Showsec event steward

glamrochick

Hi. Going for my training day soon for showsec wonder if anyone works for them. Work pretty frequent?

cally6008

My brother works for them and seems to be constantly up and down the country, travelling to various venues

paddyrg

We've used showsec a few times, they service gigs all over. It's not a shortcut to a fortune, but they do a decent level of business so if he proves a stayer he'll probably do alright :-)

If he has any specialist martial arts/close protection/etc accreditations, make sure he mentions them. Stewarding is fairly low-level stuff, but good security will get closer to the fun side of things/stuff that needs securing.

glamrochick

I'd do this with another job. If u go to venues in other cities I don't think they pay fully for accommodation. Hope I can make a bit from this Job. Might be fun & hopefully meet some nice people

imperial1281

Hi,

i work as a full time fire fighter and this is something I'm interested in doing as a 2nd job.

May I ask, are any security qualifications required to work at events. I'm particularly interested in Leeds Arena events.

Any info would be great, thanks

wilf55

my sister in law did this and did events around manchester most weeks and mostly at the arena paid ok and allowed her to watch many acts which was great for her

glamrochick

I wanna do leeds arena too. Will see what they have going there. Some day events in leeds as well

glamrochick

can you make a decent living from this ?

milo2564

PROS:
Ease of booking and fair.
pay ok on some jobs
suck up to managers/supervisors you will go far

CONS:
Really Bad Breaks..... eg. 30mins withing 17 to 19hour shift.
Bad management,
treated like school children,
no back up in situations,
people interpreting their own account of incidents to protect their own backs regardless of others.
poor logistics in getting you to jobs

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