Application
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to select, use and maintain body armour for security purposes.
It includes:
complying with work instructions, workplace procedures and policies, and legal rights and responsibilities, including firearms and weapons Acts and workplace health and safety (WHS)
clarifying shift requirements and work tasks, and assessing the risks inherent in work instructions to understand threat and protection requirements
selecting, fitting and using different types of body armour to protect against potential security threats.
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 to use body armour. | 1.1 Review work instructions and procedures for shift and clarify work tasks with relevant persons. 1.2 Review workplace policies including WHS to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when using body armour. 1.3 Assess risks inherent in work instructions to clarify threat and protection requirements. |
2. Select and fit body armour. | 2.1 Select items of body armour to meet work instructions. 2.2 Inspect body armour to confirm suitability for work tasks. 2.3 Wear body armour and adjust for correct fit and maximum protective capacity. |
3. Clean and maintain body armour. | 3.1 Read manufacturers’ instructions to confirm care and maintenance requirements for body armour. 3.2 Clean and store body armour following manufacturers’ instructions. |
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
reading skills to interpret:
procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities
manufacturers’ instructions and technical information when checking, fitting, cleaning and maintaining body armour
speaking and listening skills to ask questions and listen to answers to gain information or confirm understanding
numeracy skills to calculate measurements to ensure correct size of body armour
problem solving skills to:
select body armour that is appropriate to protect against
Sectors
Security operations