Maintain and preserve CCTV systems and recorded data
Overview
This NOS is aimed at operational CCTV staff and sets out the skills, knowledge
and understanding for you to provide effective data management.
This NOS covers the following activities:
Maintain CCTV recording systems
Preserve recorded data as potential evidence
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Maintain CCTV recording systems
use recording systems following your organisational procedures
store recording systems in approved locations to maintain their operational
condition
- identify when recording systems are missing and take required action in line
with instructions
- complete required records accurately, legibly and within required timescales
Preserve recorded data as potential evidence
- maintain the confidentiality of recorded information in line with relevant
legislation and codes of practice
preserve recorded data that contains potential evidence
complete records in line with your instructions and your organisational
procedures
- make sure that recorded data containing potential evidence is stored
securely and made available only to authorised persons
- disclose confidential information only to authorised persons
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
Legal and organisational requirements
- current relevant legislation, regulation, codes of practice and guidelines
relating to CCTV systems and recording data
- current relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice and guidelines
relating to preserving recorded data
Maintain CCTV recording systems
the types of recording systems that you use and their life expectancy
how to log and classify recording systems
how and why you should store recording systems to preserve their
operational condition
- how and why it is important to implement procedures for using recording
systems including requisition, rotation, erasure and disposal
- what your responsibilities are when you discover recording systems are
missing
Preserve recorded data as potential evidence
- who are the people authorised to have access to recording systems and data
containing potential evidence
- how and why it is important to preserve recorded data as potential evidence
Maintain confidentiality and security of information
- how and why it is important to follow your organisational procedures for
maintaining the security and confidentiality of recorded information
- the correct procedures for disclosing confidential information to authorised
persons
Scope/range
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Scope Knowledge
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Glossary
In these National Occupational Standards;
authorised persons: someone who has permission or invitation from the
control room manager and includes but is not exclusive to staff, line manager,
engineers, IT support, police and enforcement agencies
evidence: material that may be required or potentially retained for
investigations, court proceedings (criminal and civil), and/or hearings including
but is not exclusive to data, recorded images, copied images
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