Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for screening using hand-held metal detector.
- Review workplace procedures and policies to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when screening people and personal effects using a hand-held metal detector.
- Follow manufacturers’ instructions to check battery, turn detector on, test for correct audible and visual signals, and rectify or report problems to relevant persons.
- Calibrate detector to correct sensitivity and volume for screening tasks.
- Screen people and personal effects.
- Identify hazards and risks in the work area and implement necessary controls to maintain safety of people and property.
- Direct and position person at the screening point using interpersonal techniques and communication that accounts for individual social and cultural differences.
- Sweep hand-held metal detector over the body and personal items within the maximum range specified by manufacturers’ instructions for the type of detector.
- Complete screening using hand-held metal detector ensuring full body and all personal effects have been scanned.
- Respond to positive alarms and potential security risks.
- Respond to positive alarms and locate and secure prohibited items following workplace procedures.
- Where there is a positive alarm without a visible source, request assistance from the person to reveal potential alarm sources and repeat the scan until all alarms have been investigated.
- Identify situations requiring specialist assistance and report to relevant persons.
- Monitor persons and items in the screening area to maintain situational awareness and promptly respond to potential security risks.