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SECURITY STAFF SERVICES
Manage security incidents, breaches,
and suspects as a security officer
level:
4
credit:
10
planned review date:
May 2007
sub-field:
Security
replacement information:
This unit standard replaced unit standard 6527 and unit
standard 8618.
purpose:
This unit standard is for security officers who are required to
manage security incidents and breaches and process
suspects and evidence.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–
describe and assess security incidents and breaches;
–
respond to security incidents and breaches;
–
identify, observe, and process suspects; and
–
report and record security incidents and breaches.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the ElectroTechnology Industry
Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
This unit standard has been designed for learning and
assessment on-job. Competency in this unit standard
may be assessed in an industry-approved realistic
simulation.
2
Persons working or intending to work as a security
officer or in related security employment may require a
Security Guards Licence or, if an employee of a
Security Guard Licence holder, a Certificate of Approval
to be the Responsible Employee of a Security Guard.
Both are issued by the Registrar of Private Investigators
and Security Guards.
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References
Crimes Act 1961;
Evidence Act 1908;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and
associated regulations;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Privacy Act 1993;
Private Investigators and Security Guards Act 1974;
Summary Offences Act 1981;
Trespass Act 1980;
other related Acts and regulations and their subsequent
amendments.
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Definitions
Best practice – an approved current method or way of
doing something that, in the circumstances, achieves
the required outcome.
Instructions – may be assignment instructions,
organisation instructions, equipment operating
instructions, site instructions.
Modus operandi – a criminal investigation term for way
of operating.
Security breach – any action, omission, or condition
that diminishes or adversely affects security.
Security incidents – events or occurrences of
significance to security that require identification,
response, treatment, or management by a security
officer, especially those specified in relevant
instructions.
5
All assessment activities undertaken for this unit
standard must be within the law.
6
All evidence must be in accordance with relevant
instructions and best practice, and must be within the
law.
7
The health and safety of the candidate, assessor and
others must be maintained when assessment is being
undertaken against this unit standard.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe and assess security incidents and breaches.
Range:
evidence is required for at least three types of incidents and three breaches.
performance criteria
1.1
Incidents and breaches are described with reference to indicators, causes,
types, effects, and the security officer’s responsibility.
1.2
The response to each incident and breach is described.
element 2
Respond to security incidents and breaches.
performance criteria
2.1
Incidents and breaches are reported.
2.2
Advice, information, and assistance are sought as required.
2.3
Immediate action is taken to minimise and/or contain damage and to ensure
personal safety.
2.4
Follow up procedures are implemented as required.
2.5
Evidence, witnesses, crime scenes, and other indications of each incident or
breach are protected from interference to preserve their integrity and prevent
compromise.
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element 3
Identify, observe, and process suspects.
performance criteria
3.1
Suspects are identified.
Range:
characteristics, modus operandi.
3.2
Continuous surveillance of suspects is maintained until it is evident that an
offence has, or is likely to be committed, or a prohibited activity has, or is likely
to occur, or that no offence will be committed, or no prohibited activity will occur.
3.3
Immediate reports and requests for support, advice, or assistance are
appropriate for the circumstances.
3.4
Treatment of suspects is appropriate for the circumstances.
Range:
3.5
treatment may include – take no action, call for assistance,
defuse, withdrawal, calm, isolate suspects.
Searches are conducted in accordance with the law.
Range:
suspects, property.
3.6
Evidence is identified, processed, and documented.
3.7
Suspects are treated humanely, observed at all times to prevent self-injury and
injury to others, and the destruction of evidence.
element 4
Report and record security incidents and breaches.
performance criteria
4.1
Reports and records are completed in approved format and processed in
accordance with evidential requirements.
4.2
Information is complete, concise, logically organised, factual, unambiguous, and
clear to the target audience.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0003 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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