CPPSEC2102 — Apply legal and procedural requirements to work effectively within a security team
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What an assessment for CPPSEC2102 must cover
49 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 20 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 8 foundation skills. 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 Confirm and comply with legal and procedural requirements and professional standards.
- 1.1Read work instructions and clarify standard operating procedures and workplace policies governing work tasks.
- 1.2Apply policies and procedures to work tasks to comply with legal rights and responsibilities when performing security work.
- 1.3Locate and clarify professional standards for security officers to demonstrate compliance in own work performance and conduct with relevant persons.
- 1.4Identify requirements for recording and presenting evidence in court and preserving incident or crime scenes.
- 1.5Clarify legal and procedural requirements and professional standards with relevant persons.
2 Plan, organise and complete daily work tasks.
- 2.1Check work instructions and confirm own role, responsibilities, authority and reporting requirements and timeframes.
- 2.2Organise equipment and plan work schedule to meet designated timeframes.
- 2.3Identify factors that may impede successful completion of work tasks and promptly notify relevant persons.
- 2.4Use information technology to organise and complete work tasks.
3 Participate in team assignments.
- 3.1Read instructions for team assignment and identify own responsibilities.
- 3.2Discuss individual and team responsibilities with team members to clarify work objectives and assist in resolving areas of conflict.
- 3.3Encourage input of all team members to support decision-making that accounts for individual social and cultural differences.
- 3.4Maintain communication with team members during team assignment to share information and respond to instructions and requests for back-up assistance.
- 3.5Assist team members to complete individual and team objectives within designated timeframes.
4 Identify and access opportunities for learning and improvement.
- 4.1Seek feedback on individual and team performance from team members and supervisors, and discuss opportunities to improve future collaborations.
- 4.2Seek feedback on own work performance and standards from relevant persons, and identify areas for improvement and learning.
- 4.3Identify opportunities for professional development and discuss opportunities with relevant persons.
Performance evidence
- work individually to plan, organise and complete one set of work instructions
- work in partnership with at least one colleague to complete one team assignment
- identify and participate in one professional development opportunity to improve own performance.
- In doing this, the person must meet the performance criteria for this unit.
Knowledge evidence
- the legal and procedural framework for performing security work as set out in standard operating procedures and workplace policies associated with: anti-discrimination; apprehension, arrest and restraint of persons; duty of care; licensing requirements and limits of own authority; privacy and confidentiality of information; records and reports that may be used for legal purposes; use of force and force model; use of self-defence techniques; workplace health and safety (WHS)
- approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
- basic operational functions of mobile devices, radios and telephones used to transmit and receive security information
- basic principles of effective teamwork
- consequences of not complying with legal and procedural requirements when performing security work
- how to read and use body language to gain the confidence of others
- limits of own competence and authority
- methods and reasons for securing and preserving an incident or crime scene
- methods for giving and receiving constructive feedback
- methods for preserving, maintaining, storing and transporting evidence and exhibits that may be used in court
- procedures, protocols and rules to be followed when presenting evidence in court: addressing court personnel; language; manner; participating and giving evidence; personal presentation; who’s who in court
- professional standards and code of conduct for work in the security industry
- purpose of the Evidence Act
- requirements for recording and reporting incidents
- requirements for recording information that is factual and can be used as evidence in court including meaning of ‘continuity of evidence’
- rules of evidence that can be presented in court: contemporaneousness; must be relevant; must be admissible; must not be ‘hearsay’; must not be opinion
- terms and conditions of own employment
- types of law: civil; common; criminal; statute
- types of professional development opportunities that can assist own learning and improvement
- ways that individual social and cultural differences may be expressed.
Foundation skills
- language skills: to provide information or advice using approved security industry terminology and call signs
- writing skills: to: describe learning and skill development needs; record observations in a clear, succinct, accurate and factual manner; record and maintain learning and skill development information
- reading skills: to understand and follow: standard operating procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities; industry codes of practice that clarify professional standards and conduct requirements
- speaking and listening skills: to: ask questions and listen to answers to gain information or confirm understanding when clarifying legal rights and responsibilities; give clear and accurate instructions and receive feedback from team members; use basic negotiation to resolve conflict when working with team members; communicate with emergency services
- numeracy skills: to estimate time required to carry out work tasks
- problem solving skills: to recognise factors that may impede completion of work tasks
- self-management skills: to plan tasks to meet job requirements
- teamwork skills: to adjust personal communication styles in response to the opinions, values and needs of others
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What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC2102 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC2102 needs to address all 49 unit components: 4 elements with 17 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 20 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CPPSEC2102?
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