Types of security agents
There are four types of security and investigation agents licences:
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Security agent
Investigation agent
Security industry training
Process servers
Security agent
You are considered to be acting as a security agent if you perform one or more of the following
work functions:
Crowd or venue control
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Controlling crowds
Body guarding
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Protecting or guarding a person or keeping a person under surveillance
Preventing, detecting or investigating the commission of an offence in relation to a
person
General guarding
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Protecting or guarding property or keeping property under surveillance (other than in a
manner involving a dog or while in possession of a firearm)
Preventing, detecting or investigating the commission of an offence in relation to
property
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Guarding with a dog
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Protecting or guarding property, or keeping property under surveillance, in a manner
involving a dog; and
Hiring out or otherwise supplying dogs or other animals for the purpose of protecting or
guarding property
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Guarding with a firearm
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Protecting or guarding property, or keeping property under surveillance, while in
possession of a firearm within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1977
Monitoring centre operations
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Protecting or guarding property, or keeping property under surveillance, by means of
monitoring a security alarm or surveillance system whether from the place at which
the property is located or from another place (but not by means of attendance in
response to an alarm)
Security systems work
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Providing advice on security alarm or surveillance systems; and
Hiring out or otherwise supplying security alarm or surveillance systems; and
Installing or maintaining security alarm or surveillance systems
Security systems work limited to providing sales and advice only
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Providing advice on security alarm or surveillance systems
Hiring out or otherwise supplying security alarm or surveillance systems
Investigation agent
You are considered to be acting as an investigation agent if you perform one or more of the
following work functions:
Collection work associated with:
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ascertaining the whereabouts of or repossessing goods that are subject to a security
interest
collecting or requesting the payment of debts
executing legal process for the enforcement of a judgement or order of a court
executing distress for the recovery of rates, taxes or money
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Inquiry work associated with:
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obtaining or providing (without the written consent of a person) information about the
personal character or actions of the person or about the business or occupation of the
person
searching for missing persons
obtaining evidence for the purpose of legal proceedings
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Security industy training
You are considered to be security industry trainer or a training provider if you perform one or more
of the following work functions:
Security industry trainer
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If you personally provide security industry training
Security industry training provider
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If you carry on business providing security industry training
Security industry training is defined as:
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training designed to provide a person with a qualification determined by the Commissioner to
be required for a person to be eligible to hold a security agents licence (other than a licence
authorising only the performance of functions relating to security alarm or surveillance
systems)
training required by the Commissioner to be completed by the holder of a security agents
licence that authorises the licensee to perform the function of controlling crowds
training of a kind prescribed by the regulations.