CPPSEC4011 — Manage field staff activity and incident response from control room
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What an assessment for CPPSEC4011 must cover
64 assessable components: 4 elements (21 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 39 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for control room operations.
- 1.1Access and interpret key requirements of legislation, regulations and workplace policies and procedures, including work health and safety (WHS), and apply to control room operations to ensure compliance.
- 1.2Obtain and review shift and operational documentation to clarify work instructions and security operations.
- 1.3Check and confirm correct operation of security systems and technologies and record and report faults or maintenance requirements.
- 1.4Cross-check systems and equipment with companion monitoring systems and confirm accurate and consistent information exchange.
- 1.5Confirm roles and responsibilities of control room and field staff and consult with relevant persons to explain operational information and instructions.
- 1.6Establish control room communication processes and chain of command in consultation with relevant persons.
- 1.7Identify and assess anticipated risks associated with security operations and deployed field staff and implement required risk control measures.
2 Control field staff activity.
- 2.1Operate security systems and technologies to systematically monitor security operations and field staff activity.
- 2.2Receive and interpret security information and alarm and assess incident nature and risk.
- 2.3Deploy field staff to carry out security response proportionate to the nature of incident and risk.
- 2.4Conduct regular and systematic checks with field staff to provide information and directions and to maintain security.
- 2.5Respond promptly to irregular or non-responses from field staff to maintain safety and security of people, property and premises.
- 2.6Receive, confirm and respond to requests for assistance in accordance with workplace requirements.
- 2.7Identify factors affecting achievement of security operations and vary operational plans in consultation with relevant persons.
3 Coordinate security response to incident.
- 3.1Identify incident and formulate security response in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements.
- 3.2Promptly implement security response and allocate required resources while maintaining continual exchange of information with field staff and relevant persons.
- 3.3Anticipate contingency requirements and vary response to maximise safety and security of people and property.
4 Review and complete control room operations.
- 4.1Supervise change of shift procedures ensuring monitoring and system continuity.
- 4.2Develop operational report including detailed incident and response observations.
- 4.3Review control room operations to identify procedural improvements for future operations.
- 4.4Complete and secure operational documentation in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements.
Performance evidence
- different security risk scenarios must be covered in each incident
- at least three incident responses must require assistance from emergency services personnel
- at least one procedural improvement must be identified with each security response.
Knowledge evidence
- workplace policies and procedures that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when managing field staff activity and incident response from a control room:
- casinos and gaming
- counter terrorism
- duty of care
- information privacy and confidentiality
- licensing requirements in the security industry
- regulatory requirements in the jurisdiction of operation
- surveillance
- workplace health and safety
- approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
- chain of command associated with control room operation
- communication formats relating to security systems including high speed and contact ID
- crowd behaviour, dynamics and movement patterns that can threaten security
- current national terrorism threat level and context
- difference between local and monitored alarms
- factors that may indicate escalation of conflict or risk and situations requiring specialist assistance
- key principles of team dynamics, team leadership and management
- operational principles of a range of security systems, equipment and software used in control rooms
- procedures for change of shift
- procedures for communicating and collaborating with emergency services
- procedures for deploying field staff to respond to security risks and incidents
- procedures for preparing, storing and retrieving surveillance footage
- process of dynamic risk assessment and how it is applied
- purpose of Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism and understanding of:
- definition of crowded places
- key security issues for crowded places
- objectives, characteristics and identification of active armed offenders
- definition of hostile vehicles and methods of attack
- signs of chemical weapons attack and recommended response
- general features of improvised explosive devices and recommended incident response
- range of typical security risk or incident situations and appropriate response procedures implemented from a control room
- roles and responsibilities of field staff
- signs of possible harassment or assault
- surveillance recording systems (digital and analogue) and interfaces
- the phonetic alphabet and how it is used when managing field staff from a control room
- types of computer operating systems used in a control room
- types of behavioural anomalies and suspect behaviours that can indicate criminal activity, hostile reconnaissance or the potential for terrorist activity
- types of detectors monitored from a control room including passive infrared sensor and dual tech
- ways that social and cultural differences may be expressed.
Foundation skills
- oral communication: to give clear instructions, active listening and questioning skills to convey and clarify operational information when deploying field staff.
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What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC4011 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC4011 needs to address all 64 unit components: 4 elements with 21 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 39 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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