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18 Training, Drills and Exercises On Port Facility Security
18 Training, Drills and Exercises On Port Facility Security
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Codes - ISPS Code - International Code
for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities - Annex - International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port
Facilities - Part B - Guidance regarding the provisions of chapter XI-2 of the Annex to the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended and part A of this Code - 18 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;
.10 instruction techniques for security training and education, including security measures and procedures;
.14 recognition, on a non–discriminatory basis, of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to
threaten the security;
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.19 security drills and exercises, including drills and exercises with ships; and
18.2 Port facility personnel having specific security duties should have knowledge and receive training, in some or all of the
following, as appropriate:
.3 recognition of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to threaten security;
.6 security–related communications;
.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;
.3 recognition of characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons who are likely to threaten the security; and
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 deficiencieswhich 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
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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;
.3 combined with other exercises held such as emergency response or other port State authority exercises.
Parent topic: Part B - Guidance regarding the provisions of chapter XI-2 of the Annex to the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended and part A of this Code
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