Intelligent Security Technology

The individual needs to know and understand:

• Health and safety regulations, obligations, documents, and procedures, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• First aid principles and practices
• International, national, and proprietary standards, regulations and guidelines for constructing security and protection systems
• Official approval processes for constructing security and protection systems, according to their types and purposes
• The applications, scope and functions of security and protection systems
• Key project criteria, including cost, quality, and completion
• Principles and applications for power grounding and lightning protection
• Principles and applications of electrical safety measures during construction
• The importance of keeping records of progress and changes in implementation for the operation and maintenance of the system
• The importance of protecting the integrity and security of data when processing information
• Sustainability measures for handling waste for recycling safely
• The importance of accuracy, inspections and attention to detail
• The importance of methodical working
• The quality assurance process
• The impacts of new technology
• How to continuously maintain and develop professional and technical knowledge relating to security and protection.

The individual shall be able to:

• Follow health and safety standards, rules and regulations at all times
• Maintain safe working environments and personal protection
• Create and interpret engineering drawings
• Plan projects to achieve optimal efficiency in progress and completion
• Assess whether configuration plans fit the on-site environments
• Safely and consistently select, use, clean, maintain and store tools and equipment
• Regularly schedule tasks and re-prioritize multiple tasks according to changing situations and demands
• Manage the stocks and flows of construction materials and equipment
• Meet personal, company, and industry standards, including up-to-date certification
• Keep up to date with new regulations, systems, products, and methods of work
• Share new ideas and possibilities with others for the benefit of colleagues, clients and organizations

The individual needs to know and understand:

• The importance of listening in effective communication.
• The job roles and responsibilities of colleagues and the most effective methods for communicating with them
• The importance of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues and managers
• Principles and techniques for efficient and effective teamwork
• Principles and techniques for resolving misunderstandings and conflicts.

The individual shall be able to:

• Listen carefully to others and ask questions to deepen understanding of complex situations
• Communicate with colleagues verbally and in writing.
• Adapt to the changing needs of colleagues
• Lead and/or support the development of strong and effective teams
• Communicate with external organisations to gain project approval or consent, as required
• Share professional knowledge and skills with colleagues, and give support or coach others as required or helpful
• Deal professionally with tension and conflict to support their positive resolution
• Follow problem solving processes and apply techniques to generate options and potential solutions
• Maintain concentration, focus, and demeanour in complex multisystem working environments.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• Each organization’s structure and procedures for generating, negotiating, and securing sales
• The range of roles that contribute to the sales process
• The range of information required to create viable sales contracts
• The scope and limits of one’s own professional role in engaging with clients and their requirements
• The need to define, analyze, and record clients’ needs accurately
• The available options for meeting clients’ needs, and their relative strengths and limitations technically and financially
• The need to interpret and check clients’ needs by close inspection of the asset (such as a building, infrastructure, or environment) that requires security
• The feasibility and practical implications of implementing the potential security solutions, together with feasible and suitable alternatives
• Principles and methods of costing and pricing in detail, and overall
• Principles and methods for designing and producing specifications and blueprints, using appropriate software.

The individual shall be able to:

• Prepare for their role in the sales process by reading research and consultation with colleagues
• Use close questioning and analysis with clients and/or colleagues to understand both the clients’ needs and their technical and practical implications
• Formulate potential options to meet clients’ needs, in liaison with experts, professionals, and suppliers
• Manage clients’ requirements and expectations positively and ethically
• Inspect the asset (such as building, infrastructure, or environment) requiring security solutions to test, confirm, or modify, initial thinking
• Use standard or bespoke methods to cost the installation of the security system and its components, adding alternatives and their financial implications as appropriate
• Create and/or interpret specifications and blueprints for constructing and installing the infrastructure and security components.
• Liaise with relevant colleagues and check one’s work throughout the design process.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• Communication methods and approaches for understanding user needs
• Planning and design methodologies for security systems
• Standards governing the use of infrastructure and auxiliary components
• Recognized industry standards and regulations for technical drawings and implementation
• Design specifications for security management system diagrams
• Safety standards for the planning and design phases of security systems
• Good practice in the use of security system drawing tools
• Fundamental concepts of security system terminals
• Methods for reading and interpreting the structure and function identification of security systems.

The individual shall be able to:

• Read, interpret, and analyze technical drawings and specifications
• Design scientifically sound and practical security system solutions tailored to the characteristics of security technologies and products
• Create system architecture diagrams for various security systems
• Evaluate project environments to enhance safety and reliability
• Plan and apply security technology systems effectively
• Analyze project plans and specifications for intelligent security systems
• Develop design plans in compliance with international standards.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• The nature and functionality of security devices
• Fundamentals of security and electronics
• Core concepts of security applications
• Applicable environments for security systems and applications
• Engineering documentation, including drawings, wiring diagrams schematics, technical manuals, and specifications
• Components and composition of security applications
• Requirements and standards for security applications
• Methods for analysing the needs and specifications of security applications
• Techniques for selecting appropriate solutions for security applications.

The individual shall be able to:

• Analyze client requirements effectively for the installation and implementation of security system applications
• Evaluate construction environments and prepare appropriately for project execution
• Select optimal security design solutions tailored to specific application requirements
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, technical manuals, and related specifications
• Assess functionality and identify key parameter requirements for system components
• Choose suitable components based on the specific characteristics of security applications
• Use specialized instruments and meters to facilitate installation and ensure proper implementation
• Adopt scientifically sound, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable installation methods
• Adhere strictly to safety regulations and implement necessary safety measures
• Complete system installations accurately in accordance with construction drawings.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• Fundamental theories of the overall architecture of security systems
• Connection methods, data flow, and communication protocols between subsystems in security systems
• Industry standards and specifications for the debugging and optimization of security systems
• Fundamental principles of debugging security products
• Knowledge and techniques for optimizing security application systems
• Principles of energy efficiency management within security application systems
• Control principles and mechanisms in security application systems.

The individual shall be able to:

• Select and optimize application solutions for security systems
• Achieve energy efficiency while meeting system requirements and operational parameters
• Enhance and optimize the hardware performance of security products
• Improve the user experience of security products
• Calibrate hardware devices within security systems
• Utilize software debugging tools to commission and fine-tune security systems
• Debug and optimize performance metrics and indicators of security systems.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• Fundamental theories of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies
• Concepts of application scenarios for digital technologies
• Basic algorithms of artificial intelligence
• Foundational knowledge of digital technologies
• Knowledge of the application of intelligent technologies across systems
• Concepts of cloud computing and edge computing.

The individual shall be able to:

• Integrate AI-related data and systems effectively
• Apply digital technologies to foundational application scenarios
• Master data processing and algorithm adaptation for AI algorithms
• Construct intelligent security network architectures
• Coordinate and utilise edge computing and cloud computing collaboratively.

The individual needs to know and understand:

• How circumstances may change in the type of risk and client need
• Principles and procedures for routine maintenance and servicing
• How to judge between repair or replacement
• The risks to clients of malfunctions and delay
• The importance of retaining and/or restoring the confidence of clients in the event of malfunction or ineffectiveness
• Construction drawings and technical documentation for security systems applications
• Maintenance standards in the security industry
• Management protocols for the operational documentation of security systems.

The individual shall be able to:

• Perform routine maintenance
• Perform software unit testing and ICT troubleshooting
• Test sub-systems to ensure proper functioning or diagnose malfunctions
• Examine systems to locate problems such as loose or broken connections and/or equipment failure
• Repair or replace faulty connections or equipment
• Verify that the existing systems continue to meet current standards
• Advise clients on new equipment, regulations, and areas or functions requiring upgrading
• Recycle replaced equipment and material in a sustainable way
• Offer backup and disaster recovery support
• Complete and share reports and documentation to users and others who require it
• Coordinate multi-system operational maintenance.