Access Control Officer (Grade C)

You'll control who comes in and out of an office tower in Paarl, and log every visitor properly. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

Home base is an office tower on the Paarl side of Western Cape. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Test the panic button and radio when you come on duty
• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Direct traffic and parking during school drop-off or big events

• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Clean criminal record
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred
• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date

• Firefighting or evacuation training
• Experience on estate access apps or biometric readers
• A Code 8 licence for vehicle patrols

• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• Provident fund contributions
• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training

• 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.