Access Control Officer (Grade C)

Steady 12-hour shifts at a private school campus in Mthatha for PSIRA-registered officers. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is in Mthatha (Eastern Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Test the panic button and radio when you come on duty
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Patrol the perimeter on a set route and scan checkpoint tags
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Call the armed response or SAPS number from the call list when needed
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards

• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Speaks and writes basic English
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred

• Stable long-term site contracts
• Provident fund contributions
• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training
• Uniform, boots and winter jacket issued

• Put your PSIRA number and grade right under your name. Recruiters check it on the PSIRA system before they even phone you.
• List the types of sites you have guarded, like estate, mall or factory. Security companies place officers by site experience.