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About 
APST

Our Mission

 "Always Protecting" We chose this name to reflect the values of our company and the goals of our learners and staff.

At our core, we are focused on equipping our learners with the skills, knowledge and critical understanding of how to apply them effectively to protect themselves, their clients and the communities they serve.

We are focused on shaping security professionals that uphold high standards and deliver the highest quality of service.  Our courses require excellence to pass because professional excellence is the only standard acceptable when the safety and security of others are at stake

Other courses make promises to be cheaper, or faster or "guarantee" high pass rates.  We only make one promise;

 

We will provide you with the environment for you to become the security professional that other professionals want to work with or aspire to be more like 

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APST 

Beyond the Classroom

At APST, we want to evolve and improve the experience of our Learners. We believe the classroom is just our learners's first step in a lifelong journey to protect others. That can be teaching them the skills to protect the communities they serve or providing them with career support to secure the financial rewards to protect their families.

This means we must do something different, we must do more if we want our lerners to be more.


We seek to make our lerners the best version of themselves.  Not just as a professional operative, but as a valuable member of our society.  We are committed to delivering the highest quality training experience, but to also continue to offer the career support our lerners need to navigate the complex world of being a security professional.   We invest in Continous Professional development for our staff, and career mentoring for our students and will be growing a community site for APST members to share experience and knowledge

 Always Protecting

the industry 

in security sector

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is the statutory organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK. Established as a non-departmental public body in 2003, they started licensing people in 2004, and we started approving companies in 2006.  The SIA reports to the Home Secretary under the terms of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. They have two main duties:

  1. licensing people who do certain jobs in the private security industry

  2. Approving private security companies who wish to be Approved Contractors

They also:

Set and approve standards of conduct and training, monitor the activities of people operating within the private security industry make recommendations on ways to improve standards in the private security industry 

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Our team

our team

Yann is responsible for the overall direction and performance of Semper Tutela.


He has over 30 years of experience working in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry, where he has led the winning of major private and public sector contracts ranging from £5m to £500m.


His focus at Semper Tutela is to support the security industry in realising value from the rapidly evolving digital world through its security services.

Founder & Director

Yann Marston

Shay is responsible for providing the company’s strategic vision, day-to-day management of company operations and ensuring the successful delivery of Semper Tutela services.
He has over two decades of experience in the Security industry with exceptional and valuable expertise gained from is background of working within the UK public sector, from the Armed Forces and the Metropolitan Police Service in London.  From this vast expertise, he is an active security practitioner and mentors security organisations and staff. He is an advocate in the Security Training sector to ensure continuous improvement for applying the stringent quality and standards by the SIA. His driving motivation is to empower people and help them feel safe.

 

More about  Shay

Shay Pounaki

Managing Director

"Through knowledge, we will be endowed with a power that no external force can take away.  By educating ourselves, we can be equipped with the strength of knowledge, enabling us to tackle difficulties in life, head-on and triumph over them.  I strongly believe that the fundamental issue facing those with limited or no skills is not one of aptitude or good fortune, but rather one of cultural poverty, aspiration poverty, poverty of dream, and indifference. 

 

 I genuinely believe that if we persevere, make sacrifices, also actively seek assistance, we can overcome our unmet needs, flaws, and deficiencies with the aid of a capable, wise, and compassionate mentor who can perceive our weaknesses and provide support. So let us be your compassionate mentor at

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Values
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Community

We understand the often-complex needs of adult and young adult learners and believe that every individual should have one-on-one support with an expert tutor throughout their studies, helping them to realise their goals.



 

Empowerment

We want to empower individuals with the confidence, knowledge and support they need to be the best version of themselves in the workplace and beyond.

 

We are proud that all of our courses are fully accredited and that enabling us to help those who may not otherwise have achieved appropriate qualifications to find suitable career.

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Results

Our staff are experts in their fields. Whether they are tutors passing on their expertise, or our recruitment staff hand-picking the perfect individual for your business, we pride ourselves on offering a consistently outstanding service.
 

All of our courses are offered on a flexible learning scheme to fit each individual’s commitments and are tailored to suit the needs of each business.

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