18. pants

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 deficiencies, which

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.