As a consumer of security services the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (Act 56 of 2001) places an explicit legal onus on consumer of private security services to use only legitimate and registered security service providers. Consumers can be found guilty of a criminal offence and can be prosecuted for intentionally or negiligently using the services of s security business which is non-complaint with the Act. Any security service provider has to be registered with PSIRA (Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority). A registration certificate to this effect must be made available on request.
Are all of the employees deployed to render a security service registered with the Authority? Registration certificates as well as the last PSIRA audit inspection report to this effect must be made available on request) as well as the last PSIRA audited inspection report.
Are all the security officers deployed to provide a security service, in possession of the necessary training certificates from accredited training establishments?
Are all the security officers deployed to provide a security service, paid at the least minimum statutory wage applicable in terms of the Sectoral Determination 6 for the private security industry issued by the Minister of Labour.
Does the security business guarantee that all the security officers deployed on your premises will adhere to the statutory code of conduct applicable to all security service providers?
Does the security business guarantee that its security officers are specifically trained for the task that they have been allocated to do?
All security officers are required to be members of a provident fund ant the company must contribute 6.5% of their salary to the fund and the employee contribute 6.5% of their salary to the fund. Can your security service provider produce a letter of goodstanding from its provident fund administrator?
Does the security business register for tax and can they provide their tax clearance certificate and up to date contribution?
Does the security business register for Workmanship Compensation and can they provide you a letter of goodstanding?
