CPPSEC3120 — Load and unload cash-in-transit in secured and unsecured environments
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What an assessment for CPPSEC3120 must cover
39 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 15 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 Select cash-in-transit loading site.
- 1.1Review work instructions, procedures and policies including WHS to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when performing cash-in-transit operations.
- 1.2Clarify operational details with relevant persons.
- 1.3Select consignment loading site to meet work instructions.
- 1.4Assess accessibility and security of loading site and, where deemed inappropriate, identify an alternative site in consultation with relevant persons.
- 1.5Monitor people, goods and vehicles in the loading area to identify hazards, assess risks to consignment and implement necessary security controls.
- 1.6Use interpersonal techniques to discuss consignment transfer details with relevant persons and obtain necessary authorisations.
2 Transfer and secure cash-in-transit.
- 2.1Monitor loading area to maintain situational awareness and identify changing circumstances.
- 2.2Implement security procedures and operate security systems to secure loading area and prevent unauthorised access.
- 2.3Identify potential security risks and formulate contingency measures in consultation with relevant persons.
- 2.4Respond to changing risk circumstances to maintain security of consignment and loading area.
- 2.5Safely and securely transfer load according to work instructions.
- 2.6Verify consignment information and record and report details of non-conforming items.
3 Deliver cash-in-transit and complete transfer documentation.
- 3.1Deliver consignment and request client to verify consignment.
- 3.2Complete transfer documentation in accordance with workplace requirements.
Performance evidence
- load and unload cash-in transit consignments in one secured location
- load and unload cash-in transit consignments in two different unsecured locations
- meet the performance criteria for this unit
Knowledge evidence
- standard operating procedures and workplace policies that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when loading and unloading cash-in-transit: anti-discrimination and diversity, apprehension, arrest and restraint of persons, counter terrorism, duty of care, licensing requirements and permits for firearms, and handling and carrying dangerous goods, limits of own responsibility and authority, trespass and the removal of persons, use of force, workplace health and safety (WHS) including manual handling
- accessibility and security issues that would deem a loading site to be inappropriate
- approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
- authorisations necessary to load and unload cash-in-transit consignments
- cash-in-transit carrying, loading and unloading techniques
- correct strategic positioning and tactics when conducting cash-in-transit operations
- difference between secured and unsecured loading sites and the risks associated with each
- principles of effective teamwork
- procedures for activating and de-activating a range of common security systems and devices
- procedures for handling non-conforming consignments
- procedures for responding to a violent encounter including armed robbery
- process of dynamic risk assessment and how it is applied
- the phonetic alphabet and how it is used
- types of security risks that may be encountered during cash-in-transit operations and appropriate responses for each
- understanding of the force model
Foundation skills
- language skills: to use security industry approved communication terminology, codes and signals
- writing skills: to complete consignment transfer documentation and complete routine reports and forms
- reading skills: to interpret workplace procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities and WHS requirements, information and instructions written in English such as consignment documents, labels and safety data sheets (SDS), site plans and features to assess security of loading site, and consignment information to verify contents
- speaking and listening skills: to use questions to clarify operational information, use a radio to give clear, sequenced instructions and reports for example when reporting discrepancies with consignment content, and orally request the client to verify the consignment
- numeracy skills: to estimate time to meet scheduled timeframes for loading and unloading cash-in-transit
- problem solving skills: to recognise suspicious movements of people, vehicles or goods in the loading area, assess the security and identify the need for an alternative site, formulate contingency measures to respond to risks when transferring consignment, and select and use correct manual handling techniques when carrying, loading and unloading cash-in-transit
- 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 CPPSEC3120 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC3120 needs to address all 39 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 15 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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