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Im not sure about many of you but i have found that sometimes knowing to much about your job will get you in trouble.. let me explain.
In the few years that i have done security i have tried to learn what i can about buildings, their access points, security breeches, maintenance problems, doors that dont lock, fire code violations and etc.
I have often found that once one learns to much, they are often reassigned properties, once one actually follows post orders they are told to stop doing so, once one learns building very well, they are asked to work other properties.
What i dont understand is if one takes the time to learn these things, the company and client sees it as a threat, but i think i would rather have an officer learn these things, as for us to fully do our jobs, we should know these things.
case and point, one building i worked in had extra body bags and back boards, so i suggested if we had these type of supplies why dont we train with them, i was told ohhhh those are there in case of earthquake, we wont ever have to use them so we dont need to train with them, we also had ppe, at which i was told oh well we dont ever have to worry nothing is going to happen and if it does just run out of the building. so my question is why provide tools if you will not allow guards to train with them.
Another point to make is at my current post, i have the emergency gas valve shut off key at my desk, I am supposed to know where the gas valve is and how to shut it off in an emergency i have been asked to see where the gas valve is and i am always told oh we can do that tommorow its not that important........
at one post we had gas pumps, we are supposed to be first on scene in case of fire, there is a solinad pump extingisher system that we are expected to know how to use to contain the fire if it where ever to happen to prevent it from futhre damaging city fleet vehicles, but any one i asked did not know how to use it, also we were supposed to be able to reset the pump alarms, but i was never shown how to do that, but it is part of job that we are supposed to know how to do.
I just get tired of companies and clients wigging out when you really learn your job, they tell you, oh you know to much, or dont worry about training with that, my question is this, how many of you have learned to much and have been asked not to do things or to go to other buildings because your to proactive by learning fire code, and pointing out, oh btw theres no emergency evacuation route posted up in case of emergency which is required by fire code (or some other fire code, safety, criminal law) and be told not to worry, but you know they should be worried because you know if the fire marshall came in the building would get fined. and when the fire marshall does come in and fines the building its always the guards fault for not mentioning these things, even though the guard may have said something, but the building managers dont want do anything about these things....
In the few years that i have done security i have tried to learn what i can about buildings, their access points, security breeches, maintenance problems, doors that dont lock, fire code violations and etc.
I have often found that once one learns to much, they are often reassigned properties, once one actually follows post orders they are told to stop doing so, once one learns building very well, they are asked to work other properties.
What i dont understand is if one takes the time to learn these things, the company and client sees it as a threat, but i think i would rather have an officer learn these things, as for us to fully do our jobs, we should know these things.
case and point, one building i worked in had extra body bags and back boards, so i suggested if we had these type of supplies why dont we train with them, i was told ohhhh those are there in case of earthquake, we wont ever have to use them so we dont need to train with them, we also had ppe, at which i was told oh well we dont ever have to worry nothing is going to happen and if it does just run out of the building. so my question is why provide tools if you will not allow guards to train with them.
Another point to make is at my current post, i have the emergency gas valve shut off key at my desk, I am supposed to know where the gas valve is and how to shut it off in an emergency i have been asked to see where the gas valve is and i am always told oh we can do that tommorow its not that important........
at one post we had gas pumps, we are supposed to be first on scene in case of fire, there is a solinad pump extingisher system that we are expected to know how to use to contain the fire if it where ever to happen to prevent it from futhre damaging city fleet vehicles, but any one i asked did not know how to use it, also we were supposed to be able to reset the pump alarms, but i was never shown how to do that, but it is part of job that we are supposed to know how to do.
I just get tired of companies and clients wigging out when you really learn your job, they tell you, oh you know to much, or dont worry about training with that, my question is this, how many of you have learned to much and have been asked not to do things or to go to other buildings because your to proactive by learning fire code, and pointing out, oh btw theres no emergency evacuation route posted up in case of emergency which is required by fire code (or some other fire code, safety, criminal law) and be told not to worry, but you know they should be worried because you know if the fire marshall came in the building would get fined. and when the fire marshall does come in and fines the building its always the guards fault for not mentioning these things, even though the guard may have said something, but the building managers dont want do anything about these things....
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