News Issue 4 June 2014
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NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 4
June 2014
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PSSA Members Approve New Policy
At the 2013 AGM the Council of the PSSA were given
the brief to examine how best all Members could be
seen to be promoting professional standards in our
sector. The result was the resolution passed at the GM
to request all Members to embark on the journey to
commit their company and products to Verification
Scheme validation during the coming year – where
an appropriate Scheme module exists. Over half of
the PSSA membership has already committed and the
new initiative is designed to help other Members gain
public recognition of their support for raising standards
in the sector. The current Scheme modules cover HVM
products, fencing and the new installation initiative.
Where a PSSA scheme does not apply, companies are
expected to meet the appropriate external standards.
This is an exciting time for the PSSA - and, as our
growing membership suggests, we have become a
positive influence in helping to raise industry standards
and, ultimately, sales levels!
The new PSSA policy, agreed by Members in General
meeting, is;
“Where a PSSA approved Verification Scheme exists
which is applicable to the products and services offered
by a PSSA Member, then that Member will be required
to commit to submit their company and products and/
or services to the appropriate Scheme processes within
one year of becoming a Member of the Association; or
by 30th June 2015 for continuing Members”.
“New Member applications received on or after 1st July
2014 will be subject to a Scheme pre-entry assessment to
assist in providing clear guidance towards a successful
passage through the appropriate Scheme(s)”.
The intended benefits of these changes include;
1. Sending a clear message to the security market place that
PSSA members are committed to high quality business
practices, products and services;
2. Providing specifiers, customers and other stakeholders
with a wider range of verified “high security assured”
companies, products and services; and
3. Bringing the business benefits of Scheme participation to
all our Members.
Rob Oliver, the Secretary to the Council of the PSSA explains,
“Over the next year it is planned that there will be a
critical mass of companies and their products that have
gone through the Verification Scheme. This will make it
easier for product specifiers and users to stipulate that PSSA
membership and Scheme compliance becomes a
requirement for contracts. It also aligns with the original
objectives of the PSSA, developed in consultation with the
CPNI, that a Scheme would be delivered that would go
beyond HVM product testing to cover company compliance
and installation matters.”
A special General Meeting of the PSSA at the Counter Terror trade show marked a
significant step forward in the development of the Association.