Security Management Annual Skills Updating Seminar

Within the context of this ever-growing industry faced with changes on many fronts namely legal, economic, technological, educational and political - the holding of such an updating conference is in itself a self-fulfilling need.

Objectives of seminar:

The objectives of the seminar are to provide you with an opportunity to:

• Upgrade your knowledge by being exposed to relevant academic topics
• Add value to you in your daily operational environment and decision making processes
• Inform you of the latest developments in the private and public security field
• Provide you with an opportunity for networking with academics, past lecturers, specialist experts and past students  
• Expose you to some of the latest books relevant to the security manager
• Make available advice to you on Recognition of Prior Learning possibilities and procedures should you wish to study for the Diploma in Security Management or BTech in Security Risk Management(BTSEC)/MTech in Security Management (MTSEC) degrees.
• Be informed of new developments and qualifications in the Programme Security Management

Particulars for the 8^th Security Management Skills Updating Seminar are as follows:

Date:      11 July 2012
Venue:   Senate Hall, Unisa Muckleneuk (Main) Campus, Pretoria, Gauteng
Title:       New innovations in physical security systems

Cost:       R750.00

Click here for the prescribed registration form.
Click here for the provisional programme.

Should you have any further queries regarding this years seminar, please contact Ms Leandri van Jaarsveld:
Tel: 012 429 2165
Email: vjaarl@unisa.ac.za

List of Security Management Skills Updating Seminar Papers 2004-2010

2004
1st Security Management Skills Updating Seminar
Theme: Security Management in 2004 and Beyond Unisa Conference Centre, Ormonde JHB.
28 October 2004

1. Mr Dolf Scheepers (Director: Protea Security)
   What are the clients needs: An operational challenge
   
2. Mr Charles Rogers (Senior Lecturer, Department of Security Risk Management, Unisa)
   A security approach to the management of crime risk
   
3. Adv Alex Mathole (Dir: Human Resources, Omega Risk Solutions)
   Managing security personnel within a progressive labour relations environment
   
4. Mr Bryan Ruddolf (Technology Consultant: Department of Security Risk Management, UNISA)From analogue to digital and beyond: An operational perspective
   
5. Adv. Johan Struwig (Senior Lecturer: Department of Security Risk Management)
   Implications of changing legislation for the security manager
   
6. Prof. Anthony Minnaar (Senior Researcher, Department of Security Risk Management, UNISA)
   Private-public partnerships: Private security, crime prevention and policing in South Africa
   

2005
2nd Annual Security Management Skills Updating Seminar
Theme: Security Management into the Future
TSA Conference Center, Ormonde JHB
28 July 2005

1. Mr Dolf Scheepers, (Director: Business and Product Development, Protea Security Services)
   The security manager in 2005: Challenges and solutions
   
2. Mr Peter Fryer, (Ops Director: Risk Diversion)
   Corporate Crime Investigations and the tools that work
   
3. Ms Miriam Malebo (ETQA Evaluator, SASSETA (formerly the POSLEC SETA)
   SASSETA’s (POSLEC SETA) role in the accreditation of service providers of firearms training
   
4. Prof. Dana van der Merwe (Department of Criminal & Procedural Law, UNISA)
   An ounce of prevention (security) is better than a pound of cure (law): legal issues and obtaining evidence regarding information security
   
5. Mr Charles Rogers & Nic Spiller
   The designing of survey sheets to meet the needs of the modern security manager

2006
3rd Annual Security Management Skills Updating Seminar
Theme: Intelligence Driven Security Management
Genmin Auditorium, Unisa Florida Campus, Roodepoort, Gauteng, 14 September 2006

1. Mr Dolf Scheepers (Managing Director: Thorburn Security Solutions)
   Risk intelligence driven security operations conducted by private security companies
   
2. Prof. Cliff Smith (Director of the Institute of Security and Applied Technology, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia)
   New developments in security technology
3. Mr Peter Fryer (Director Operations: Risk Diversion)
   Computers and data and the role that they play in physical security
   
4. Mr Kay Nayager (Security Manager: Operations, Spoornet)
   Outsourcing for security intelligence gathering
   
5. Ms Jenny Reid (Director: GriffithsReid)
   Making businesses security aware
   
6. Mr Johan Ras (Fidelity Training College)
   The transition from PSIRA to SASSETA training

2007
4th Annual Security Management Skills Updating Seminar
Theme: Security & Technology
Senate Hall, Unisa Muckleneuk (Main) Campus, Pretoria, 30 August 2007

1. Dr David Brookes (International Centre for Security & Risk Sciences, School of Engineering & Mathematics, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia)
   Defining the science of security through knowledge categorisation
   
2. Mr Peter Fryer (Director Operations: Risk Diversion)
   Criminals also use technology
   
3. Dr Barend Taute (Crime Prevention Centre, CSIR)
   Effective use of technology to improve border controls and security
   
4. Mr Michael Brett (Elvey International-SA)
   Latest trends and innovations in electronic security
   
5. Mr Terry Kane (MSSCH)
   Security technology & hi-tech systems for more effective cash management
   
6. Mr Stefan Badenhorst (PSIRA)
   New training standards for the private security industry
   
7. Prof. Anthony Minnaar (UNISA)
   UNISA Research Project: Issues facing the PSI in SA