Self-assessment
PSIRA Self-Assessment
9 yes/no questions on the Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001. You get a score for each area and a list of gaps with what to do about each one.
1. Registration
1. Is the security business registered with PSIRA, with the registration current and the certificate kept safely?
(PSIRA Act s20)
2. Is every person who does security work for you registered, including in-house officers, and in the right grade?
(PSIRA Act s20 to 23)
3. Have you checked owners, directors and officers against the disqualifications in the Act, such as scheduled offences?
(PSIRA Act s23)
4. If registration is suspended, withdrawn or lapses, do you know you must still follow the Act's obligations during suspension and return the certificate?
(PSIRA Act s26)
2. Training and grading
1. Have your officers completed the training the Act and Regulations require for their grade and duties?
(PSIRA Act s23)
2. Where officers carry firearms, are they authorised under the Firearms Control Act and any competency requirements met?
(Firearms Control Act)
3. Code of Conduct and employment
1. Is the Code of Conduct available to staff and used in discipline, with signed acknowledgements?
(Code of Conduct for Security Service Providers 2003)
2. Do you meet the employer duties the Code points to, such as UIF, COIDA, skills development levies and the sectoral wage?
(Code of Conduct, labour laws)
3. Do you keep client contracts and deployment records?
(PSIRA Act, Code of Conduct)
Sources
Turn these gaps into tracked tasks
Assign owners and due dates, keep the evidence, and show your progress to clients and auditors.