Tag: CEUs
Electronic Security Association offers free online CEU courses for all
March 23, 2020SSN Staff
DALLAS—ESA is now offering select free CRU courses in recognition of the economic challenges for businesses affected by COVID-19.
“As an association, we are in the business of building a strong, united industry front — of building community,” Merlin Guilbeau, chief executive officer, ESA said in the announcement. “I am confident that we can, and will, get through this together.”
Six courses extend the opportunity to learn new topics, and to work toward certification...
Retention and training go hand-in-hand
February 25, 2020Connie Moorhead
Data tells us that there is a worldwide turnover rate of about 10.9 percent. According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics' 2018 report, the national turnover rate for the average U.S. company hovers right around 44.3 percent. Rates definitely vary by industry, with retail seeing turnover around 60 percent, hospitality climbs to more around 76.7 percent and entertainment is closer to 87.4 percent. Then, there is the security industry. The national annual�turnover rate of�an average security�firm...
New NFPA conference now in second year
September 14, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—Small and personal, more focused and very hands-on.
Those words describe the National Fire Protection Association's second annual Fire & Life Safety Conference, to be held Dec. 12-14 in Orlando, Fla., according to Lorraine Carli, NFPA VP of communications.
“We actually started this last year and it was very successful so we've brought it back this year,” she told Security Systems News. “And really it's a very different conference from our annual...