ESA’s National Training School will practically go to any lengths to provide training to industry professionals, wherever they happen to be located. Just ask a group of U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan. Level 1 Training from NTS is playing an important role in ensuring their safety as Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialists, [...]
Instructor Spotlight: Gary Talma
Instructor Spotlight: Gary Talma, ADT Posted By Jason Unger, Wednesday, October 19, 2011 http://www.esaweb.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=672072&post=132872 Gary Talma didn’t expect to become a professional teacher – it’s just something he fell into. Lucky him. “I never thought of myself as being a teacher or an instructor,” he says, but after getting involved with NTS as an instructor, [...]
Update on Milwaukee Licenses
There has been much confusion about the new Milwaukee Alarm Ordinance and how and when it is going to be implemented. After several conversations with the city, we have finally received notification that all forms should be available by the end of next week.(June 24th). The ordinance actually went into effect June 1st, but all [...]
What Happens If I Don’t Train My Team?
The biggest worry about training your team shouldn’t be if they leave – it’s if they stay. By Lee Distad. Originally posted by NTS One of the most common objections raised by company owners when considering investing in training goes something like this: “What happens if I invest all of that time and money in training [...]
Ten Reasons to Go Beyond Your State’s Education Requirements
Separate yourself from the competition, create consistent internal standards, determine appropriate compensation and more. by Lee Distad State licensing and education requirements vary throughout the country, and for security integrators in states with few or no requirements, it’s not always clear why you should invest in training beyond what you “need to do.” But there [...]







