What are the general and particular post orders (consemn) of a security guard?
Short answer
- The law requires a security guard to respect the general and particular post orders (consemn) of the post while on duty.
- The texts consulted do not define the two terms or give a model. The names suggest rules common to the whole site and rules for one specific post.
- The post orders are one of the elements set out through the security plan.
- The shift or site head briefs guards on the general and particular post orders.
- 4guards keeps operational records of posts, shifts and events; it does not produce the post orders and does not replace official documents.
Legal references and limits
- Law 333/2003, Art. 46(q), in the text republished in 2014: while on duty, guard personnel must respect the general and particular post orders of the post.
- Art. 46(b), (c) and (p): the guard guards what the security plan names, allows access only in line with legal rules and internal provisions, and carries out tasks according to the plan.
- Art. 5(6), as amended by Emergency Ordinance 37/2026: the plan sets out, among other things, the post orders, the number and location of posts, the access rules and how to act in different situations.
- HG 301/2012, Art. 33(5): the shift or site head, as applicable, briefs guards on the general and particular post orders and is responsible for how the service is carried out. Para. (2): with more than 5 posts, a shift head per shift briefs and assigns staff.
- Annex 2 to the norms gives models for the service documents, not for post orders. Emergency Ordinance 37/2026, Art. VI, provides for the norms to be amended within 90 days; check the version in force.
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Practical examples
- Indicative example: at a warehouse with two posts, visitor access, valid for the whole site, may go into the general orders, and delivery hours at the vehicle gate into the post’s particular orders. The law does not fix this split; the content is set through the security plan.
- Example: the post bulletin (Annex 2a) shows the number and type of post, the service hours and the guard at the post. It does not contain the post orders; it says who carries out the service and when.
- Example: the client changes the access rules at the vehicle gate. They are part of the plan (Art. 5(6)), so changing them means changing the plan, and the shift head briefs the guards on the new version.
Mistakes to avoid
- Leaving an old copy of the post orders at the post after the plan changes.
- Letting the guard decide site access alone: Art. 46(c) allows access only in line with legal rules and internal provisions.
- Copying the same text for every post: the plan describes the posts and their location.
- Confusing the post orders with the handover register, which records taking over a post (Annex 2b).
How 4guards helps
- 4guards does not produce the post orders and does not replace the official post orders or the registers required by law. A dedicated function for post orders or security plans is not confirmed; keep official documents through your company procedure.
- For each site you record the posts required per interval and build the shift roster. The coverage report, opened from the panel, lists intervals with fewer guards planned than posts required and, separately, shifts with no named guard.
- The dispatch board shows who is checked in at the post, who is late and which post has no named guard.
- In the event journal you can record a departure from the post orders; the text of an entry is never edited and a follow-up is recorded as a “resolution”.