「경비업법」개정의 주요 쟁점과 개정방안

Abstract

Security Industry Act is a basic Korean act of private security industry to regulate activities and operation of businessmen, instructors and workers in security. This act puts its purposes on contributing to sound operation of security industry by determining what is required to nurture, develop and systematically manage it. The purpose of this study is to see main issues on revising「Security Industry Act」and to present ways to activate private security industry. Ways to revise main issues of Security Industry Act are following. Firstly, enlarging the range of security industry is required. Although security industry grows annually in its quantity, it is focused on guarding facilities in service and on Seoul and Gyeonggi-do in location. Considering that advanced nations get the security industry diversified and detailed, Korea also should enlarge it by introducing private investigation, traffic security and private army security services. Enlarged security work would lead to further growth and highly contribute to making companies advanced and specialized by globalizing it, as well as to economic boom. Secondly, all the troubles in the contract must be improved. Overheated competition and lowest-price contract would weaken security industries and fall off its service quality it if kept going on, which makes it hard to expect development and sound operation of security industry. Therefore, the facility owners must change their recognition, and legal revision such as limiting sub-contract must be discussed. Thirdly, regulations about security instructors must be revised. Job training and re-training system must be prepared, and quality and standards for education and career of Security Instructor Test must by revised. Fourthly, training regulations about security workers must be revised. Problems in system must be made up for by post-education, and the educational program to fit 5 sections of security service (facilities security, escort, body guard, mechanical guard, and special security service) must be re-organized. Fifthly,「Security Industry Act」and「Security Guard Act」must be integrated. The gaps between those two acts should be narrowed by either preparing a bill to integrate both acts, or revising those acts.