Implement, monitor and maintain airport/airfield security procedures
URN: PPLAOG06
Business Sectors (Suites): Aviation Operations on the Ground
Developed by: People 1st
Approved on:
2021
Overview
This standard is about implementing, monitoring and maintaining airport/airfield security procedures in your area of responsibility. This involves reviewing all relevant sources of information to gauge their influence on security procedures and monitoring their implementation. You must be able to conduct team briefings on security matters and manage their adherence to organisational and airport/airfield security procedures and relevant legal requirements. You must also be able to contribute to organisational and airport/airfield or statutory security testing activities. This also involves identifying and responding to security incidents, establishing the level of threat of suspected or actual breach of security and co-ordinating the action taken in the event of a breach of airport/airfield security.
This standard is for those in operational management positions in airports/airfields.
When you have completed this standard, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of and ability to:
• Implement, monitor and maintain airport/airfield security procedures
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
1. Monitor the implementation of security procedures in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
2. Review all relevant sources of information for their possible influence on/inclusion in security procedures within your area of responsibility
3. Conduct team briefings on all relevant security matters and confirm team members understand their responsibilities and contribution to maintaining airport/airfield security
4. Manage team members not following security procedures in line with organisational and airport/airfield policies and procedures
5. Contribute to organisational and airport/airfield or statutory security testing in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
6. Identify and respond to issues which may present a security risk in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
7. Take the required action when faults, damage to security equipment or problems with security are identified in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
8. Report to senior management issues with the security of actual or possible access points in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
9. Maintain security procedures relating to visitors to the site or a specific area in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
10. Co-ordinate the actions taken in the event of a breach of aviation security
11. Establish the threat level of suspected or actual breaches of security using the relevant sources of information
12. Report actual or suspected security threats or breaches to senior management in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
13. Inform the relevant members of staff what action requires to be taken in the event of a security threat or breach in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
14. Complete the required security documentation in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
1. The airport/airfield’s security plan
2. Your organisation’s and airport/airfield’s security procedures
3. The relevant legal requirements in relation to monitoring and maintaining airport/airfield security
4. What constitutes a threat to airport/airfield security
5. The range of prohibited or suspicious items or behaviour that pose a threat to security in an airport/airfield
6. The methods of concealment and areas of concealment of prohibited or suspicious items
7. Your role and the limits of your authority for maintaining security in an airport/airfield
8. How to monitor and maintain security procedures in your area of responsibility in an airport/airfield
9. The types of authorisation and personal identification (ID) required to access different areas of the airport/airfield and how to monitor compliance whose compliance
10. The importance of maintaining awareness of potential and actual security threats or risks
11. How to manage team members not following security procedures in line with organisational and airport/airfield policies and procedures, and the importance of doing so
12. Your organisation's and the airport/airfield’s procedures for raising or responding to alarms basic
13. Your organisation’s and the airport/airfield’s and statutory security testing procedures
14. Your organisation’s and airport/airfield’s procedures and relevant legal requirements for responding to identified faults, damage to security equipment or security issues
15. How to co-ordinate action taken in the event of a breach of airport/airfield security breaches
16. The actions to take to respond to actual or suspected security threats or breaches within the limits of your authority
17. Your organisation’s and airport/airfield’s procedures and relevant legal requirements for completing security documentation
Scope/range
Security procedures include those relating to:
a) Theft
b) Terrorist activity
c) Damage
d) Harm to people
e) Violation of access points
Sources of information include:
a) Local
b) National
c) International
d) Organisational specific
e) Aviation specific
f) Airport/airfield specific
g) General
Security threats include:
a) Suspected theft
b) Actual theft
c) Suspected damage
d) Actual damage
e) Suspected terrorist activities
f) Actual terrorist activities
g) Potential harm to persons
h) Actual harm to persons
Level of threat
a) High
b) Medium
c) Low
Incidents include:
a) A person behaving suspiciously
b) People carrying suspicious items
c) People trying to gain entry to unauthorised areas
d) Incidents involving vehicles
Access points include:
a) To people
b) To authorised areas
c) To vehicles
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
2
Indicative Review Date
2026
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
GoSkills
Original URN
GSKAOG06
Relevant Occupations
Transport Drivers and Operatives, Transport Operations and Maintenance
SOC Code
8233
Keywords
security, aviation, procedure