For supervisors
Level 3 Certificate in Spectator Safety Supervision
The supervisory qualification for stewarding and spectator safety. For running a team on the ground, rather than being part of one.
Not enrolling yet. Golden Key does not yet hold awarding organisation approval for this qualification, so we cannot take learners or enter anyone for assessment. Register your interest and we will contact you as soon as that changes.
At a glance
- Level
- 3
- Minimum age
- 18
- Assessed
- At workportfolio of evidence
- Who it is for
- Stewards stepping up to supervise, and people already supervising who need the qualification to prove it
- Entry requirements
- None, beyond being 18 or over and having access to real events in a supervisory role
- How you are assessed
- A portfolio of evidence built in the workplace, marked by your assessor and externally quality assured
- Sits above
- Level 2 Certificate in Spectator Safety
Stewards stepping up to supervise
This is for stewards moving up into a supervisory role, and for people already running a team who need a qualification that says so. Same industry as Level 2, at sports grounds, arenas, concerts, parades and carnivals, but from the other side of the briefing.
There are no formal entry requirements. You need to be 18 or over, and a Level 2 qualification in spectator safety is useful preparation rather than a condition.
As at Level 2, a work placement runs throughout the qualification and before certification, because the evidence has to come from real events.
It supports roles such as senior steward, supervisor and assistant ground safety officer.
What the qualification covers
Four things you have to be able to do, and show that you can do, before a certificate is issued.
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Getting the team ready
Briefing your stewards, checking the areas you are responsible for, and checking the equipment in them.
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Running your area on the day
Deploying people where they are needed, holding the standard, and stepping in when it slips.
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Information and decisions
What you are told, what you pass on, what you act on, and what you record.
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Working with everyone else
The control room, the safety officer, contractors and the emergency services.
How the assessment works
Assessment is through what you actually do at work. Your assessor watches you supervise, asks you about the decisions you made, and gathers the evidence with you. That evidence is built into a portfolio.
The portfolio is internally assessed and then externally quality assured. There is no written exam.
Simulation is used only where a real work environment cannot produce the evidence.
Also required before certification.
The ACT eLearning counter-terrorism training, which is free from GOV.UK, and a recognised first aid award.
Register your interest
We are not enrolling yet. Register your interest and we will contact you when we can take learners. Employers enquiring for a group of stewards should say so.