Supporting the Port Facility Security Officer
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This is a knowledge course. It is not ISPS Code training and is not recognised by any port or maritime authority.
The port facility security officer (PFSO) of Sagar Point has one deputy, one clerk and a plan that the government inspects. Sixty of the people who carry out that plan every day are yours, not the PFSO's. When an inspector asks, "Show me that the night gate guard was trained, held a valid pass and knew the level 2 orders," the PFSO turns to you.
If your file is ready in ten minutes, you are part of the port's security. If it takes ten days, you are one of its weak points.
Focus: the PFSO owns the plan. You support it with four things: ready people, honest records, fast reports and findings that get closed. You never act on security without going through the PFSO.
Learning objectives
- Describe the PFSO's duties in outline, and say what "support" means for a contractor.
- Set up a working relationship: instructions, meetings and change control.
- Give useful input to the security assessment and the plan without owning either, and protect the plan information you hold.
- Keep the contractor's record set and have it ready for audit and inspection.
- Run the path from recruitment to first posting: vetting, pass, induction and required training.
- Manage the life of a pass: issue, expiry, withdrawal and loss.
- Report incidents and support an inquiry.
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