Important Factors To Consider When Looking At Security Guard Services
It’s not an easy decision to make, hiring a security services company for your growing business, but one that you need to make in order to secure your future in the business world. Think about it, you are entrusting the security and well-being of a business you’ve worked hard to create, to a third-party company to keep it secure. There are hundreds of security services companies in every local area and it would be easy to be misled by one that is hiding past problems in order to gain your business.
Fortunately with a little bit of research, both online and off, combined with asking plenty of questions during the interview, you can level the playing field and end up choosing a security services company that can best fulfill your needs. So let’s take a look at what you need to do in your research and interview with the prospective companies.
First thing is to check their licensing and whether they comply with the security firm regulations as laid down by the government and the NZ Security Association.
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Before you consider hiring any particular company, there are quite a few questions that you’ll want to decide before you get started. Will some or all of the security guards be in full uniform, and who will be responsible for supplying those uniforms? Depending on who supplies the uniforms, who will be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance? Will there be other sites that need to be guarded such as a remote warehouse, construction site, or will all the guards work in one location? Will security guards be responsible for monitoring theft by customers or will their primary duties only involve protecting the main location from outside intruders? Who will be the guard’s immediate supervisor, you, your manager, or will they bring their own supervisor? Will they be dispatched and controlled by radio? These, and other questions that you can add, will all need to be answered by you, before discussing your needs with the security guard services representative.
Now that you know what responsibilities you’re going to want a security guard company to have, you need to make an appointment with their representative. You want to ask to see their licensing and their compliance with the government regulations, a copy of their insurance liability policy, and a copy of a security bond also. Then, they’ll need to provide you with a list of references that you can call to get an idea of their past services with other companies in your area.
The next thing you’ll need to ask, is how they go about hiring and training their employees, the people that you will be coming in direct contact with on a daily basis. Do they do extensive background checks, how far back in the past do they go, and are there psychological checks included? What kind of educational background do the employees have, and are there ongoing training and certification classes for their employees to attend?
In continuing your research, you’ll want to check with the local police station to see if there have been any problems with any of the companies in the past you’re researching. You also want to check with the Better Business Bureau, and independently check with any other local customers they may have that weren’t on the references list they gave to you, just in case.
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So as you can see choosing the right security services company for your business, while not an easy task, is a manageable endeavor when broken down into many small parts and tackled one at a time. The advice above should be taken as a basic outline of what you need to do and you should feel comfortable adding to it to meet your individual needs.
With the information from this article you can now go out and look for a security guard firm to protect your building site, office or factory unit. For companies that have national or regional operations it makes sense to work with just one company f possible. You can have just one point of contact, one invoicing point and one set of consolidated controls. Unfortunately most security guards are small companies that can only provide a service in their immediate vicinity. In fact most cannot even cover Auckland. So if you have a widespread security need look for national security firms like Global Security. They are based in Auckland but operate in many cities in NZ. Their website gives you some background. Give them a call and start the discussion with them.
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