Security Industry Authority (SIA) Licence Working in the Private Security Industry (Common Core) Flashcards

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1. What is the purpose of the Equality Act 2010?

   To protect people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and to promote equality of opportunity, by consolidating previous anti-discrimination laws into a single Act.

2. List the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

   Age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

3. Define direct and indirect discrimination.

   Direct discrimination is treating someone less favourably because of a protected characteristic. Indirect discrimination is applying a provision, criterion or practice that disadvantages people with a protected characteristic without objective justification.

4. What is the Human Rights Act 1998 and name two relevant rights for security work.

   It brings the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. Relevant rights include the right to liberty and security (Article 5) and the right to respect for private and family life (Article 8); also the right to a fair trial (Article 6).

5. What is the main aim of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA)?

   To ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of employees and others (e.g. visitors, the public) affected by work activities. It is the primary piece of UK health and safety legislation.

6. Under HASAWA 1974, what are the employer's and employee's main duties?

   Employers must provide a safe workplace, safe systems of work, training, information, supervision and equipment. Employees must take reasonable care of their own and others' safety, co-operate with the employer, and not interfere with safety provisions.

7. What is a risk assessment, and name its five recognised steps.

   A careful examination of what could cause harm so precautions can be taken. HSE five steps: 1) Identify the hazards; 2) Decide who might be harmed and how; 3) Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions; 4) Record findings and implement them; 5) Review and update the assessment.

8. Define 'hazard' and 'risk'.

   A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm. Risk is the likelihood that the hazard will cause harm, combined with the severity of that harm. Conceptually $Risk = Likelihood \times Severity$.

9. What is a dynamic risk assessment (DRA)?

   A continuous, on-the-spot assessment of risk carried out by an operative in a rapidly changing or unfolding situation, allowing them to make quick decisions to stay safe while the formal/written risk assessment is the planned baseline.

10. List the hierarchy of control measures used to reduce risk, from most to least preferred.

    Eliminate, Substitute, Engineering controls (isolate/guard), Administrative controls (procedures/training/signage), and finally Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as a last resort.

11. Give four common workplace hazards a security operative may encounter.

    Slips, trips and falls; manual handling injuries; electrical hazards; fire; hazardous substances; working at height; and aggression/violence from members of the public.

12. What does RIDDOR stand for and what does it require?

    Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. It requires responsible persons to report certain work-related deaths, specified/major injuries, over-7-day absences, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences to the HSE.

13. Under RIDDOR, what is the timescale for reporting an 'over-seven-day' injury?

    It must be reported within 15 days of the incident (the injury is one causing more than 7 consecutive days' incapacity for normal work, not counting the day of the accident).

14. What three elements make up the fire triangle?

    Heat (ignition source), Fuel (combustible material) and Oxygen. All three must be present for a fire to start and continue; removing any one extinguishes the fire.

15. What are the four main methods by which heat (and fire) spreads?

    Conduction, Convection, Radiation, and Direct burning (direct contact). These describe how a fire transfers heat to other materials and grows.

16. Name the classes of fire (UK classification A to F).

    Class A: solids (wood, paper, textiles). Class B: flammable liquids. Class C: flammable gases. Class D: metals. Class F: cooking oils and fats. (Electrical fires are shown by a spark symbol, not lettered.)

17. Match fire extinguisher colour codes to their contents (UK).

    Water = red label; Foam = cream; Dry powder = blue; CO2 = black; Wet chemical = yellow. All extinguisher bodies are red with a coloured band/label indicating type.

18. Which extinguishers are suitable for electrical fires, and which must never be used?

    CO2 (black) and dry powder (blue) are suitable for electrical fires. Water (red) and foam (cream) must never be used on live electrical equipment because of the risk of electric shock.

19. What does the fire safety acronym for raising the alarm 'RACE' stand for?

    R - Rescue/Remove anyone in immediate danger; A - Alert/Activate the alarm; C - Confine/Contain the fire (close doors); E - Evacuate/Extinguish (only if safe and trained).

20. What is the purpose of an assembly point during evacuation?

    A pre-designated safe location, well away from the building, where evacuees gather so that a roll call/headcount can be taken to account for everyone and inform the emergency services who may still be inside.

21. What is the correct general procedure on discovering a fire?

    Raise the alarm immediately, call the fire service (999), evacuate via the nearest safe route without using lifts, close doors behind you to slow spread, go to the assembly point, and report to the fire warden/incident controller. Only tackle the fire if trained and safe to do so.

22. When prioritising during any emergency, what is the standard order of priorities?

    Protect life first (yourself, colleagues, the public), then prevent injury, then protect property and the environment, and finally preserve evidence/scene. People always come before property.

23. In first aid, what does the primary survey acronym 'DRABC' stand for?

    Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation - the order in which a first aider checks a casualty to identify and treat life-threatening conditions.

24. What information should be recorded/passed on when receiving a telephone bomb threat, and what is the key acronym?

    Keep the caller talking and note exact wording, time, location of device, time of detonation, caller's voice/accent and background noise. The 'HOT' principle (Hidden, Obviously suspicious, Typical/not Typical) helps assess a suspect package; for response remember the 4 Cs: Confirm, Clear, Cordon, Control.

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