Providence HOST Training™

The Providence Hospitality Operations Security Techniques (HOST) training program has been approved for our company to use. It is in-depth, comprehensive and thorough. This type of training program can reduced problems surrounding the over-consumption of alcohol, alcohol and violence, liquor liabilities, minors consuming alcohol, police visits to alcohol service venues as well as lowering insurance costs.

Instructors

Donny Emerick

Donny Emerick is a communications expert with extensive experience in event production and adult education.

Donny has an extensive background in development and delivery of both classroom and web-based education programs in the technology and event security fields.

Specializing in planning and execution of marketing events, corporate presentations, and multi-day music festivals, he is a Certified Meeting Professional with degrees in Journalism and Education.

Robert C. Smith

Eleven years ago, Robert started Nightclub Security Consultants. Since that time, the company has trained over 5000 hospitality industry employees and assisted over 1000 nightclubs, bars and other alcohol sales venues with truly understanding liquor liability and the importance of developing training programs, security and safety policies, security procedures as well as superior methods of documenting incidents that could lead to any sort of litigation.

Robert has developed the first job specific security-training program in the country. The 2-day, 12-hour program has been the model for several cities and states as Robert has helped them develop their own alcohol industry training standards.

Robert is also currently an 18-year veteran police detective in San Diego and a court expert in several topics including recognition of fake or Internet identification, premise liability, in house security training standards, narcotics recognition and community policing.

Robert’s unique, insightful and open method of training and consulting with liquor licensees has led several state and national associations to label Robert the “Alcohol Industry’s Leading Expert”.