Door supervisor

A real shift

Arrives before doors for briefing and search setup, works the door or the floor through the night, handles incidents and ejections, completes the incident log and helps clear the venue at close.

Skills that matter

• De-escalation
• ID checking and Challenge 25
• Search procedures
• First aid
• Incident reporting
• Vulnerability awareness

Qualifications

• SIA Door Supervisor licence (mandatory in the UK); licence-linked training includes emergency first aid
• Counter-terrorism and Martyn's Law awareness training
• Internationally: state security licences in Australia, guard cards in the US

Where it leads

1. Door supervisor
2. Head door supervisor
3. Security manager
4. Close protection

What we'd ask on the show

• The door is the venue's first impression
• Spotting vulnerability and spiking
• The licence, the training, and the pay gap

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