Training Program for Security, Safety Managers for 2022 World Cup Stadiums Kicks Off

Doha, October 10 (QNA) - The first course of the training program for security and safety managers for the 2022 World Cup stadiums kicked off Sunday in Doha with the participation of 28 managers and their assistants in the Qatar World Cup stadiums, as part of Qatar's preparations to host the first World Cup in the Middle East and the Arab world. The program organized the qualification and training unit of the Security and Safety Operations Committee for the 2022 World Cup Qatar (SSOC), in coordination with the Sports Facilities Security Department at the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), the body responsible for delivering the infrastructure projects for hosting the Qatar World Cup. After inaugurating the program, Abdullah Al Mohannadi, Director of the Facilities Security Department at SC said that the program is organized in cooperation and coordination 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 World Cup stadiums then designing the training curriculum for them at the required speed. He stressed that these efforts quickly bore fruit on the ground with the opening of the first cycle of the program, 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 Al Subaie, head of the SSOC qualification and training unit, explained that the program 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 program includes two categories, the first is a seven-week training program for all managers and their assistants, while the second is a training program for managers only and grants the international diploma in the security and safety of sports fans (level four). He added that the first category program, for all 28 managers and their assistants, consists of two parts, explaining that the first is a two-week part, which started today and continues until Oct. 21, while the second is a five-week course and will be implemented in 2022. Al Subaie noted that the training content in the course that was launched today focuses on the bronze and silver leadership program, which includes the following topics: security leadership, risk management, security command structures, security and safety principles, human rights, field leadership, emergency handling, alternative plans, theories and practical applications. The remaining five weeks of the program are scheduled to be held in 2022, where the third week in the program will focus on developing leadership skills, and it includes the following topics: effective leadership and decision-making skills, communication skills, negotiation and persuasion skills, presentation skills, conflict resolution skills, and problem-solving. In the fourth week, the program focuses on the security sense and behavioral patterns of the fans, which includes the following themes: understanding the cultures and behaviors of the visiting fans, suspicious and observational skills, habitual and hostile behavior, and tracking and reporting skills. In the fifth week, it sheds light on the crowd management program, and it includes the following topics: crowd psychology and behavior, safe crowd capacity calculations, crowd dangers and handling, types of sports crowds. In the sixth week, the training will be devoted to the major events management program, which includes practical applications in security plans for sporting events. Finally, in the seventh week, the final evaluation of the participants in the first category program will be conducted through scenarios and practical exercises to determine their level of performance based on their training. The program for the second category consists of several training courses and actual participation in international sporting events, in addition to individual evaluation and development sessions, leading to the final exam and obtaining a diploma, which is the highest certification in the field of security and safety management in international sporting events and qualifies the participants to assume the duties and responsibilities of the higher management of the sports facility in terms of operation, plans, security, safety, and resource management in normal times and emergency events. The courses of the international diploma in the safety and security of sports fans include: a plan for the safety of the masses at sporting events; the management of the security and safety of the masses at sporting events; the development of safety and security policies and procedures at sporting events; the provision of information for decision-making in sporting events; resource management for safety and security in sporting events; crowded places risk management; initial incident response management and resilience planning; recruitment, selection, retention, and distribution of people; monitoring the progress and quality of work in your area of responsibility; supporting learning and development of people; managing projects; and maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders. (QNA)