Application
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to determine and implement responses to security risk situations.
It includes:
reviewing and complying with workplace procedures, policies and legal rights and responsibilities to implement security risk responses within specified legal and strategic limits and the scope of own competence and authority
identifying and verifying security risk situations and exchanging information with others to clarify risk factors, assess risk and formulate response options appropriate to the degree of risk
evaluating, selecting and implementing a preferred security response that maximise the safety and security of people, property and premises
reporting, securing and preserving the incident scene.
It applies to people working independently or under limited supervision as members of a security team.
This unit may form part of the licensing requirements for people engaged in security operations in those states and territories where these are regulated activities.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe what needs to be done to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Confirm, verify and communicate security risk situations. | 1.1 Review workplace procedures and policies including workplace health and safety (WHS) to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities and own role and authority for responding to security risk situations. 1.2 Receive and verify information on security risk situation and confirm risk authenticity, in consultation with relevant persons. 1.3 Monitor the work environment to promptly identify changing circumstances and factors that may impact security risk. 1.4 Maintain accurate and up-to-date information exchange to clarify risk situation with relevant persons. |
2. Assess security risk situations and formulate response options. | 2.1 Assess security risk situation to establish nature and degree of risk to people, property and premises. 2.2 Formulate security risk response options that are appropriate to the nature and degree of risk and comply with workplace policies and procedures. |
3. Evaluate and implement security response. | 3.1 Evaluate security response options and select preferred control measure to address known and potential risk factors. 3.2 Ensure that security response is within scope of own competence and authority and maximises the safety and security of people, property and premises. 3.3 Select and use equipment and resources to implement security response. 3.4 Review and adjust security response to adapt to changing risk circumstances in consultation with relevant persons. 3.5 Report security situation and response details using workplace documentation. 3.6 Secure and preserve incident scene and maintain security following response procedures. |
Foundation Skills
This section describes the language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills essential to performance in this unit but not explicit in the performance criteria:
language skills to use security industry approved communication terminology, codes and signals
writing skills to record and describe security situations and responses
reading skills to interpret:
workplace procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities
signs written in English
speaking and listening skills to:
use questions to clarify and verify spoken security risk information
give clear, sequenced instructions and reports
numeracy skills to calculate time when recording incident details
problem solving skills to:
formulate response options to match security risk situation
evaluate and adjust security response measures to meet changing risk circumstances
recognise security risk situations requiring specialist assistance
teamwork skills to adjust personal communication styles in response to the opinions, values and needs of others.
Sectors
Security operations