18 Training, drills and exercises on port facility security
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18 Training, drills and exercises on port facility security

  Training

  18.1 The port facility security officer should have knowledge and receive training, in some or all of the following, as appropriate:

  • .1 security administration;

  • .2 relevant international conventions, codes and recommendations;

  • .3 relevant Government legislation and regulations;

  • .4 responsibilities and functions of other security organizations;

  • .5 methodology of port facility security assessment;

  • .6 methods of ship and port facility security surveys and inspections;

  • .7 ship and port operations and conditions;

  • .8 ship and port facility security measures;

  • .9 emergency preparedness and response and contingency planning;

  • .10 instruction techniques for security training and education, including security measures and procedures;

  • .11 handling sensitive security–related information and security–related communications;

  • .12 knowledge of current security threats and patterns;

  • .13 recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and devices;

  • .14 recognition, on a non–discriminatory basis, of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to threaten the security;

  • .15 techniques used to circumvent security measures;

  • .16 security equipment and systems, and their operational limitations;

  • .17 methods of conducting audits, inspection, control and monitoring;

  • .18 methods of physical searches and non-intrusive inspections;

  • .19 security drills and exercises, including drills and exercises with ships; and

  • .20 assessment of security drills and exercises.

  18.2 Port facility personnel having specific security duties should have knowledge and receive training, in some or all of the following, as appropriate:

  • .1 knowledge of current security threats and patterns;

  • .2 recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and devices;

  • .3 recognition of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to threaten security;

  • .4 techniques used to circumvent security measures;

  • .5 crowd management and control techniques;

  • .6 security–related communications;

  • .7 operations of security equipment and systems;

  • .8 testing, calibration and maintenance of security equipment and systems;

  • .9 inspection, control, and monitoring techniques; and

  • .10 methods of physical searches of persons, personal effects, baggage, cargo, and ship's stores.

  18.3 All other port facility personnel should have knowledge of and be familiar with relevant provisions of the PFSP, in some or all of the following, as appropriate:

  • .1 the meaning and the consequential requirements of the different security levels;

  • .2 recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and devices;

  • .3 recognition of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to threaten the security; and

  • .4 techniques used to circumvent security measures.

  Drills and exercises

  18.4 The objective of drills and exercises is to ensure that port facility personnel are proficient in all assigned security duties, at all security levels, and to identify any security– related deficiencieswhich need to be addressed.

  18.5 To ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the port facility security plan, drills should be conducted at least every three months unless the specific circumstances dictate otherwise. These drills should test individual elements of the plan such as those security threats listed in paragraph 15.11.

  18.6 Various types of exercises which may include participation of port facility security officers, in conjunction with relevant authorities of Contracting Governments, company security officers, or ship security officers, if available, should be carried out at least once each calendar year with no more than 18 months between the exercises. Requests for the participation of company security officers or ships security officers in joint exercises should be made bearing in mind the security and work implications for the ship. These exercises should test communication, coordination, resource availability and response. These exercises may be:

  • .1 full–scale or live;

  • .2 tabletop simulation or seminar; or

  • .3 combined with other exercises held such as emergency response or other port State authority exercises.

Parent topic: Part B - Guidance regarding the provisions of chapter XI-2 of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended and part A of this Code
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