Access Control Officer (Grade C) – Experienced

Residents and staff at a gated residential estate in Pietermaritzburg need to feel safe when they arrive; that is your job. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Pietermaritzburg-based, with most of your time spent at a gated residential estate.

• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Keep the guardhouse clean and the OB up to date for the relieving officer
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Call the armed response or SAPS number from the call list when needed
• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register

• Speaks and writes basic English
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date
• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends

• Previous experience at a similar site type
• Firefighting or evacuation training
• A Code 8 licence for vehicle patrols

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

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