Maintain the security of property and premises through observation
Overview
This NOS is aimed at security and loss prevention service providers and
sets out the skills, knowledge and understanding for you to monitor and
patrol premises.
This NOS covers the following activities:
Monitor property and premises using security and protection systems
Patrol designated areas
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Monitor property and premises using security and protection systems
- monitor property and premises in line with your instructions and good
practice
- take prompt and appropriate action to respond to alarms, indications or other
signals from security and protection systems
- confirm and record that the security and protection systems are working
properly using approved procedures
- report and record faults, malfunctions or unacceptable performance in
equipment promptly to an appropriate person
- complete the required documentation accurately, legibly and within required
timescales
Patrol designated areas
- patrol your designated areas in line with your instructions and approved
policies and procedures
- respond appropriately to any situation that increases the risk to security or
safety without undue risk to yourself or colleagues in line with your
organisation's policies and procedures
report and record your position and progress as required by your instructions
confirm that all access and potential access points are secure and comply
with your instructions
- confirm that all security equipment and systems are operating in line with
your instructions
- report and record faults, malfunctions or unacceptable performance in
equipment promptly to an appropriate person
- complete the required records accurately, legibly and within required
timescales
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
Legal and organisational requirements
- current relevant legislation (including those related to data protection), regulations, codes of practice and guidelines relating to:
1.1 monitoring property and premises
1.2 patrolling designated areas
Monitor property and premises using security and protection systems
- the functions and operating principles of the security and protection systems
that you monitor
- how to make sure the security and protection systems and equipment are
working properly and what to do if they are not
- how and why you should report and record system malfunctions, and the
implications if you don't
- the location and coverage of sensing equipment that monitors security and
safety
Patrol designated areas
the principles and best practices of security patrolling
the requirements of your patrol instructions and how to get clarification of any
details that are not clear
- the requirements and limits of your responsibility and authority when
patrolling your designated areas
the types of security and safety equipment that you have to check
why you should confirm that all security and safety equipment is working
properly and why you should report and record any malfunctions
- the different types of access points and other places where people could
enter buildings or premises, and how to make sure these are secure
- the types and sources of risks to security and safety that you might come
across on your patrols and how to deal with them
- why it is important to record accurate and complete details of any security
risks or suspicious situations that you find during your patrols
- the benefits of varying patrol timings and routes
Scope/range
- action that you could take:
1.1. directly yourself
1.2. reporting to relevant person or organisation
- documentation relating to:
2.1. intruder alarms
2.2. CCTV logs
2.3. incident log
2.4. fire alarms
Scope Performance
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Scope Knowledge
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Values
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Behaviours
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Skills
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Glossary
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Links To Other NOS
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