Application

This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to provide written estimates and quotes on security system installations. It includes assessing client security requirements and specifications, inspecting installation sites to identify problems impacting the installation, obtaining quotes from suppliers, and sourcing and costing equipment, labour and materials.
A person working at this level would be expected to take responsibility for organising and completing tasks assigned to them without close supervision.
Licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to advising on, supplying, installing, maintaining, monitoring, repairing and servicing security equipment in some states and territories. For further information, check with the relevant regulatory authority.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

To demonstrate competency, a candidate must meet the performance criteria of this unit by documenting written quotations for the supply and installation of security systems to meet the differing needs of three clients.

Knowledge Evidence

To be competent in this unit, a candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
• workplace policies and procedures that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when providing estimates and quotes on security system installations:
• client service standards
• legislative, regulatory and contractual obligations associated with providing quotes for the supply and installation of security equipment and systems
• licensing requirements and limits of own authority
• privacy requirements
• reporting and documentation
• work health and safety
• calculation methods used to compare prices and estimate costs and return a profit on supply and installation of security systems
• content and format requirements for preparing written estimates and quotes
• how to safeguard confidential client information
• methods for assessing client sites and surrounds to identify problems impacting the installation of security systems
• methods for ensuring fair supplier comparisons
• methods for gaining permission to access client sites and persons authorised to grant permission
• potential suppliers of equipment, labour and materials for security systems installations
• types and functions of a range of security equipment and systems
• ways that social and cultural differences may be expressed.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must meet the requirements for assessors contained in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations.
All individuals engaged by a licensed RTO for security licensing purposes must hold both a security trainers licence (where such a licence exists within the relevant jurisdiction) and the licence for performing the security activities for which the individual is providing training or assessment. Regulators may impose other assessor conditions to meet jurisdictional assessment requirements.
Assessment must be conducted in the workplace or in a simulated workplace environment. Candidates must have access to:
• workplace policies and procedures, equipment and technologies, client instructions and documentation, and supplier and product information required to achieve the performance evidence.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'As well as the foundation skills explicit in the performance criteria of this unit, candidates require:\n• reading skills to interpret key requirements of:\n • plans and drawings when assessing equipment specifications\n • technical product specifications in written and diagrammatic formats\n• numeracy skills to:\n • accurately calculate estimates and quotations to return a profit where possible\n • compare prices obtained from different suppliers.'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
  MEM

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