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SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Apply security techniques, hardware,
and systems to minimise risk
level:
6
credit:
25
planned review date:
March 2007
sub-field:
Security
replacement information:
This unit standard replaced unit standard 15285.
purpose:
This unit standard is for people who apply, or intend to apply,
security techniques, hardware and systems to minimise risk.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
describe security techniques;
describe security hardware and systems;
apply security techniques, hardware, and systems.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the ElectroTechnology Industry
Training Organisation.
special notes:
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes:
Building Act 1991;
Companies Act 1991;
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Fire Service Act 1975;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Privacy Act 1993;
Private Investigators and Security Guards Act 1974;
Resource Management Act 1991.
For assessment in countries other than New Zealand,
the equivalent legislation in force in that country may be
used.
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Definitions
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Analysis - the systematic examination and organisation
of information.
Assessment - the analysis and evaluation of data to
establish facts, value, and credibility.
Physical security - the use of physical measures to
ensure security.
Physical measures may include:
gates, fences, barriers, locks, keys, electronic systems,
lighting, and space.
Risk - the chance of something happening that will have
an impact upon objectives, measured in terms of
consequences and likelihood.
Risk analysis - the systematic use of available
information to determine how often specified events
may occur and the magnitude of their impact on the
organisation.
Secure - a state or condition in which risks are
minimised.
Security - the protection of people, activities, and assets
including information, from loss, damage, or harm.
Security industry - persons, enterprises, organisations,
and other entities that provide security and securityrelated products and services.
Security investigation - a planned and directed process
used to establish facts relevant to security.
Security survey - an activity to establish facts relevant
to security for a specific environment.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe security techniques.
Range:
techniques - risk analysis, deterrence, access control, information control,
personnel vetting, crowd control, surveillance, security investigation, disaster
recovery, system integration, training, environmental design, security survey.
performance criteria
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1.1
Techniques are described in terms of their purpose, methods, benefits, and
costs.
1.2
The application of techniques in given risk situations is assessed in terms of
effectiveness and resource management.
Range:
assessment to cover five different techniques across three of the
following risk situations - industrial, domestic, commercial, public.
element 2
Describe security hardware and systems.
performance criteria
2.1
Security hardware items are described with reference to features, capabilities,
limitations, and costs.
Range:
2.2
Electronic security devices are described with reference to features,
capabilities, limitations, and cost.
Range:
2.3
evidence of five is required.
evidence of five is required.
Electronic security systems are described with reference to features,
capabilities, limitations, and cost.
Range:
evidence of five is required.
element 3
Apply security techniques, hardware, and systems.
Range:
two applications are required. Of these, at least one must be from:
commercial - eg bank, office building, supermarket, shopping
telecommunications facility; or
industrial - eg factory, power station, storage facility; or
transport - eg airport, rail terminal, port, marina; or
public -eg parliament, museum, venues, educational facility.
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performance criteria
3.1
Security techniques, hardware, and systems appropriate to the risk situation
and application are specified.
Range:
specification must indicate type, size, and/or quantity, but need not
refer to specific brands, models, or ratings.
3.2
Specified items are detailed in a schedule and their locations indicated on a
plan to enable specialists to prepare quotations and installation plans.
3.3
The selection of each specified item is justified with reference to need,
performance, and cost.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation marilynb@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
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
which can
be
accessed at
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