SIA Licences – Door Supervision – Who needs a licence?

by SIA Site Admin // February 5

Do you need a licence?

The following is a quick guide to who may or may not need a licence. You will need to assess your duties, responsibilities and job functions to decide if you need a licence. Remember, it is not your job title that counts; it is the work that you do that may be licensable.

Please look carefully through the whole table to find the type of job that most closely describes your role. If you are in doubt ring us and we will help you (08702 430 100)

Anyone involved in work of a door supervision nature by way of business or employment supplied either under contract or employed in-house will require a licence. This includes employees, employers, managers, supervisors and directors of security companies. Click here for further details

Type of job	Description	Licence type	Criminality check required?	Recognised qualification required?
Door Supervisor	You are responsible for security, protection, screening the suitability of people entering premises or conflict management in places such as pubs, clubs and other licensed premises open to the public.	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Bar/club manager	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages You do not work as a door supervisor	Non-Front Line	Yes	No
Bar/ club manager	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Bar/ club manager	Your company uses contracted in door supervisors provided to you. You do not work as a door supervisor	None	N/A	N/A
Bar/ club manager	Your company uses an agency that provides door supervisors to you. You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub landlord/ club owner	You employ door supervisors i.e. you pay their wages You do not work as a door supervisor	Non-Front Line	Yes	No
Pub landlord/ club owner	You employ door supervisors i.e. you pay their wages. You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub landlord/ club owner	Your company uses contracted in door supervisors provided to you. You do not work as a door supervisor	None	N/A	N/A
Pub landlord/ club owner	You use an agency that provides door supervisors to you. You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub Area Manager/ Regional Manager	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You control and/or manage the door supervisors You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub Area Manager/ Regional Manager	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You control and/or manage the door supervisors You do not work as a door supervisor	Non – Front Line	Yes	No
Pub Area Manager/ Regional Manager	Your company uses an agency that provides door supervisors to you. You control and/or manage the door supervisors You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub Area Manager/ Regional Manager	Your company uses contracted in door supervisors provided to you. You manage the door supervisors You do not work as a door supervisor	None	N/A	N/A
Pub Chain Director	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You have overall responsibility for door supervisors You do not work as a door supervisor	Non-Front Line	Yes	No
Pub Chain Director	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You have overall responsibility for door supervisors You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub Chain Director	Your company uses an agency that provides door supervisors to you. You also work as a door supervisor	Front Line	Yes	Yes
Pub Chain Director	Your company uses contracted in door supervisors provided to you. You do not work as a door supervisor	None	N/A	N/A
Director or partner of a security company	You are a director or partner of a company that supplies door supervisors to pubs/clubs etc You do not work as a door supervisor	Non-Front Line	Yes	N/A
Director or partner of a security company	You are any director or partner of a company that supplies door supervisors to pubs/clubs etc You do work as a door supervisor	Front-Line	Yes	Yes
Cinema Usher	You usher or give audience assistance	None	N/A	N/A
Theatre Usher	You usher or give audience assistance	None	N/A	N/A
NUS Bars	You work in a bar operated by the National Union of Students	Click here for details
Ticket/ Membership Inspector	You work for a club that has ‘closed membership’ i.e. it is not open to the public and check entrance tickets.	None	N/A	N/A
Glass collector	You have no role in dealing with incidents within the pub/club and do not screen people for admittance	None	N/A	N/A
Waiter	You have no role in dealing with incidents within the pub/club	None	N/A	N/A
Area Manager of Door Supervision Company	You have operational duties on the work of door supervisors You do not work on the front line	Non – Front Line	Yes	No
Office and Admin Support	You have no operational duties You may work in an admin type job	None	N/A	N/A
Head of Security employed by night club	Your company uses an agency that provides door supervisors to you. You supervise door supervisors You also work as a door supervisor yourself.	Front line	Yes	Yes
Head of Security employed by night club	Your company employs door supervisors i.e. it pays their wages. You supervise door supervisors You also work as a door supervisor yourself	Front line	Yes	Yes
Role performed as door supervisors at restaurants	You work as a door supervisor but the premise is classed solely as a restaurant. E.g. Licensed premises under part 4 of Licensing Act 1964	None	N/A	N/A

In addition premises covered by other legislation will not require licensed staff, such as certain clubs which are registered users under part 2 of the licensing Act 1964; Restaurants, guest houses, bingo halls, theatres, cinemas and licensed premise under the Gaming Act 1968 such as casinos’.