Want to progress your security career but cannot afford to step away from work for training?
For many working security professionals, the difficulty is not choosing a security course; it is finding one that fits around full-time hours, shifts and existing responsibilities. That is where an ICSE evening door & guarding course in Ireland can make training more manageable.
ICSE provides live trainer-led virtual sessions with eLearning, allowing you to complete online security training while continuing with your existing security job. The programme provides QQI Level 4 training in both Door Security Procedures and Guarding Skills, helping you work towards the relevant PSA security licences, subject to PSA requirements.
From Dublin and Cork to Galway, Limerick and elsewhere in Ireland, the evening format provides a practical route for professionals who want to continue working while developing their security qualifications.
Working Full-Time? Here's How Evening Door & Guarding Training Can Fit Around Your Schedule
The biggest challenge is often not finding the right security course; it is finding one that fits around the job you already have. If daytime training is difficult because of shifts or working hours, an evening door & guard course can give you a more practical way to gain your qualifications.
Train in the Evening, Study Around Your Work
ICSE combines live training with a blended eLearning approach, so you can learn with a trainer in a virtual classroom while completing the required online modules around your other commitments.
This makes the programme particularly relevant for professionals who want to continue their security job while completing their online security training.
You still need to attend all scheduled live sessions and complete the required assessments, with a laptop or desktop, camera, microphone and reliable Wi-Fi required. The key difference is that your main trainer-led sessions take place in the evening, helping you fit security training around work rather than putting work on hold.
Why Consider Both Door & Guarding Skills Instead of Just One?
If you are investing in security training, it helps to understand how each qualification can support different types of private security work.
ICSE's combined QQI Level 4 training covers door security procedures and guarding skills, giving you training across two areas rather than focusing on just one.
For working security professionals, completing both qualifications can provide broader training while keeping your future security job options open.
The aim is not that everyone needs both. If you want to develop skills across door security and security guarding, the combined route may be worth considering.
If you want to understand the wider career benefits of completing both qualifications, you can read our guide on the benefits of both door & guarding skills training.
Could Both Qualifications Help You Apply for Both PSA Security Licences?
This is one of the main reasons some learners choose the combined route.
The pathway is straightforward:
Complete the relevant training → achieve the qualifications → become eligible to apply for the relevant PSA licences → pursue suitable licenced security roles
The two relevant licence areas are:
- Door Supervisor Role
- Security Guard Role
Completing both courses can help you work towards the relevant PSA licences. ICSE provides the training and QQI qualifications, while the PSA handles the licensing process. Once you successfully complete the required training, you can apply for the relevant PSA licences, subject to meeting the PSA's requirements.
For someone considering an evening Door & Guarding course, this can make the combined route particularly relevant. You can undertake training around your existing working hours while working towards qualifications covering both areas of security.
And if you are still weighing up whether completing both is worthwhile, there is another useful resource to read:
Over 90% Choose Both - Here's Why
ICSE reports that over 90% of applicants choose to complete both Door & Guarding Skills training. Our guide explains the reasons behind that choice and how the combined route can support broader security career plans.
Why Over 90% of Learners Choose Both Door & Guarding Skills Training in Ireland ->
What Types of Security Jobs Could Both Qualifications Help You Prepare For?
Completing both areas of training can be relevant if you want to work across different security environments.
Guarding-Related Security Work
Guarding work can include environments such as:
- Shops and retail premises
- Factories
- Offices
- Data centres
- Corporate premises
- Other sites requiring security guarding
Door Security and Event Security Work
Door security training can be relevant to:
- Concerts
- Sporting events
- Pubs
- Clubs
- Certain hotel functions
- Corporate events
- Other settings where the relevant door-security requirements apply
Whether you are working in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick or elsewhere in Ireland, ICSE's online security training allows you to train without needing to attend daytime classes.
Our evening door & guarding skills course combines live trainer-led virtual sessions with eLearning, helping you continue working while gaining your door security procedures and guarding skills qualifications.
For professionals looking to develop their security career in the private security industry without putting their current work on hold, the evening programme provides a practical way to gain new qualifications around their existing schedule.
You Don't Have to Work in a Pub or Nightclub to Use Door Security Training
One common reason people hesitate over door security procedures is the assumption that the qualification is mainly about working behind the doors of pubs or nightclubs.
That is not necessarily the case.
Door-security responsibilities can also arise in different event and venue settings. Depending on the role and licensing requirements, this can include:
- Concerts
- Sporting events
- Hotel functions
- Corporate events
- Festivals and other organised events
The ICSE Evening Door & Guarding Skills course page specifically highlights major indoor and outdoor concerts, sporting events, pubs and clubs among the environments where appropriately licenced security operatives may work.
It may form part of a broader security qualification pathway.
Build your skills across door security and security guarding with ICSE's combined QQI Level 4 training.
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How to Enrol in an Evening Door & Guarding Course in Ireland With ICSE
Once you have decided that evening training fits your schedule, the enrolment process is the next step.
Step 1: Check the Course Requirements
Review the current course requirements, eligibility information, technology requirements and scheduled training dates before registering.
Step 2: Choose an Evening Intake
Check the available Evening Door & Guarding course dates and make sure you can attend the scheduled live sessions alongside your work commitments.
Step 3: Register for the Course
Complete the course registration process with ICSE.
Step 4: Complete Your eLearning
Work through the required eLearning modules in advance of the relevant live sessions.
Step 5: Attend the Live Evening Training
Join the scheduled trainer-led virtual classroom sessions and take part in the interactive training.
Step 6: Complete the Required Assessments
Complete the assessments required for the Door Security Procedures and Guarding Skills qualifications.
Step 7: Progress Towards Your PSA Licence Application
After successfully completing the relevant qualifications, eligible learners can apply for the appropriate PSA licences, subject to the PSA's requirements and application process.
Why Choose ICSE for Your Evening Door & Guarding Training?
Choosing an online security training course is only part of the decision. You also need to consider the provider, qualification and delivery format.
ICSE is Ireland's leading provider of online security training, with:
- More than 20 years of providing security training experience.
- More than 25,000 learners trained.
- More than 30,000 QQI certificates awarded.
- A QQI-registered centre.
- PSA TP1 approved training.
- Live trainer-led virtual classroom sessions.
- eLearning alongside live training.
- Combined door security procedures and guarding skills training.
- Evening training options for working security professionals.
- Next Business Assessment result option available at €39.00.
The current evening course is specifically structured for online participation, with live sessions and eLearning rather than requiring learners to travel to a physical training centre.
That can be particularly useful for learners across Ireland. Whether you are working in Dublin city, Cork, Galway or Limerick, the online format means your location does not require a daily commute to a training centre.
If you want to understand why recognised, structured training matters beyond simply meeting the basic requirements, see our guide to why professional security training matters in Ireland.
Ready to Train Without Putting Your Current Work on Hold?
You do not necessarily have to choose between continuing your security job and developing your qualifications.
With an evening door & guarding skills course, you can undertake structured training through live evening sessions and eLearning while maintaining your existing daytime commitments.
Completing both areas can also provide a pathway towards eligibility to apply for both relevant PSA security licences, subject to PSA requirements.
If that fits your career plans, the next step is simple: check the upcoming dates, review the requirements and choose an evening intake that works for you.
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