REFRESHER SECURITY GUARD TRAINING PROGRAM

REFRESHER SECURITY GUARD

TRAINING PROGRAM

Program of Instruction

 “Deterrence Through Preparedness”

PUBLIC SAFETY SENSITIVE

 “Deterrence Through Preparedness”

Purpose: The Refresher Guard Training Program is intended to support and complement the existing security guard training and counter security measures designed to:

1)    improve observation, detection and reporting skillsi;

2)     improve coordination with local police, fire and emergency servicesii;

3)    provide and improve skills in working with advanced security technology including surveillance and access control procedures

4)     requiring at least 20 hours of training

This program will provide security guards with the basic awareness of security related issues that can potentially affect responsibilities within the purview of their employment. It will improve observation, detection and reporting capabilities while enhancing coordination capability with other emergency response professionals. Additionally, this program will elaborate on previously provided instruction, thereby elevating participants’ familiarity with access control issues and security technology. Topical areas include the following periods of instruction: Information and Intelligence Sharing.

First responder awareness level:

• First responders at the awareness level are individuals who are likely to witness or discover a hazardous substance release and who have been trained to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release;
• They would take no further action beyond notifying the authorities of the release. information, assistance, and “best practices” may be shared and collaborative processes developed.

Goals:

• The Enhanced Security Guard Program is intended to support and complement the current security guard training and other security related endeavors;
• Through this program, security guards will gain an increased level of training and knowledge pertaining to security concerns and other security related issues in support of their role as security specialists and the responsibilities inherent within the purview of their profession.

Cognitive Goal:

To provide participants with the basic knowledge and capability to detect and discern potential lawless elements and other related activities through a cohesive industry-wide effort, promoting a robust environment of prevention and deterrence.

Affective Goal:

To provide participants with an appreciation for the complexity and enormity of criminal and lawless activities, as well as an awareness of on-going counter terrorism efforts on local, a state and national level.

Basic Characteristics:

As it relates to Republic 5487 as amended otherwise known as the “Private Security Agency Law::

“Security Guard” shall mean a person, other than a police officer, employed by a security guard company to principally perform one or more of the following functions within the state:

·         protection of individuals and/or property from harm, theft or other unlawful activity;

·         deterrence, observation, detection and/or reporting of incidents in order to prevent any unlawful or unauthorized activity including but not limited to unlawful or unauthorized intrusion or entry, larceny, vandalism, abuse, arson or trespass on property;

·         street patrol service.

The role of a security guard professional is to provide his/her client/employer with professional protective services and is dedicated to the principle of maintaining order and security within the area of his/her control. A security guard must be firm but fair and cognizant that his/her actions are geared to the safety of people and their property. The primary responsibility of a security guard is to protect persons and/or property from harm.

Target Audience Needs:

Because most of the critical infrastructures in the Philippines belong to private enterprise and corporations and due to the current world environment with terrorist activity so highly publicized, it is essential that the security guard industry be a knowledgeable component in our prevention and deterrence efforts. Therefore, these individuals require the basic knowledge to enable them to discern, recognize and take appropriate action to allow our other enforcement and intervention components to take further action. Acquiring the knowledge does not ensure both effective or efficient prevention and deterrence efforts. This knowledge must be combined not only with appropriate and timely two-way communication avenues, but also a central focal point that allows for collection, analysis, and feedback of information. This program will provide that knowledge and capability to access those mechanisms.

Pre-Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

This program is an extension of previously provided training as governed by IRR of R.A. 5487 as amended. Therefore, security guards participating within this course of instruction must have satisfied all previous training requirements.

This course is designed to support and complement all previously conducted trainings and seminars. As such, it provides basic information for professional security guards on Information and Intelligence Sharing, Anti-Surveillance Efforts, Prevention and Physical Security - Vulnerability Assessments, Emergency Disaster and Contingency Planning (an all-hazards approach), Access Control, Communications, Criminal and Civil legal issues and Cooperation and Coordination in Public Relationships.

The course consists of 9 sections surrounding the aforementioned topics given in classroom sessions to be provided in blocks of training as deemed appropriate to complete with minimal interruption of service.

Through this course, security guards will gain a basic awareness that may potentially affect issues and responsibilities within the purview of their employment. It will improve observation, detection and reporting skills while enhancing coordination capability with emergency response professionals.

Additionally, it is anticipated that access control issues and security technology familiarity on the part of the security professional will be enhanced through the completion of this program.

Required Text/Materials

• Manual, IIR R.A. 5487, 2003 edition
• The Basic Security Guard Manual by Col. Antonio Encarnacion (Ret.) former Chairman, Education and Training Committee, PADPAO
• Manual, Philgold Security and Investigation Services  Rules and Regulations
• Security Management Principles Techniques & Applications by Eduardo Fulgencio, CPP, CFE, CSP, CSMS, President Philippine Society of Industrial Security (PSIS)
• Manual for Certified Security Professional (CSP) Course
• Manual for Certified Security Management Specialists (CSMS) Course
• Manual, The Art and Science of guarding by J. Supan, 3rd edition
• Manual, Security Services NCI
• Manual, Security Services NCII
• Manual, Security Trainer’s Methodology Course, PARSTS
• The Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Court
• The Revised Penal Code, Book One
• Five Pillars of Criminal Justice System by Atty. C. Paul Ominal
• Book, Developing the Leaders Around You by John Maxwell
• Manual. International Practical Shooting Confederation, 2006 edition
• Manual, Sun Tzu on The Art of War by Lionel Giles (1910)