Centro de Formación C.I.D.

Formación CID (Centro de Formación C.I.D.) is a private training centre in Oviedo, Asturias, located at Calle Fuertes Acevedo 62-64. The company was founded in 1982. It is approved by the Spanish Secretary of State for Security and the Guardia Civil to train private security staff, and according to the centre it was the first company in Asturias approved to teach private security courses. It is also a collaborating training centre of the Principality of Asturias's employment department.

The centre mainly prepares candidates for Spanish public-service entrance exams (oposiciones) and runs specialised courses, both subsidised (for employed and unemployed workers) and private:

• Oposiciones for the Guardia Civil, Policía Nacional, Policía Local and the armed forces
• Oposiciones for justice, administrative, hospital orderly, educational assistant and nursing assistant posts
• Private security courses: security guard, private bodyguard, explosives guard and rural guard
• Psychometric test preparation and support seminars for self-study candidates

Courses are taught in person and online, and the centre also sells study materials and runs CidKids, a programme for children and young people. Its premises cover 800 m² with 11 classrooms and are free of architectural barriers.