Training for security, safety managers for 2022 World Cup stadiums kicks off
The first course of the training programme for security and safety managers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadiums kicked off yesterday in Doha with the participation of 28 managers and their assistants, as part of Qatar’s preparations to host the first World Cup in the Middle East and the Arab world.
The programme organised the qualification and training unit of the Security and Safety Operations Committee (SSOC) for the
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, in co-ordination with the Sports Facilities Security Department at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the body responsible for delivering the infrastructure projects for hosting the Qatar World Cup.
After inaugurating the programme, Abdullah al-Mohannadi, Director of the Facilities Security Department at SC, said that the programme is organised in co-operation and co-ordination with the SSOC qualification and training unit, which made outstanding efforts in studying the needs of security and safety managers in the facilities of the stadiums then designing the training curriculum for them.
He stressed that these efforts quickly bore fruit on the ground with the opening of the first cycle of the programme, which aims to raise the efficiency and skills of managers of World Cup stadiums in accordance with international requirements for security operations.
Lt Colonel Fahd Saeed alSubaie, head of the SSOC qualification and training unit, explained that the programme is internationally accredited by FIFA and the British Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), adding that it meets the applicable leadership and security standards in the UK and European
Union, based on the principles of gold, silver and bronze leadership, which is applied in major sporting events.
He pointed out that the programme includes two categories, the first is a seven-week training programme for all managers and their assistants, while the second is a training programme for managers only and grants the international diploma in the security and safety of sports fans (level four). (QNA)