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Mandatory SSO Training Singapore 2026, Remote Surveillance Course Deadline

Senior Security Officers: Complete Your Mandatory Training by 31 December 2026

Are you a Senior Security Officer (SSO) working in Singapore? An important training deadline is approaching.

Under Singapore’s updated security industry training requirements, existing Senior Security Officers must complete the mandatory Security Surveillance Management – Perform Remote Surveillance Function (PRSF) module by 31 December 2026 to remain deployable as SSOs from 1 January 2027.

In this short educational video, Gabkotech Innovations highlights the upcoming deadline and reminds security personnel and agencies to prepare early.

Key Takeaways:

  • Mandatory SSO Training: Understand the required Perform Remote Surveillance Function module.

  • Training Deadline: Complete the required module by 31 December 2026.

  • Deployment Requirements: Existing SSOs who have not completed the requirement may not continue deployment in that grade from 1 January 2027.

  • Upgrade Your Skills: Strengthen knowledge of remote security surveillance functions and monitoring operations.

  • Workforce Planning: Security agencies should review their officers’ training records and plan course attendance ahead of the deadline.

The separate Operate Basic Security Equipment (OBSE) requirement also applies to existing Security Officers (SOs).

At Gabkotech Innovations, we support the security industry through digital security operations, workforce management, patrol clocking and reporting solutions.

Stay Qualified. Stay Deployment-Ready.

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