Certification

The UK SDMAG awards one of the only Level 3 Self Defence Instructor Certificates in the UK. The qualification is designed to enable Instructors to teach safely and compliantly and to industry best practice standards. The Certificate also covers the subject with considerable breadth and depth. The Certificate is fully independent and awarded by the UK SDMAG as an unregulated qualification that does not yet sit on the RQF (Regulated Qualification Framework).

 

THE QUALIFICATION UNITS

The qualifications follows a modular scheme and each module contains a set of units:

 

MODULE 1 – PRACTITIONER

 

Unit 1 – Concepts and strategies

Unit 2 – Physiology

Unit 3 – Psychology

Unit 4 – Threat Assessment & Planning

Unit 5 – DEFOF Physical Unit

 

MODULE 2 – INSTRUCTION

 

Unit 6 – Compliance

Unit 7 – Health & Safety

Unit 8 – Strengths Based Engagement

Unit 9 – Positive Psychology

Unit 10 – Working with Children & Vulnerable Adults

Unit 11 – Evidence Based Assessment

 

MODULE 3 –  LEGAL

 

Unit 12 – Reasonable Force

Unit 13 – Law

Unit 14 – Case Studies

 

Following completion of the qualification, or verification of existing qualifications, instructors are granted CERTIFIED STATUS with the UK SDMAG and can apply for a licence. What makes this qualification unique is the ability for licenced and certified instructors to go into schools, businesses and local authorities and teach legally defensible and fully compliant self defence classes, courses and seminars.

There are many benefits to applying for a licence – to find out more about the LICENCING CRITERIA and benefits – CLICK HERE

The Certified Instructor Award can be taken by enrolling one of our APPROVED TRAINING CENTRES (ATC). A list is available  HERE All certificates are issued by the UK SDMAG as the awarding body and logged against our register of approved Instructors. The UK SDMAG does not provide the training itself as it is an awarding body and as such remains impartial and does not set the process for the qualifications. UK SDMAG charges a student registration fee to the ATC and annual ATC licence fees.