ACS Assessor Guide - Security Industry Authority

ACS Assessor GuideSection 4 – Criterion Specific Guidelines: Criteria 5Criteria 5 – ResourcesAn SIA approved contractor has sufficient technical resources tosustain its business, meeting the relevant industry standards.Note:1. There are elements within this criterion which cover the legislativerequirements of conducting a business. It is not expected that the assessorwould be familiar with all of these aspects to enable an in-depth examination.It must be remembered that it is the responsibility of the applicantorganisation to provide a truthful assessment of their performance and theassessor’s role is one of verification. As such the assessor should plan to asktargeted questions to elicit information about the applicants’ approaches.2. The Assessor should familiarise themselves with the key points of some ofthe legislative requirements. The Department for Business Innovation andSkills and Business Link websites (www.bis.gov.uk andwww.businesslink.gov.uk) provide a summary of the key points on all ofthe legislative requirements within the ACS Standard.3. Examples of the types of evidence the assessor may consider sufficient tomeet the ACS Standard are given wherever possible.95The contents of this publication are copyright ©2013 Security Industry Authority, all rights reserved. No part of the contents may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means without prior written permission of the copyright owner.