Fears for concert safety after trainee stewards helped cheat

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To play this video, you need JavaScript enabled in your browser. < /figure>By Kate West and Melanie Stewart-SmithBBC File on 4

Security guards – who protect public events – fraudulently obtain work permits after following false training, the BBC discovered. .

Undercover File on 4 reporter paid extra to complete a mandatory six-day course in a day and a half - missing crucial first aid training .< /p>

In one class, he was asked to fill out timesheets for all six days and was given answers to multiple choice questions.

The industry regulator said the evidence suggested criminality.

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) also said it was now working with the organizations that oversee these training companies to investigate the BBC material in more detail. He said he would take the matter to the police.

The findings come eight years after another BBC investigation revealed security guards could fraudulently buy qualifications for money.

'No passes, no fees'

This time, File on 4 contacted 12 companies offering SIA Level 2 Door Supervisor courses to priced between £200 and £300. Many advertise success rates close to 100% and use phrases such as "no passes, no fees."

Four of the companies offered undercover journalists short courses - which is against regulations - ranging from one and a half to three days.

The completion of the training of six days allows people to apply for an SIA license - the blue cards visible on the armbands of security personnel - subject...