CHAPTER 1: CONFIRM WORK PROCEDURES AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONDING TO SECURITY RISK SITUATIONS
- Read standard operating procedures including WHS to clarify own responsibilities and authority to respond to security risk situations.
- Read workplace policies and procedures and apply to work tasks to comply with legal rights and responsibilities when responding to security risk situations.
1.1 Read standard operating procedures including WHS to clarify own responsibilities and authority to respond to security risk situations.
What is the standard operating procedure?
- The capacity to outline the actions and procedures necessary to carry out a certain task is made possible by standard operating procedures (SOP).
- A standard operating procedure is a written description of the routine tasks important to the accuracy of the investigation.
- An SOP’s goal is to ensure that operations are performed consistently and accurately.
- An SOP should be accessible where the work is being done.
Some of the important workplace policies
- Code of conduct
- Workplace health and safety
- Flexibility in work
- Absence leaves
Security officer responsibilities during security risk situations
- Prevention
- Sustaining conversation
- Evacuation
- Other roles
1.2 Read workplace policies and procedures and apply to work tasks to comply with legal rights and responsibilities when responding to security risk situations.
- The policies linked with standard operating procedures and the workplace outline the legal and procedural framework for executing security work.
Australia’s federal anti-discrimination regulations
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984
- Age Discrimination Act 2004
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Standard operating procedure to work within a security team
- Professionalism
- Standard operating procedures vary with each employer
- Licenses
- Emergency
- Report writing
- Work as a team
- Chain of command
