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Sep 05, 2009 News

The Caribbean Institute of Security has embarked upon a regional programme to sensitise Caribbean security practitioners about the functions of the Institute.
Clairmont Featherstone, the Secretary of the professional body, recently concluded a visit to Barbados and Trinidad where he spent several weeks holding discussions with senior members of the security industries in those jurisdictions.
While there he met with representatives of higher education institutions, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council, the Accreditation Council and security associations, the prison; police and military officials among others.
Upon his return to Guyana he reported that security practitioners in those jurisdictions were excited to learn about the Institute and its functions.
While in Trinidad, Featherstone attended several fora related to safety and security on the island, and spoke at the citizen’s conversation on security at the Port of Spain city hall.
In Barbados, he attended several training programmes and assisted the TVET Council, to review the final draft of the first occupational standards for the private security industry.
A copy of the occupational standards was made available to the local TVET secretariat among other organisations in Guyana.
He will be working along with a Barbadian security executive, to prepare a profile of the Barbados Association of Private Security Services, for purposes of institutional strengthening.
Featherstone who was interviewed by the Barbados Business Authority, the business edition of the Nations Newspaper, said he found many Barbadian organisations very professional.
He identified the Barbados Investment Development Corporation BIDC, the Barbadian Collation of Service Industries and the TVET Council as outstanding examples to be emulated.
While there, he has entered into an arrangement to prepare training modules for online security training programmes with one institution in Barbados, and has been invited to explore the possibility of becoming engaged in security training at the tertiary level there.
Featherstone says the Caribbean Institute of Security is gearing to hold its first Security Executive Certification Programme (SECP) in Guyana, which will see 20 security practitioners from about four countries meet for about two weeks to hone their security skills before obtaining their Certified Security Professional (CSP) designation.
Six Guyanese are currently eligible to enroll for the certification programme which is expected to be conducted in association with regional universities. Other countries which conduct SECPs include India, Canada, Australia and the USA.

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