AVIO0033 — Establish secure areas and manage access control points

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56 assessable components: 6 elements (21 performance criteria), 20 performance evidence and 15 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish and manage secure areas

1.1Secure areas are established, as required in accordance with workplace procedures
1.2Secure areas are re-established following a breach, evacuation or equipment failure, as required in accordance with workplace procedures
1.3Record of actions taken to establish or re-establish a secure area are completed, in accordance with workplace procedures

2 Manage persons to enter a secure area

2.1Appropriate personal protective equipment is selected and used in accordance with workplace procedures
2.2Persons are received in a professional and courteous manner and processed in accordance with workplace procedures
2.3Identification details of persons entering secure areas are verified, and appropriate actions are taken to manage any irregularities in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
2.4Entry validations are issued and collected in accordance with workplace procedures
2.5Behaviour of persons in and around secure areas is monitored in a transport security environment

3 Inspect articles to enter secure areas

3.1Requests to inspect personal effects are communicated, and inspections are made in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
3.2Prohibited items or weapons found during inspections are managed and reported, in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
3.3Persons refusing inspection requests are reported and processed in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures

4 Manage access control systems in secure areas

4.1Keys and access control devices for secure areas are controlled, recorded, monitored and reconciled in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
4.2Control systems and barriers to secure areas are operated in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
4.3Keypad and alarm entry systems for secure areas are managed in accordance with workplace procedures

5 Manage breaches of secure areas

5.1Breaches and nature of breaches or potential breaches of secure areas are recognised and managed
5.2Breaches or potential breaches are reported to designated personnel in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
5.3Appropriate communication equipment and codes are used to report breaches or potential breaches in a secure area
5.4Workplace activities are modified to manage workplace contingencies, risk situations and environments in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures

6 Complete required documentation

6.1Written reports on a breach, potential breach, evacuation or equipment failure and related action to re-establish a secure area, are completed and referred to designated personnel in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
6.2Relevant documentation is maintained in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures
6.3Incidents that infringe or breach workplace procedures are acted on, reported and recorded in accordance with legislative requirements and workplace procedures

Performance evidence

clarifying and applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures as they relate to the establishment of secure areas and reestablishing following either an intentional or unintentional breach, evacuation or equipment failure
communicating effectively with others by a range of means including verbal, non-verbal, written and digital means
conducting an inspection of articles and baggage
correctly reporting on a breach, evacuation or equipment failure when establishing and maintaining secure areas in accordance with legislative requirements
following legislative requirements and workplace procedures
identifying and establishing a secure area at an airport in accordance with workplace procedures
identifying and verifying ID cards of persons entering a secure area
identifying irregularities in security-related documentation and identification checks, and taking appropriate action
identifying, selecting, using and routinely checking relevant equipment and systems, and recording required information
implementing contingency procedures in a security issue or a breach of legislation
managing incoming and outgoing persons in accordance with workplace procedures
monitoring and anticipating security issues and risks that may arise from controlling access to and exit from secure areas at an airport and modifying activities to take appropriate action
observing and monitoring the behaviour of persons in and around security-controlled areas in a transport security environment
reading, interpreting and following relevant regulations, instructions, procedures, information and signs
reporting and/or rectifying problems, faults or malfunctions promptly, in accordance with workplace procedures
responding to security issues and breaches, within limits of own role and responsibility
selecting and using appropriate communication methods
using documentation correctly, in accordance with workplace procedures
using security systems and barriers correctly, to maintain security of secure areas
working collaboratively and liaising with others on matters relevant to the control of access to and exit from secure areas

Knowledge evidence

alarm systems and locations for secure areas
communication codes for secure areas
features, operating principles and processes for security systems used in secure areas
information about breaches or potential breaches including: breach particulars including where it occurred, details and description of the person/s breaching security, details of the affected area, estimated number of persons in the affected area, time of breach
information contained on personal ID cards
procedures and protocols for operating communications equipment in secure areas
process for verifying, validating and reporting on ID checks
processes and procedures for controlling access to secure areas as detailed in the organisation’s transport security program
relevant legislation, regulations and workplace procedures in relation to controlling access to and exit from secure areas
reporting requirements for security issues and breaches of transport security
risk factors and risk management strategies that may exist when controlling access to and exit from secure areas
roles, functions and responsibilities of transport security protection screening personnel for establishing secure areas in a transport security environment
secure and sterile area requirements
typical issues that may occur when establishing secure areas in a transport security environment and reestablishing it following either and intentional or unintentional breach, evacuation or equipment failure, and appropriate action that can be taken to manage these issues
validation of entry authorisations

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