verification code. Anyone, such as an employer, can enter the code on this site to confirm it is genuine.
No. Every topic has a short lesson, then a hands-on activity where you do the thing rather than read about it: note details as an incident plays out, fix a notebook page, build a description, rebuild a timeline, redact a report. Then one question. The whole course follows one incident at a shopping centre, so by the end you have written a complete report for it.
Yes. When you book any SIA course on this site you can add this course, or all five online courses as a bundle, at checkout.
No. The course assumes nothing beyond basic English. If you are about to take your SIA course, it is a good thing to do in the same week.
Pay by card and the first topic opens straight away. Not sure it is the right course? Call and ask.