Armed Response Officer (Residential Patrols)

You'll answer alarms across a mixed-use neighbourhood in Sandton in a marked vehicle, armed and ready. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a mixed-use neighbourhood on the Sandton side of Gauteng.

• Do vehicle checks: tyres, fuel, lights and siren
• Secure a scene until SAPS arrives and hand over details
• Visit clients for key-holder checks and open-up requests
• Search the property perimeter and check doors, windows and gates
• Respond to alarm and panic signals sent by the control room
• Check the firearm in and out of the safe at shift start and end
• Write detailed incident reports on the tablet or in the vehicle logbook

• SAPS firearm competency certificate for handguns (and shotgun if required)
• Able to work 12-hour rotating shifts
• Clean criminal record and no pending cases
• Calm under pressure and physically fit
• At least 2 years in guarding or response
• PSIRA Grade B or C with an armed response course

• Knowledge of the local streets and sectors
• First-aid Level 2 or 3
• SAPS, SANDF or reservist background

• Regular refresher shooting practice
• Response vehicle and firearm provided
• Group life cover through the provident fund
• Danger and night allowances

• Mention the areas you know well. Companies prefer officers who can find addresses fast without a GPS.
• Bring the originals of your certificates to the interview. Armed companies verify them before a shooting test.