Continuous Professional Development
Continuous Professional Development is critical in ensuring that ASCs possess up-to-date knowledge and expertise in an ever-changing security landscape.
ASCs are required to undergo sufficient CPD before they can renew their yearly accreditation with the SCAP Board. Each year, an ASC needs to accumulate 16 points in CPD in order to be eligible to renew their accreditation.
CPD is offered through various security Approved Training Organisations (“ATOs”), on topics which include but are not limited to the following:
– Terrorism Trends
– Protective Security Framework and Principles
– Security-by-Design Process
– Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
– Outcome-based Contracting
– Explosives
– Armed Assault
– Unauthorised Entry
– Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
– Chemical, Biological, Radiological Threats
– TVRA Process and Methodology
– Video Surveillance and Lighting Systems
– Physical Screening and Detection Technologies
– Access Control Systems
– Intrusion Detection Systems
– Security Manpower Deployment/Operations
– Contingency Planning
– Threat-Oriented Person Screening Integrated Systems (“TOPSIS”)
– Red Teaming
– Security Audits
– Infrastructure Protection Act (“IPA”)
– Private Security Industry Act (“PSIA”)