Welcome to our courses in Corporate and Business.
Counter Terrorism Training
Every business should have counter-terrorism training. Even if a company has policies for handling such threats, other required training often takes priority. Many workplaces assume they’re safe from terrorism, but that’s not always the case. This type of training usually covers how to respond to things like unattended bags or suspicious packages. But would your team know exactly what to do in these situations? SOPs often say to report to the police, but that doesn’t always happen in practice. Employees might check abandoned items to find their owner, which is usually harmless but what if it isn’t? What if someone walks into your business and threatens staff or customers, or even attacks without warning? Would your team know how to lead and protect themselves and those around them? This responsibility extends to both employees and patrons. In today’s unpredictable world, this skill is vital. Sphere leads the way in counter terrorism training, offering advanced, practical services for private businesses and community organisations.
Our services and solutions are designed to train your staff to be an integral part of your organisation's security and resilience. We do this through a variety of methods, including intelligence and awareness tactics, behaviour analysis, and understanding terrorist strategies. We deliver high quality services and instruction, along with a range of consulting, training programmes and courses.
Sphere has an impressive track record in this training.
H.E.A.T (Hostile Environment Awareness Training)
Sphere has created a specialised course for individuals and teams who travel internationally. Our instructors have extensive knowledge of overseas travel and the potential risks involved, whether for business or leisure. Learning how to prevent hostile situations or handle them effectively if they arise while abroad is crucial.
We address a variety of scenarios and potential situations that you or your employees might encounter. Our primary objective is to protect your staff or yourself by ensuring you possess the knowledge and skills to handle any situation.
Here is a basic outline of our HEAT course:
The course includes travel safety for corporates, NGOs, gap year travel, school courses and urban security. Our training also encompasses safety and awareness for females travelling alone, risks related to business travel, travel risk management, personal and company assets while traveling, protocols for emergency or medical evacuation, also strategies for avoiding trouble spots and common health hazards.
For more information about our H.E.A.T course, please reach out to a member of the Sphere Protection team.
Close Protection Training
Our BTEC Level 3 Close Protection course is designed for individuals aspiring to enter the protection profession. We offer a comprehensive skill set taught across various environments through fast paced, challenging and realistic scenarios. Successful completion qualifies you to apply for an SIA Close Protection licence.
The course covers a broad spectrum of skills such as threat assessments, surveillance, teamwork, personal defence, vehicle manoeuvres, IED awareness, communication and more.
This rigorous course grants access to the expertise garnered from decades of operational experience in the UK Special Forces, Specialist Police Units, and Intelligence Services. It surpasses industry standards by including advanced security driving and additional elements that equip you for Close Protection roles, featuring talks by former hostages and interactions with seasoned members of our Close Protection teams.
Edged Weapons Awareness Course
Sphere's Edged Weapons Awareness Course addresses the surge in knife crime, which has escalated to unprecedented levels across the UK, with daily reports underscoring the gravity of the situation. Attacks are increasingly random and may involve unknown assailants.
With knife attacks becoming a growing concern, it’s important to learn effective tactics and strategies for defending against edged weapons, whether you’re in law enforcement, the military, or simply a civilian. Our Edged Weapons Awareness and Defence Training offers a modern, progressive approach to help you sharpen your defensive skills.
This course is key to improving your chances of staying safe and protecting those you care about. In the dangerous world of urban confrontations, there are no quick fixes. Still, putting in the time for our training can significantly increase your odds of making it through an encounter with edged or blunt weapons.
Sphere has crafted tactics and strategies for various threat environments, building on protocols Sphere originally developed for Special Forces. We don't just teach "techniques" that leave you guessing how to counter threats you're unprepared for. At Sphere, we dissect threats and devise specialised training that teaches you how to neutralise an assailant's capability to harm.
The tactics and strategies we impart are applicable in real life situations. You can now benefit from the expertise and skills that are standard with Sphere's training.
In a violent encounter you have less than a second to act. A combination of fear and lack of realistic training can cause hesitation, which last only seconds for some, but for others, it can lead to a complete mental shutdown. Either situation could be fatal in a edged weapon attack and actual combat.
Our validated tactical combat training accelerates the ability to make life saving decisions and act without delay.
You now have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills associated with Sphere's bespoke training.
Sphere Combat Systems offers training that equips individuals with the necessary skills to defend against edged weapon attacks, significantly improving their chances of survival. The tactics are straightforward, memorable, and accessible to all, regardless of age or physical capability, ensuring psychological and physical self protection, fostering instinctive responses, and building the confidence to act decisively.
Our curriculum is grounded in real life scenarios, incorporating Sphere's proprietary A.I.R. © strategies and tactics to cultivate a survival mindset and adaptive response options. Our clientele spans Law Enforcement, Elite Military Units, Close Protection Officers and civilians worldwide who benefit from our specialised tactics and strategies.
In collaboration with local councils, schools and youth workers, we also provide courses aimed at collective community safety. Should our services align with the needs of your institution or organisation, please reach out through the contact information provided on our contact page.
Personal Safety - Self Protection Courses
Our instruction is based on established principles, enabling participants to confidently evaluate and manage unforeseen events. Sphere's courses combine theoretical understanding with practical drills and realistic simulations.
We focus on building self awareness, boosting confidence and empowering people of all abilities, backgrounds and circumstances. Our training helps lower the risk of dangerous situations and equips individuals with the skills to handle potential threats effectively. Learn to strengthen your ability to stay in control of your environment and your actions.
Our self protection courses and programs are designed to build confidence, boost awareness and improve overall well being. We offer a Special Forces grade close quarter combat system, proven to be effective in life threatening situations. Our approach is adaptable, flexible and used by Special Forces and law enforcement agencies around the world.
Why Choose Our Courses
- Rising Threats: With the number of violent and random attacks increasing dramatically our courses will equip you with the skills to survive if you become a target.
- Inclusive Training: Suitable for all ages, strengths and abilities, our system teaches both physical and non physical tactics and strategies for self protection.
What You Will Learn:
- Confidence and Awareness: Develop the mindset and situational awareness needed to stay safe.
- Close Quarter Combat: Master tactics used by elite forces to defend yourself in close encounters.
- Adaptive Strategies: Learn to adapt and respond effectively to various threats.
- Holistic Approach: Gain knowledge in both physical defence and psychological resilience.
Get in touch today and discover how Sphere incorporate innovative strategies and unique tactics to leverage a distinct set of skills to enhance your personal protection.
Sphere Physical and Psychological Programmes
Sphere provides a range of physical and psychological performance programs, each tailored to specific needs of individuals or groups. These programs emphasise training, adaptation and mental conditioning to cultivate new skills that enhance resilience, courage, self discipline, confidence and mental clarity.
Emotional resilience is a key component of mental toughness. Developing this quality can assist you in managing negative emotions, enabling you to act in ways that further your objectives. Examples of such negative emotions include low self esteem and a lack of self confidence, which can result in procrastination, the avoidance of crucial meetings or neglecting to improve challenging life circumstances. To bolster your mental toughness, it is essential to cultivate positive habits like motivation and willpower, which can help you counteract the negative habits previously mentioned. Each positive habit you establish contributes to your mental strength.
Sphere offers courses designed to help you discover your personal definition of mental toughness, providing you with the tools and clarity to understand what mental toughness signifies for you. This understanding allows you to gauge your level of mental toughness and grow as you pursue your life's ambitions.
Sphere Defensive Tactics for Close Protection Operatives ©
Close Protection Operatives may, at some point in their career, need to utilise their combat skills. Sphere Defensive Tactics, an integral part of our unique Sphere Combat System, covers every aspect of physical assault potential in close protection services.
Sphere Defensive Tactics for CP can enhance your existing combat skills or provide you with a completely new skill set. Our training is based on realistic scenarios and hostile environments.
**Sphere Defensive Tactics for CP courses are exclusively available to close protection personnel.**
Our founder and chief instructor, close protection operative Peter, teaches Sphere Combat tactics and strategies to Elite Special Forces and Specialist Police Units worldwide, and also offers Sphere Combat training through various CP training providers.
Sphere Combat differs from martial arts, sports fighting or traditional military combat systems. The operatives in question must engage in advanced tactics and skills crucial for survival, and Sphere Combat is designed to support this.
Sphere Combat stands out for its versatility in everyday life, offering strategies for handling confrontations at home, while traveling, on vacation or in urban areas like shopping centres, parks, and stadiums. It’s also effective in confined spaces such as planes, trains, buses, and personal vehicles.