Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for screening using walk-through metal detection equipment.
- Review workplace procedures and policies to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when screening people and personal effects using walk-through metal detection equipment.
- Set up and test walk-through metal detection equipment following manufacturers’ instructions, and rectify or report problems to relevant persons.
- Screen people and personal effects.
- Identify hazards and risks in the work area and implement necessary controls to maintain safety of people and property.
- Operate walk-through metal detection equipment following manufacturers’ instructions.
- Direct and assist people through the screening point using interpersonal techniques and communication that accounts for individual social and cultural differences.
- Use alternate screening methods to accommodate infants, children and people with specific needs.
- Monitor screening and respond to potential security risks.
- Monitor people through the screening point and give spoken and non-verbal instructions to maintain an orderly flow and address causes of potential delays.
- Identify persons not consenting to be screened and take appropriate action following workplace procedures.
- Respond to positive alarms and locate and secure prohibited items following workplace procedures.
- Identify the need to conduct personal search, and clarify legal authority to search in consultation with relevant persons.
- Obtain consent for personal search, and use approved search techniques locate or confirm the absence of prohibited items.
- Where permission to search is refused, use communication equipment to immediately report situation to relevant persons.
- Monitor persons and items in the screening area to maintain situational awareness and to respond promptly to potential security risks.