STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Describe the evolution of private security and be able to state the differences between private and public security.

 II.     Describe the issues of legal liability and how it impacts on private security in the United States.

 III.    Document an inventory the details of the goals of security.

 IV.     Describe how security goals and responsibilities impact on the organization¿s effective and efficient operation.

 V.      Describe physical controls and state under what conditions those controls should be used.

 VI.     Discuss the difference between physical controls and procedural controls.

 VII.    Document how physical and procedural controls are integrated and under what conditions these controls must be utilized.

 VIII.   Write a procedural document for control techniques.

 IX.     State the procedural control techniques that are appropriate for a variety of situations and describe how those techniques will be used for loss prevention and security management.

 X       Describe and recommend strategies for preventing losses from accidents, emergencies, and criminal actions.

 XI.     Describe the methodology for enhancing public relations between organizations and the media with regard to security management and loss prevention.

 XII.    Identify and describe what steps must be taken when loss prevention fails.

 XIII.   Document the projected and accepted losses in retail security and define strategies for retail risk management.

 XIV.    Recommend and document the needed security enhancements for a number of different retail establishments to include: supermarkets, clothing stores, late night establishment and other retail establishments.

 XV.     Perform a risk management assessment and document that assessment to cover all foreseeable events that may impact on a particular commercial operation or facility.

 XVI.    Document and plan an industrial security assessment to allow for protection of people, property and assets.

 XVII.   Define the foreseeable risks and countermeasures in retail and commercial security with an emphasis on institutional security best practices.

 XVIII.  Define the new challenges facing the security profession in the 21st century with an emphasis on homeland security.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      The evolution of private security

 II.     The basic goals of security

 III.    Effective physical control techniques

 IV.     Effective procedural control techniques

 V.      Issues in industrial security

 VI.     Issues in retail security

 VII.    Issues in commercial security

 VIII.   Issues in institutional security

 IX.     Other topics as time permits