Learning Objectives
Security guards need to respond to changes in their environment, which includes actions such as traffic movement, ensuring the safety of persons between and within locations, monitoring and managing the access and departure of persons and vehicles and observing and monitoring people. Security guards need to be aware of the correct way to deal with these situations.
Upon completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Describe and explain surveillance and address the following surveillance techniques:
- Observing the physical environment
- Attending to environmental details
- Situational awareness
- Describe the basic elements of security and include the following:
- Access control
- Crowd control
- Vehicle control
- Shift handover
- Discuss drug effects, substance abuse and related drug paraphernalia and understand signs of substance abuse and withdrawal including physical and psychological consequences.