Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for patrol with security dog.
- Review workplace procedures and policies to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when handling dog during security patrol.
- Interpret work instructions and clarify patrol requirements with relevant persons.
- Confirm security dog is suitable and trained to the standard required to meet patrol requirements
- Check health, hygiene and stability of dog, and take required remedial action where signs of poor health or abnormal behaviour are detected in accordance with animal welfare requirements.
- Organise and use personal protective equipment (PPE) and handling aids in accordance with workplace requirements.
- Conduct patrol with security dog.
- Identify and respond to security threat.
- apply general safety procedures to handle dogs, both leashed and unleashed in a security work environment.
- Identify security threat and assess degree of risk to persons, property and premises.
- Assess the threat situation to determine appropriate use of the dog as a security measure and implement response.
- Check personal safety needs and seek assistance as required.
- Apply hold, release and arrest procedures to apprehend intruder, ensuring minimal risk of injury to the dog, members of the public and self.
- Adjust or discontinue response promptly to meet changing circumstances while maintaining control of dog.
- Promptly attend to injuries to persons or the dog, and seek assistance from relevant persons as required.
- Record patrol and response details using documentation in accordance with workplace requirements.