Project ADVANCE
Veterans & Families Training and Employment Pilot
Partner Refer Train Qualify Licence Connect Employ
Project ADVANCE is a proposed pilot programme designed to help veterans and members of the Armed Forces community, including eligible family members, gain nationally recognised qualifications that can create a clear route into employment.
The programme is being developed by The Security Tutor in partnership with organisations supporting veterans and Armed Forces families into training, education and work.
The principle is simple:
Do not fund training for the sake of training. Fund a pathway that leads somewhere.
Two clear career routes
Project ADVANCE will initially focus on two vocational pathways
Participants will undertake nationally recognised accredited qualifications designed to give them practical skills, recognised credentials and a clear progression route into further training or employment.
Pathway one
Security & Protective Services
The security pathway is designed to provide veterans and Armed Forces family members with a strong foundation for employment across the UK security and events sectors. Depending on the programme and available funding, participants could undertake a package including:
Level 2 Door Supervisor Qualification
Emergency First Aid at Work
Level 2 Spectator Safety Qualification
Together, these qualifications can provide a valuable starting point for work across
The pathway is deliberately designed to provide more than a single qualification. A participant may begin working within sports and event venues before progressing into additional specialist areas such as:
CCTV → Supervisory Roles → Advanced First Aid → Protective Security → Close Protection → Training & Management
For veterans in particular, many of the qualities developed during military service, communication, teamwork, situational awareness, discipline, leadership and working under pressure, can transfer naturally into these environments. Project ADVANCE helps convert those qualities into recognised civilian qualifications and employment opportunities.
Pathway two
Education & Training
Not every veteran wants to work within operational security. Many veterans possess years of practical experience, instructional ability, leadership skills and specialist knowledge that can be transferred into education and training. The Project ADVANCE Education Pathway will provide opportunities for suitable participants to work towards nationally recognised qualifications that can help them move into roles such as:
This creates another potential progression route where military experience can be converted into a second career.
Built around employment
Project ADVANCE is intended to work alongside
The Security Tutor can provide the specialist training element while partner organisations provide referrals, funding, employment support or access to employment opportunities.
The Project ADVANCE model
Seven steps, one destination
Partner
We work with organisations that support veterans and Armed Forces families.
Refer
Suitable participants are identified and referred into the programme.
Train
Participants undertake structured vocational training.
Qualify
Learners achieve nationally recognised accredited qualifications.
Licence
Where required, participants are supported towards obtaining the appropriate SIA licence.
Connect
Participants are introduced to employers and employment opportunities.
Employ
The ultimate objective is sustainable paid employment and continued career progression.
We are looking for pilot partners
Help us deliver the first Project ADVANCE pilot
The Security Tutor is now seeking organisations interested in helping us develop and deliver the first Project ADVANCE pilot programme. Whether you can support a small pilot cohort or a larger regional programme, we would like to explore how we can work together.
We would particularly like to speak with organisations that:
From service. To skills. To employment.
Project ADVANCE
Training with a destination.
If your organisation supports veterans or Armed Forces families, we would like to hear from you.
contact@thesecuritytutor.com · 0330 133 4984