​​ZED SECURITY SERVICES

 

 

Duties/Responsibilities                      

 

1.        Patrol campus grounds to identify security risks, and ensure buildings, unoccupied rooms, external doors, car parks and security systems are safe and secured.

2.        Provide advice to staff and clients on security and safety issues.

3.       Attend all responses to alarms, medical emergencies, fires and other similar matters, evacuating premises and contacting appropriate emergency services if required.

4.       Provide protection to self and others including administration of First Aid as required.

5.       Assist the designated Safety Officer in evaluating and implementing university policies and procedures in the conduct of safety and security inspections.

6.       Undertake escort duties for staff, students and visitors (including contractors).

7.       Monitor campus visitors to ensure safety and access in accordance with campus policies and procedures and OHS regulations.

8.       Liaise with external organisations including emergency services regarding security and safety issues.

9.       Provide a high level of client service

10.     Operate and maintain a range of security equipment including two-way radios.

                                                  Selection Criteria

 

Essential                      

 

1. Demonstrated ability to communicate with a wide variety of clients in a professional manner, displaying tact and diplomacy when needed.

2. Demonstrated ability to ensure the security and safety of a site and its clients.

3. Demonstrated ability to work under minimal supervision and complete all rounds and associated work during the shift.

4.  Ability to control situations involving difficult and stressful incidents.

5.  Basic understanding of Occupational Health and Safety and risks to people and property as applied to the working environment.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                  Job Abilities                

 

      1) Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

      2) Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

      3) Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

      4) Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

      5) Far Vision -- The ability to see details at a distance.

      6) Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

      7) Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 
      8) Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

      9) Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

     10) Hearing Sensitivity -- The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

     11) Flexibility of Closure -- The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

     12) Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

     13) Perceptual Speed -- The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

     14) Speech Clarity -- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

     15) Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

     16) Speed of Closure -- The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

     17) Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

     18) Time Sharing -- The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

 

 

    19) Fluency of Ideas -- The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

    20) Originality -- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

    21) Category Flexibility -- The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

    22) Auditory Attention -- The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

 

 

 

                             SKILL                                

 

            1) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

            2) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

            3) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

            4) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.

            5) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

            6) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

            7) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

            8) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.

            9) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
 

           10) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

           11) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

           12) Instructing -- Teaching others how to do something.

           13) Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

           14) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

           15) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

           16) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

           17) Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.

 

 

MATERIAL USED                              

            For providing effective Security Guard services, we use standard grade materials.