PSIRA Grade E flashcards
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- PSIRA
- Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority, established by Act 56 of 2001 to regulate and register security service providers and officers in South Africa.
- Citizen's arrest
- A lawful arrest by a private person of a suspect committing an offence in their presence, who must be delivered to the police without delay.
- Reasonable force
- The minimum force necessary to defend life or effect a lawful arrest, stopping when resistance ends; excessive force is unlawful.
- Confidentiality duty
- The obligation not to disclose client, staff or security information except to authorised persons, PSIRA or the SAPS as required by law.
- Grade E officer
- The entry-level PSIRA registration category permitting basic guarding duties under supervision, but not duties reserved for higher grades.
- Occurrence book
- A permanent chronological record of all incidents, patrols, visitors and handovers, completed in ink without erasure or blank spaces.
- Handover procedure
- The process of receiving keys, equipment, the occurrence book and instructions, and signing to confirm acceptance of duty.
- Abandoning post
- Leaving a security post unattended without authorisation, which is serious misconduct and may lead to dismissal and deregistration.
- Three access control steps
- Identify the person, verify their authorisation against a list or permit, and record their entry and exit in the register.
- Token access system
- An access method using a card, key or tag issued to an authorised person, which is presented at the control point.
- Clock-point patrol
- A patrol in which the officer touches checkpoint keys in sequence and records the times in the occurrence book.
- Key register
- A record of every key issued, to whom, the time out and the time returned, signed by the officer.
- Fire triangle
- The three elements needed for fire: fuel, oxygen and heat; removing any one of them extinguishes the fire.
- PASS technique
- Using a fire extinguisher by Pulling the pin, Aiming at the base, Squeezing the handle and Sweeping side to side.
- Electrical fire extinguisher
- CO2 or dry powder extinguishers are suitable for electrical fires; water must never be used because it conducts electricity.
- DRABC primary survey
- First aid check of Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing and Circulation before treating an injured person.
- Assembly point
- A pre-designated safe area where evacuated persons gather so that a head count can be carried out.
- Emergency priorities
- The order of response: life safety first, then incident stabilisation, then protection of property.
- Occurrence book entry
- A factual record of who, what, where, when, how and what action was taken, excluding opinion and speculation.
- Correction in occurrence book
- Drawing a single line through the error, writing the correction alongside, and initialling and dating it.
- Radio procedure
- Listen before transmitting, use call signs, keep messages brief and spell words using the phonetic alphabet.
- Complaint handling
- Listen, record, acknowledge and refer the complaint to the supervisor without making promises the site cannot keep.
- Uniform and identity card
- The officer must wear the prescribed clean uniform and carry the PSIRA identity card, producing it on request.
- Unlawful instruction
- An order that is illegal or unsafe may be refused; the officer must report the instruction to the supervisor.
- Statement content
- A factual, first-person, chronological account of only what the officer personally saw, heard or did, signed and dated.
- Scene log
- A record of every person who enters or leaves a protected incident scene, used to preserve evidence integrity.
- OHSA duty
- The Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 requires employers to provide a safe workplace and employees to obey safety rules.
- Injury on duty
- Any injury sustained while on duty must be reported immediately and entered in the injury register.
- Observation versus perception
- Observation is deliberately noting details; perception is the interpretation of those details and can be mistaken.
- Vehicle description
- Describing a vehicle by make, model, colour, registration number and distinguishing features for a report.
- Phonetic alphabet
- Replacing letters with words such as Alpha, Bravo and Charlie so that radio messages are not misheard.
- Emergency call content
- A call to SAPS, ambulance or fire must state the location, nature of the incident, injuries and the caller's contact number.