SAIDSA Certificate Courses
These 1 and 2 day courses offer new and current technicians the opportunity to update and improve their skills on a flexible basis to suit their work schedules. These short courses each carry a SAIDSA recognised certificate and consist of theory and practical training. The courses must be completed in order. Although these courses can be split over 3 months , they must be purchased as a complete package.

Available short courses are as follows:

l Detector Theory
l Planning & Risk assessment
l False Alarm management
l Hand Tools & Power Tool Safety
l Wiring Techniques
l Installation Techniques
l Programming principles
l Basic Security Electronics
l Faultfinding Principles
l Bylaw 25 Technical

SAIDSA Certified Technicians
A current technician may qualify as a SAIDSA "Certified" Technician by being found competent in all 10 of the short courses.  These courses will require the passing of stringent exams in theory and practical.

Insurance Assessor Training
This short course will allow Insurance Brokers and Assessors to become familiar with the identification and workings of the modern Intruder Alarm system, learn how to recognise problems and assess the risk in an installation. This course carries a certificate.

Sales Training
This certificate course will teach a salesperson how to identify and select the correct products for an application, correctly assess a risk and place detectors according to the theory of detection and SAIDSA standards. This course is ideal for new and current salespersons and includes Bylaw 25 installation sales requirements. (Optional)