Application
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to implement cash-in-transit security procedures to protect consignments and secure the work area.
It includes:
reviewing and complying with work instructions, workplace procedures and policies and legal rights and responsibilities including workplace health and safety (WHS) to identify and control hazards and risks
constant surveillance of people, vehicles and goods in the work area, operating security systems to prevent unauthorised access, and coordinating a response to security incidents to maintain safety and security of the consignment, self, people and property
problem-solving to predict consequences and apply contingencies where incidents can escalate to emergency situations.
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. Prepare for cash-in-transit operation. | 1.1 Review work instructions, procedures and workplace policies to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when implementing cash-in-transit security procedures. 1.2 Operate and check security and communications equipment to verify operational effectiveness. 1.3 Conduct systematic safety checks and confirm correct strategic positioning and tactics to ensure security of consignment. 1.4 Monitor people, goods and vehicles in the work area to identify hazards, assess risks to consignment, and implement necessary security controls. 1.5 Record receipt and delivery of consignment in accordance with workplace requirements. 1.6 Check consignment content to verify security, and report discrepancies to relevant persons. |
2. Maintain surveillance and security of work area. | 2.1 Monitor security equipment to maintain situational awareness and identify changing circumstances in the work area. 2.2 Operate security systems to secure work area and prevent unauthorised access. 2.3 Regularly check security equipment to ensure operational effectiveness and take immediate corrective actions where faults are identified. |
3. Coordinate response to security incident. | 3.1 Observe the work area to identify security incident and assess risk of escalation and emergencies. 3.2 Direct immediate security response, following WHS procedures, to protect consignment and safety of self, people and property. 3.3 Use communication equipment to receive and transmit accurate and concise incident information to relevant persons. |
4. Finalise cash-in-transit operation and report incident. | 4.1 Finalise cash-in-transit security procedures and record details using documentation in accordance with workplace requirements. 4.2 Report account of security incident details to relevant persons. |
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 consignment receipt and delivery information
complete routine reports and forms
reading skills to interpret:
workplace procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities and WHS requirements
information and instructions written in English, such as consignment documents and labels and safety data sheets (SDS)
speaking and listening skills to:
use questions to clarify and verify spoken security risk information
use communication equipment to give clear, sequenced instructions and reports, for example when reporting discrepancies with consignment content
numeracy skills to estimate time when receiving and delivering consignments
problem solving skills to:
recognise suspicious movements of people, vehicles or goods in the work area
assess incidents and potential emergency situations and apply contingency measures
identify malfunctioning security equipment
teamwork skills to adjust personal communication styles in response to the opinions, values and needs of others.
Sectors
Security operations