CPPSEC3118 — Inspect and test cash-in-transit security equipment and rectify faults
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What an assessment for CPPSEC3118 must cover
33 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 10 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 Inspect and test cash-in-transit security equipment.
- 1.1Review maintenance schedules, procedures and equipment information to confirm inspection and testing requirements.
- 1.2Review work procedures to ensure compliance with legislative and workplace requirements for inspecting and testing cash-in-transit security equipment.
- 1.3Select and organise tools and equipment required to meet work instructions.
- 1.4Conduct pre-operational checks of cash-in-transit security equipment following manufacturers’ specifications.
- 1.5Monitor the work area continuously to ensure ongoing safety.
- 1.6Check and test equipment, components and warning systems for operational effectiveness following manufacturers’ specifications and report faults to relevant persons.
2 Assess and rectify faults in cash-in-transit security equipment.
- 2.1Assess identified equipment faults to clarify impact on cash-in-transit security services.
- 2.2Identify and assess potential hazards and risks to security services and the work area, and implement necessary controls.
- 2.3Tag non-serviceable systems or equipment and arrange repair or disposal in accordance with workplace requirements.
- 2.4Promptly coordinate replacement system or equipment to ensure continuity of cash-in-transit security services.
3 Record and report inspection and testing results.
- 3.1Report results of equipment inspection, testing and maintenance to relevant persons.
- 3.2Complete inspection and testing records using documentation in accordance with workplace requirements.
Performance evidence
- inspect and test the following cash-in-transit security equipment items for operational effectiveness: two types of communication equipment: mounted two-way radio; portable two-way radio; one alarm system; one access control system; one surveillance camera.
- For two different types of equipment listed above, the person must identify one fault.
- 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 inspecting and testing cash-in-transit security equipment: duty of care; licensing requirements for cash-in-transit operations; licensing requirements and permits for firearms; limits of own responsibility and authority; surveillance; workplace health and safety (WHS) including manual handling
- common faults and malfunctions in cash-in-transit security equipment and devices
- operational features and functions of a range of cash-in-transit security equipment and devices
- procedures for activating and de-activating a range of security systems and devices
- procedures for inspecting and testing a range of cash-in-transit security equipment and devices
- procedures for responding to a violent encounter including armed robbery
- procedures for tagging non-serviceable equipment and systems
- process of dynamic risk assessment and how it is applied
- risks and hazards posed by faulty equipment and inspection and testing activities, and related precautions and controls
- tools and equipment required to inspect and test cash-in-transit security equipment.
Foundation skills
- language skills: to use security industry approved communication terminology, codes and signals
- writing skills: to: record equipment maintenance and fault details; complete routine reports and forms
- reading skills: to interpret: workplace procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities and WHS requirements; written and diagrammatic equipment manufacturers’ instructions, procedures, technical data and specifications
- speaking and listening skills: to: use questions and active listening to clarify work tasks; orally report issues arising from equipment checking and testing
- numeracy skills: to estimate time to complete work tasks
- problem solving skills: to: test equipment to identify faults; assess the impact of faulty equipment on provision of security services
- self-management skills: to coordinate the timely replacement of faulty systems or equipment
- technology skills: to check and test cash-in-transit security equipment
Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Questions about assessing CPPSEC3118
What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC3118 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC3118 needs to address all 33 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 10 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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