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Post & Parcel Del Risk Assessment
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our security risk assessment and the resulting measures put in place will
cover how your organisation handles post, including parcels. This will include the physical location and security for delivery, equipment to consider and processes and procedures for staff to follow, taking into account the size and nature of your business.
Advice is available at the CPNI website:
www.cpni.gov.uk/screening-mail-and-courier- deliveries-0. In collaboration with the British Standards Institution (BSI) they have produced guidance on mail screening and security: PAS 97:2015 Mail screening and security.
Below are nine key areas to consider for effective security in post and parcel delivery:
1. Establish a delivery policy for post and packages
For example, some organisations do not allow personal deliveries for staff. In multi- occupancy buildings, tenants may be required to use the same suppliers for some items to reduce the number of deliveries made. You may decide to pre-screen all deliveries off site before delivering them to their destination.
2. Consider the location of your delivery room
If possible, locate the loading bay / delivery room in an area away from any business- critical parts of the building such as: server rooms, gas utility inlets, air conditioning
outlets / inlets with their own or no air conditioning. An assessment should be made to see what is around the immediate vicinity of the delivery areas and actions taken to minimise any potential blast or spread of lethal powders. However, it may not be possible to locate the delivery room this way: in older buildings, limited options only are available. British Standard PAS 97 discusses this further.
3. Put security in place for the loading bay / post room
The loading bay / post room should have an access control system that only allows authorised personnel to enter, where possible, backed up with CCTV to give a full audit trail of who goes where and when.
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