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 Security and
Guarding Services Industry AuthorityHow the Scheme Operates
The Recognition Scheme aims to provide the public with information on the basic security training courses that meet the standards recognised by the Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority (the Authority) and are available from the market. Those who may benefit from the Scheme include security companies which need to train their staff through external sources, building management bodies such as Owners' Corporations and Mutual Aid Committees which wish to send their guards for proper training, and the general public who seek such training for personal enhancement.
Taking over of the Recognition Scheme by the Security Services Training Board (SSTB) of the
Vocational Training Council (VTC)
As from 1 April 2003, all
applications for registration of security training courses under the Recognition Scheme
should be made to CPDC (now PEAK) direct.
By 4 March 2005, the validity of all courses under the Recognition Scheme as approved by the Authority before handing over of the Scheme to SSTB has expired. The website of the PEAK is http://www.peak.vtc.edu.hk/cpdc. Main Features a. Exemption of basic training 
Any person who has successfully completed a valid recognized course, passed its relevant examination and is able to produce a valid certificate can be exempted from the basic training on being employed by a security company. This exemption will be valid for five years from the date of successful completion of the valid recognized course. b. Familiarization training A security company is still required to provide familiarization training to its newly-recruited security personnel who has completed a recognized course. The familiarization training aims to provide the security guard an adequate understanding of the company's operation and specific job requirements before actual deployment. c. Quality Assurance System (QAS) for Recognition Scheme
The Authority has invited SSTB to develop a QAS to ensure that training courses approved by them under the Recognition Scheme were properly run and were consistently maintained at a standard acceptable to the Authority. The QAS set out the requirements in respect of programme administration, course content, qualification of trainers, training facilities, assessments and course evaluation, etc. The QAS was drawn up in consultation with the trade associations, trade professionals, training providers and trade unions and was widely accepted by these parties. Under the QAS, surprise inspection will be conducted, specific requirements for trainers and a prescribed and uniformed structure on examination questions are stipulated, and stringent requirement is placed on documentation and record-keeping. SSTB has also worked out a warning and appeal system for the QAS to ensure the course providers' strict compliance with the relevant rules and regulations. The Authority announced on 26 March 2004 that it had endorsed the QAS for Recognition Scheme of Security Training Courses developed by the SSTB of the VTC as a scheme for quality assurance. With effect from 1 April 2004, an applicant for Category A, B and/or C Security Personnel Permit who has sat and passed a course-end examination, within 1 year before submitting his/her application, of a security training course that has met the requirements of a scheme for quality assurance that has been endorsed by the Authority and announced in a manner that it thinks fit is deemed to have met the criterion of "Proficiency in Security Work" for issuing a Security Personnel Permit.
d. Register of Recognized Security Training Courses
For enquiries in relation to the QASRS, please call the PEAK at 2919 1575.
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