1.1 The present Guidelines apply to personnel,
other than port facility security officers and persons appointed to
act on behalf of the port facility security officer, employed in a
port facility which is required to comply with the provisions of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code, and
who should have received training in accordance with section A/18.1 of the ISPS Code, Guidelines
on training and certification for port facility security officers (MSC.1/Circ.1188) and paragraph 1.4.1.4
of the IMDG Code.
1.2 The term "port facility personnel" means any
persons employed or engaged in a port facility having specific security-related
duties and all other port facility personnel working in the port facility
identified in the approved port facility security plan as requiring
training or instruction and familiarization training.