Security consultants: booking security training sessions

Run security training in two formats: open sessions that individuals book a place in, and private sessions that a company books for its staff. Give each topic its own service, such as security awareness for shop staff, lone-worker safety or opening and closing procedures, set places to what the room and your method allow, and say in the description who it's for and what participants leave with. Participants book their place online, companies book a date for their team, and each session fills only to the size you can teach well.

A short awareness session for retail staff and a half-day on site security for managers don't suit the same people. On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations, places and prices are examples: set your own.

Set each session's places to what your format allows: more for a talk, fewer for practical exercises or scenarios. When the last place is booked, the session leaves your page. Your page doesn't show places left, so if you want room for a late booking from a regular client, set the capacity one lower and add the participant yourself.

A company may want its whole team trained at once, on its own premises. Offer a private session as a separate service with one place, booked by the manager or HR, and say in the description how many participants the price covers and what room and equipment you need. If the company needs an invoice or a training agreement first, take the booking by phone and book it yourself after agreeing the terms by email.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the participant's calendar file. Ask in the note for the participant's role and workplace type, so you can adapt examples.

An audit can point to habits rather than equipment: doors left open, keys shared, cash handled in view. When a client’s audit shows this, offer a short private session for their team as the next step, and book it yourself at the report review call. Training tied to the client’s own site lands better than a general course.

For open sessions, say where they take place and whether parking or public transport is nearby. Bring handouts or a short summary participants can keep, and say in the description if they should bring anything.

An open session with two people may not work for scenario exercises. Say your minimum and when you decide, for example a week before. If the session doesn't run, cancel each booking from your bookings list and contact every participant yourself, since Book doesn't email clients about changes, and offer the next date.

Your bookings list gives you the names for each session, which you can use for an attendance sheet and certificates. For companies that want a refresher each year, book the next session yourself at the end of the training; first and last name are required, email and phone optional, and the contact receives a confirmation with a calendar file if you enter their email.

Open sessions suit fixed dates announced a few weeks ahead; slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date if you run a regular session. Participants can't move bookings online: they contact you, and you move them to another date from your bookings list. Book doesn't take payments, so say how training is paid. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.