my advice to you is start of somewhere quiet. i worked on a holiday site like butlins for 8 months last year, doing doorwork and static/site security. (the site security was worse for agro than the doorwork )

theres a massive difference between some dickhead giving you lip or trying to 'start' in the street, and having to calm someone down in a club or pub, especially when its your job youre thinking about aswell as youre personal saftey. im glad i started off doing easier venues, its surpising how much you need to learn as far as judgement, reading peoples demeanor, talking to people, solving problems, keeping everyone happy and stopping problems before they start. even the very basic things seem awkward the first time.

i wouldnt want to go straight into a big city centre venue straight away. i start working in a club in weston called vision this weekend, 1200 capacity and theres normally 1 or 2 big scraps in there each night. after working in somewhere a little tamer for a while i know what im going into now though and feel ready for it.

get your training done asap and get in somewhere fairly sensible to begin with is my advice!!