The SSOC is conducting final preparatory exercises before the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Safety and Security Committee (SSOC) celebrated the completion of its leadership and training program this week in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, FIFA World Cup Qatar Security Operations Commander. 2022™. Also present were Colin Smith, Chief Operating Officer – World Cup and Managing Director K22, Senior Military Officer, Director and Head of Department.
The ceremony honors the male and female trainees participating in various leadership and security training programs at H.E. Under the patronage of Sheikh Khalifa. Among them, 180 occupational safety managers are certified to provide further training for state and private security forces. In all, ahead of the world’s most popular sporting event, the security preparedness plan calls for the deployment of 32,000 government personnel and 17,000 private security personnel to ensure the highest global standards of safety, security and security.
Major Abdul Rahman Hamad al-Suwaidi, SSOC’s deputy director of training and development, said: “All our training programs are internationally accredited and managed and supervised by Qatar. Those who are now completed and certified represent a future legacy for Qatar, where their skills and training used a lot after the duration of the tournament.”
The training and development department’s presentation highlighted key areas of focus for safety and progress ahead of the start of the world’s most popular sporting event, including safety and crowd management, safety and risk management and emergency response in the event of a major accident.
Andrei Reiss, Group Head of the FIFA Security Team, said: “The extensive training provided by the SSOC not only trains officials to provide high-level security for the FIFA World Cup™ tournament, but also raises the level of professionalism in national security. We are proud to be involved in the training of these officers and certification and help Qatar achieve state-of-the-art security protocol standards.”
With all training programs completed, the SSOC is on track to fulfill its training mandate and has declared its readiness, including the full readiness of all security forces, to receive and secure most of the one million foreign visitors expected to arrive at FIFA World. Cup. Qatar 2022™.
