Access Control (Electronic) Procedures

Parent Policy

Access Control (Electronic) Policy

1. All sections of the university community seeking to employ security solutions, including access control equipment, into environments for which they are directly responsible, must first seek the professional advice and approval of the university’s security services.

   Responsibility

   All sections of university community seeking to install access control equipment

2. Where a requirement for access control is being examined by a university security representative, they must consult with the department/faculty access coordinator responsible for the building or area under consideration and/or where a building project officer has been assigned to a particular minor works project, with that building project officer. In the case of an on- campus location the security representative attending must, where possible, be from that campus and for off-campus locations the representative must be from the University Security Advisory Office.

   Responsibility

   University security representative

3. The University Security Advisory Office is responsible for maintaining a university standard specification for all university electronic security system equipment, including access control equipment, from which all minor and major security project work specifications are to be developed. In all cases where installation of new access control systems is being considered, the local campus security representative and the university security systems coordinator must liaise with each other to ensure the delivery of an effective access control and security solution which is also compliant with the university standard.

   Responsibility

   University security representative
   University security systems coordinator
   

4. The approval process for amending the university standard specification on electronic security system equipment requires consultation between the university security manager, the university security systems coordinator, the manager campus services branch and security supervisors, resulting in a recommendation by the university security manager to the divisional office of facilities and services for approval.

   Responsibility

   University security manager
   Divisional Director, Facilities and Services Division
   

5. In the case of a capital works project, appropriate local and divisional security and facilities and services representatives must liaise with the project manager and/or their nominated representative and/or consultant, and stakeholders, to determine the most effective university approved and supported security outcome.

   Responsibility

   University security representative
   Facilities and services representative/s
   

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