Security officers for hazardous industrial facilities: Validating a perspective system of job-related psychological selection

Any professional activity centres around a person with his/her individual psychological characteristics and possible deviant behaviour. Armed security officers working at hazardous industrial facilities (HIF) may pose potential threat. The study aimed to improve the system of job-related selection identify causes behind offences committed by HIF officers. criteria underpinning new systems have be valid. Questions validity also arise as regards psychodiagnostic tests included in system. Professionally important qualities (PIQ) were identified through psychographic expert interviews military guards critical state facilities. personality traits those who presented “profiles”. We developed module main processing implements basic algorithms. test methods used was assessed view their prevalence traditional approaches personnel. empirical testing carried out during recruitment next phase is complete reliability