CPPSEC3107 — Monitor security and coordinate response from control rooms
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What an assessment for CPPSEC3107 must cover
59 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 37 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 Prepare for control room operations.
- 1.1Review workplace procedures and policies to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when conducting control room operations.
- 1.2Clarify operational information in consultation with relevant persons.
- 1.3Check security system and equipment to confirm correct operation following manufacturers’ instructions.
- 1.4Identify system or equipment faults or malfunctions and rectify or report for remedial action in accordance with workplace requirements.
- 1.5Cross-check systems and equipment with companion monitoring systems and confirm accurate and consistent information exchange.
2 Monitor security and deploy field staff.
- 2.1Operate and monitor security systems and equipment to maintain security.
- 2.2Receive and interpret security information and alarm, and assess incident nature and risk.
- 2.3Deploy field staff to carry out security response proportionate to the nature of incident and risk.
- 2.4Conduct regular and systematic checks with field staff to provide information and directions and to maintain security.
- 2.5Respond promptly to irregular or non-responses from field staff to maintain safety and security of people, property and premises.
3 Finalise control room operations and complete documentation.
- 3.1Carry out change of shift procedures ensuring monitoring and system continuity.
- 3.2Update security database following workplace procedures.
- 3.3Complete and securely maintain workplace documentation in accordance with workplace requirements.
Performance evidence
- To demonstrate competency in this unit, a person must monitor security and coordinate response from control rooms to four alarm events covering different risk scenarios in each event. In doing this, the person must meet the performance criteria for this unit.
Knowledge evidence
- standard operating procedures and workplace policies that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when monitoring security and coordinating a response from a control room:
- casinos and gaming
- counter terrorism
- duty of care
- information privacy and confidentiality
- licensing requirements and limits of own authority
- surveillance
- workplace health and safety (WHS)
- approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
- chain of command relevant to control room operation
- communication formats relating to security systems (high speed, contact ID etc.)
- crowd behaviour, dynamics and movement patterns that can threaten security
- current national terrorism threat level and context
- difference between local and monitored alarms
- factors that may indicate escalation of conflict or risk and situations requiring specialist assistance
- operational principles of a range of security systems, equipment and software used in control rooms
- procedures for change of shift
- procedures for communicating and collaborating with emergency services
- procedures for deploying field staff to respond to security risks and alarms
- procedures for preparing, storing and retrieving surveillance footage
- 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
- range of security risk or incident situations and appropriate response procedures implemented from a control room
- roles and responsibilities of field staff
- signs of possible harassment or assault
- surveillance recording systems (digital and analogue) and interfaces
- the phonetic alphabet and how it is used
- types of computer operating systems used in a control room
- types of behavioural anomalies and suspect behaviours that can indicate criminal activity, hostile reconnaissance or the potential for terrorist activity
- types of detectors monitored from a control room including passive infrared sensor (PIR), and dual tech
- 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: maintain workplace documentation, complete routine reports and forms
- reading skills: to interpret: procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities, technical information contained in manufacturers’ instructions, visual information contained in closed circuit television (CCTV) screens and security cameras
- speaking and listening skills: to: use questions to clarify and verify spoken security information, use communication equipment to give clear, sequenced instructions and information when deploying field staff
- numeracy skills: to estimate time and resources required to carry out operational tasks
- problem solving skills: to: formulate response options to match alarm or security risk situation, rectify equipment or system malfunctions
- teamwork skills: to adjust personal communication styles in response to the opinions, values and needs of others
- technology skills: to input, manipulate, retrieve and store electronic data in a variety of formats including databases
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Questions about assessing CPPSEC3107
What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC3107 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC3107 needs to address all 59 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 37 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 CPPSEC3107?
Auditori pulls the current release of CPPSEC3107 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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