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HUMAN RESOURCES
FeatherbrookE Estate
Workforce Management
organisation. The estate management need to
Drivers and vehicle license
disc and identity document
scanners
Workforce management is a new idea but
perform the same functions as a company but
relies heavily on relatively mature concepts
takes the employees from various companies
such as access control, time, attendance and
and does the vetting and management of
identity management.
those personnel whilst they are in the estate.
a great start towards winning the battle
How do we achieve this?
against criminal syndicates. It is not everyone
Security estates provides a more secure
A number of these systems exist and it is
that can afford good quality forged identity
environment for a resident to live in. The
Identity management
management and staff of the estate takes
The modern face of the criminal is one of a
responsibility
this
bold, confident and audacious individual. They
heightened security and put mechanisms in
perform criminal acts in broad daylight and
If applied correctly, these systems are also
place that delivers more secure conditions.
in full view of the victims they have targeted.
able to identify forged documents.
for
the
provision
of
documents so a certain level of criminal will
be eliminated by the use of this technology.
Criminal syndicates are organised and often
The challenge for estate management is
that the people entering the estate are
from all walks of life and there is little or
no control on the vetting of these people.
So for example, an unscrupulous contractor
can employ a criminal and allow that criminal
to enter the estate to perform the jobs that
he is employed for. That same criminal is
now in the estate and has relative freedom
to perform criminal acts. Often the estate
management depends on others to have
done the vetting of personnel that enter the
estate. The risk of criminal elements being
introduced into the estate if this situation is
management
in
the
The barcode identity document scanners are
have extensive networks and information
able to lift the information that is imprinted
gatherers.
inside the barcode on the ID or drivers
licence card. Part of that information is the
With
perimeter
equipment
and
becoming
building
very
security
efficient,
the
photograph that is printed on the front of
the card.
modern criminal has changed their tactics,
and very successfully at that.
The lower quality and the more abundant
forged ID cards and documents are simply
How can we protect ourselves in the face of
stolen cards that have had the photograph
this new threat? To start with, we need to
on the front of the card replaced. If access
own our space and we need to perform acts
control officers are provided with the correct
that reclaim the control of access onto our
CCTV equipment and the effective training in
properties.
the use of these systems, they are able to
identify these forged cards.
We need to be able to identify, as best
secure
estate community is different from a large
as possible in this new age of technological
The other professionally forged ID card is
advances, each and every person who enters
allowed to continue is extremely high.
Workforce
have excellent access to information. They
done by staff within Home Affairs. An innocent
our space. The more identity determining
person’s identity is stolen and the criminal’s
technologies we use the more effective we
photo is included in the barcode of the card
will be to defend against this modern criminal.
as well as on the front of the card. This is