Audit electronic security systems

URN: SFS SYS 7
Business Sectors (Suites): Electronic Security Systems
Developed by: Skills for Security
Approved on: 2018

Overview

This NOS sets out the skills, knowledge and understanding for you to carry out audits of electronic security systems to confirm system compliance with operational requirements and legislation, regulations and codes of practice and produce audit reports.

Electronic security systems is a generic term that includes: intruder, fire, cctv, access, remote monitoring systems and other types of protective installations. It also encompasses the integration of existing and new systems.

These standards are aimed at people who work with electronic security systems, this includes roles such as: surveyor, technical sales, system designer, installer, maintenance engineer, service engineer, commissioning engineer.

This NOS covers the following activities:

  1. Carry out technical audits of electronic security systems
  2. Produce audit reports

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

Carry out technical audits of electronic security systems

P1  safely identify the presence of electrical supply, into and inside, electronic security systems equipment

P2  isolate incoming supply to electronic security systems in a safe manner that complies with the current regulatory requirements and industry best practice

P3  carry out sufficient checks to determine whether systems comply with the specification

P4  carry out sufficient tests to determine whether systems meet the operational requirements

P5  inspect systems to determine whether they comply with relevant current laws, regulations, standards and codes of practice

P6  carry out all systems audit checks, tests and inspections in line with approved procedures

P7  record the results of your audit accurately and fully, including details of variances that affect system performance

Produce audit reports

P8  produce technical audit reports in the required formats 

P9  report all relevant findings of audits

P10  give accurate and full details of audits, including corrective action to the relevant person, using approved documents and within required timescales

P11  determine what corrective action should be taken to bring non-compliant systems in to compliance

P12  maintain the confidentiality of information, sites and systems in line with relevant codes of practice


Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:


Legal and Organisational requirements

K1  current relevant legislation, regulation, standards, codes of practice and guidelines relating to the system being audited, and how to relate them to technical audits

K2  current relevant legislation, regulation, standards, codes of practice and guidelines relating to carrying out technical audits of systems

Carry out technical audits of electronic security systems

K3  how to relate technical audits to the specification and their operational requirements, including systems integration

K4  how to report technical audits of systems, using approved procedures 

K5  what types of corrective action can be taken to deal with non-compliances and how to report this

Produce audit reports

K6  why it is important to record accurate details of technical audits

K7  what documents you need and what information you must record in them

K8  why you need to identify the presence of electrical supply and how it can be isolated safely

K9  how to communicate and work with other people

K10  the technical knowledge or experience required to safely isolate an electrical supply including:

(a) adequate knowledge of electricity;

(b) adequate experience of the electrical work being carried out;

(c) adequate understanding of the system to be worked on and practical experience of that class of system;

(d) understanding of the hazards which may arise during the work and the precautions which need to be taken;

(e) the ability to recognise at all times whether it is safe for work to continue.


Scope/range

Competency must be demonstrated in two of the seven areas including at least one of the core areas:

Core areas

  • Intruder
  • Fire Alarm
  • CCTV
  • Access Control

Other areas
* Nurse Call
* EAS Systems
* Cloud Based System


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary

​In these National Occupational Standards;

Electronic security systems: a generic term that includes: intruder, fire, cctv, access, remote monitoring systems and other types of protective installations. It also encompasses the integration of existing and new systems.

electrical supply systems: supply to the system components, such as primary and secondary supplies

sites: premises of installations. For example (but not exhaustive) commercial; industrial; retail; domestic; governmental

specification: the specific detail containing design, installation, commissioning or maintenance requirements

electronic security systems: a generic term that includes intruder, fire, cctv and other types of protective installations

systems: a set of components working together as an interconnecting network. For example (but not exhaustive) new installations; extensions; modifications


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Version Number

2

Indicative Review Date

2023

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Skills for Security

Original URN

SFS SYS 7

Relevant Occupations

Elementary Occupations, Elementary Sales Occupations

SOC Code

5245

Keywords

audit; electronic; security; systems; report; technical; non-compliance; details; confidentiality; supply; isolate; transmission