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CEO and owner Lourens van der Spuy identified the need for a local, Uitenhage based security training centre to train potential security officers from local communities for the greater Nelson Mandela Metropole to provide companies with highly trained and skilled security staff for the purpose of top-class protection of client assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van der Spuy heads up the business from its headquarters in George, with, since 2019, Francois Erasmus as the instructor and manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole business unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LVDS core business includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Security Guarding (Asset Protection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Technical Installations across the security industry spectrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Cell Phone Panic Button connected to armed response services nationally throughout S.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Independent remote type panic button connected to armed response services nationally throughout S.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013PSIRA Training of new security officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Upgrade Training of security officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Refresher Training for security officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Client \/ Site Specific Training for security officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Risk Surveys &amp; Assessments <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Corporate Investigations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013K53 Driver Training &amp; Driver Evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013E-Learner Computer &amp; Skills Training for Children &amp; Adults in partnership with U.D. 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