6 Tips for Security Professionals on Going Back to Workplace

GOING BACK TO THE WORKPLACE is filled with

challenges with the ongoing pandemic.

As of October 10, 2021 there were 12,159 new

confirmed cases. Prices are going up. According to

the Philippine Statistics Authority, with the August

2021 inflation, the Philippines’ average inflation from

January to August 2021 stood at 4.4 percent.

Indices from alcoholic beverages (10.3%), to

clothing and footwear (1.8%), housing, water,

electricity, gas, and fuels (3.1%), transport (7.2%)

and restaurant and miscellaneous goods and

services (3.1%) were higher.

What can Security Guards & Security Officers do to keep safe, healthy and

productive?

• GET VACCINATED

• Use PNP SOSIA One Stop Shop

• Use ONLINE FILING of SSS Loan

• Eat healthy and exercise

• Take time to understand the concerns

of personnel and each other

• Follow minimum health standards

All Security Personnel

A visit to PNP Camp Crame One Stop Shop (OSS) to obtain renewal of clearances with its COVID 19 precautions is a safer and faster way. Security service agreements require security personnel to have updated License to Exercise Security Profession (LESP), Neuro Psychiatric Test Clearance, Drug Test Result/Clearance, PNP Intelligence Clearance (DI) or NBI Clearance among others. Another OSS also opened in MOA.

As a Security Officer, what can I do?

Many Philippine government offices like the SSS have adopted contactless or limited contact processes.

Remind personnel on what they should do to process government benefits. Members can file salary loan applications online and go to https://member.sss.gov.ph/members/.

Informing personnel of the government agency’s new schedule will ease their worry on whether benefits such as calamity loan or sickness loans can be processed in a timely manner. A member who is registered at My.SSS can submit the salary loan application online. The salary loan submitted online by an employed member will be directed to the employer's My.SSS account for certification, hence, the employer should also have an SSS Web account.

Encourage eating healthy and exercise. Promote work-life balance by proper scheduling of activities and workforce rotation.

Supervisors take time to understand the concerns of personnel.Scheduling of rest days and considering emergency leaves help of security personnel adjust to responsibilities at home and at work.

What guidance do we have as Security Personnel as we perform our foot patrol?

Check and be vigilant with minimum health standards.

Continue to use face masks in confined areas, and maintain 1 to 2 meter distances from one another.

While at the workplace, adequate ventilation from natural airflow is best. Simply opening of window and doors, turning off air-conditioning units when possible are highly encouraged.

Just a few tips to keep the workplace safe!