NZQA registered unit standard
27358 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of personal risk management in a security
context
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
2
This unit standard covers the management of personal risks in
a security context.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of:
– personal factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel;
– organisational factors that could affect the health and safety
of security personnel;
– environmental factors that could affect the health and safety
of security personnel; and
– workplace risks from other people that could affect the health
and safety of security personnel.
Classification
Security > Security Staff Services
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard has been developed for learning and assessment in any relevant
security context, on job or off job.
2
References
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010;
and their subsequent amendments or replacements.
3
Definitions
Security personnel – for the purpose of this unit standard, personnel providing
specified private security services, in particular crowd control, property guarding, and
personal guarding.
PPE – personal protective equipment.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27358 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of personal factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Describe personal factors that could affect the health and safety of security
personnel in terms of their effect on self.
Range
1.2
personal factors may include – stress, fatigue, anger, shift work,
influence of drugs and alcohol, poor health, poor diet, hydration,
fitness;
evidence of three is required.
Describe a measure to minimise risk to own health and safety for the personal
factors described in evidence requirement 1.1 in terms of personal
responsibility.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of organisational factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Describe organisational factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel in terms of their effect on self.
Range
2.2
organisational factors may include but are not limited to – vehicles,
communication equipment, PPE, availability of resources and
equipment;
evidence of two is required.
Describe a measure to minimise risks to own health and safety for the
organisational factors described in evidence requirement 2.1 in terms of
relevant instructions.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of environmental factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27358 version 1
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Describe environmental factors that could affect the health and safety of
security personnel in terms of their effect on self.
environmental factors may include but are not limited to –
exposure to noise, exposure to sun, proximity of traffic,
construction zones, chemical fumes, infectious substances,
heights, moving plant, machinery, electricity, toxic substances, slip
and trip hazards;
evidence of two is required.
Range
3.2
Describe a measure to minimise the risks to own health and safety for the
environmental factors described in evidence requirement 3.1 in terms of
relevant instructions.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of workplace risks from other people that may affect the health
and safety of security personnel.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Describe workplace risks from other people that could affect the health and
safety of security personnel in terms of their effect on self.
workplace risks from other people may include – intruders,
trespassers, non-compliant people, confrontational situations;
evidence of two is required.
Range
4.2
Describe a measure to minimise the risks to own health and safety for the
workplace risks described in evidence requirement 4.1 in terms of relevant
instructions.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27358 version 1
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation (ETITO)
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016