I am so sick of hearing about rogue wheel-clamping companies and yesterday brought a whole new round of interesting c**p about it.

A training company in the south-west is now offering vehicle immobiliser courses where you turn up for one day, take a test (but don’t worry – they’ll even give you the answers to the questions), and then you’re qualified.  What a joke, and the awarding body don’t seem to give a s**t.

No wonder this industry is populated by rogues and scoundrels.  It really gets my goat.  Not only do we have rogue clampers, but rogue training companies too.  I hope they’re bl**dy proud of themselves, but I’m not going to name and shame…… they know who they are.

We, and by we I mean beSmart Training, offer the training for vehicle immobilisation so that individuals can apply for an SIA licence to practice.  We run legitimate, four-day courses, where you can actually be taught by someone who knows the industry and learn something that will be useful.  Hopefully, it gives you the knowledge and skills to make you a decent, professional, individual if you take up the wheel-clamping profession.

Vehicle Immobilisers will always be viewed as “the scum of the earth” by everyone who has ever been clamped – it’s understandable.  But clampers thank those lovely people with all their hearts, because without them the profession wouldn’t exist.  Imagine if we lived in a world where everyone just parked wherever they liked without penalty – GRID LOCK.

If anyone out there actually wants some excellent, decent, proper training, do please give us a call.  We operate from our training centre in London and run regular vehicle immobiliser courses.  Our next available course date is Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th August 2010.  You can get more details from our website at www.besmart-training.co.uk or call Sue on 0207 237 6007.