CPPSEC3104Coordinate monitoring and control of individual and crowd behaviour

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What an assessment for CPPSEC3104 must cover

63 assessable components: 5 elements (17 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 38 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 7 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 work and legal requirements for monitoring and controlling individual and crowd behaviour.

  • 1.1Review work instructions and workplace policies and procedures and clarify requirements in consultation with relevant persons.
  • 1.2Clarify legal rights, reporting chain of command, roles and responsibilities with relevant persons.

2 Prepare to oversee monitoring and control of individual and crowd behaviour.

  • 2.1Maintain personal dress and presentation to meet work instructions and workplace standards for appearance.
  • 2.2Check resources and equipment for operational effectiveness following manufacturers’ instructions, and rectify or report faulty and damaged equipment.
  • 2.3Assess site layout including access and exit points, barriers and thoroughfares, and identify strategic observation points to monitor crowd movement and behaviour.
  • 2.4Assess potential threats and security risks and provide clear response instructions to team members to maintain safety and security.

3 Oversee monitoring of individual and crowd behaviour.

  • 3.1Use communication equipment to exchange up-to-date situational information with team members and conduct regular and systematic personal safety checks.
  • 3.2Monitor individual and crowd behaviour and movement and assess risk associated with changing circumstances.
  • 3.3Identify persons behaving in a potentially disruptive manner and assess degree of risk to self, others, premises and property.
  • 3.4Intervene early to explain legal rights and responsibilities and behavioural expectations for subject of threat to remain in the work area.

4 Oversee control of individual and crowd behaviour.

  • 4.1Act promptly to respond to threat and negotiate alternative strategies to de-escalate risk level.
  • 4.2Apply security response procedures that minimise use of force and maximise safety and security of persons, premises and property.
  • 4.3Use defensive techniques where reasonable to control person and remove immediate threat.
  • 4.4Use communication equipment to request assistance from relevant persons.
  • 4.5Monitor subject of threat and provide assistance to ensure their ongoing safety and wellbeing.

5 Report and review individual and crowd monitoring and control outcomes.

  • 5.1Record and report outcomes and observations of individual and crowd monitoring activities using workplace documentation.
  • 5.2Facilitate review and debrief of individual and crowd monitoring and control outcomes to identify procedural improvements.

Performance evidence

  • To demonstrate competency in this unit, a person must on two separate occasions and at different sites, coordinate monitoring and control of individual and crowd behaviour. On each occasion the person must prepare documented outcomes and observations of individual and crowd monitoring activities that identify at least one procedural improvement. In doing this, the person must meet the performance criteria for this unit.

Knowledge evidence

  • workplace policies and procedures and client policies that ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when coordinating the monitoring and control of individual and crowd behaviour:
  • anti-discrimination and diversity
  • apprehension, arrest and restraint of persons
  • counter terrorism
  • crowd control and control of persons under the influence of intoxicating substances
  • duty of care
  • limits of own authority
  • right of entry under common law
  • trespass and the removal of persons
  • use of force
  • workplace health and safety (WHS)
  • approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
  • basic principles of effective leadership
  • crowd behaviour, dynamics and movement patterns that can threaten security
  • current national terrorism threat level and context
  • how negotiation techniques can be used to defuse and resolve conflict
  • measures to prevent crushing in mass gatherings
  • procedures for communicating and collaborating with emergency services
  • process of dynamic risk assessment and how it is applied
  • purpose of Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism and understanding of:
  • definition of crowded places
  • key security issues for crowded places
  • objectives, characteristics and identification of active armed offenders
  • definition of hostile vehicles and methods of attack
  • signs of chemical weapons attack and recommended response
  • general features of improvised explosive devices and recommended incident response
  • right of entry rules for work area
  • security risks posed by crowds and mass gatherings
  • signs of intoxication
  • signs and symptoms of restraint asphyxia
  • signs that a person is drug-affected
  • site emergency and evacuation plans and procedures
  • site layout, including entrances, exits, first-aid points and potential hazards
  • the phonetic alphabet and how it is used
  • types of behavioural anomalies and suspect behaviours that can indicate criminal activity, hostile reconnaissance or the potential for terrorist activity
  • types of behaviours and non-verbal language that can escalate conflict
  • understanding of the force model
  • ways that social and cultural differences may be expressed

Foundation skills

  • language skills: to use security industry approved communication terminology, codes and signals
  • writing skills: to use a variety of expressions and sentence structures to provide factual information and express opinions when recording incident observations
  • reading skills: to interpret: work instructions and roles and responsibilities; procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities
  • speaking and listening skills: to use questions to clarify and verify spoken information when clarifying roles and reporting chain of command; use a radio to give clear, sequenced instructions to team members and people in crowds
  • numeracy skills: to estimate time required to carry out work tasks
  • problem solving skills: to assess potential threats and security risks; formulate response options to match security threat
  • 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 CPPSEC3104 need to cover?

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