Boom Gate Controller (Industrial Park)

Steady 12-hour shifts at a private school campus in Randburg for PSIRA-registered officers. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is in Randburg (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols
• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register
• Patrol the perimeter on a set route and scan checkpoint tags
• Call the armed response or SAPS number from the call list when needed
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Keep the guardhouse clean and the OB up to date for the relieving officer

• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Clean criminal record
• Speaks and writes basic English

• Previous experience at a similar site type
• Experience on estate access apps or biometric readers
• Firefighting or evacuation training

• Provident fund contributions
• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training
• 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.
• Arrive for the interview in neat clothes with your certificates in a plastic sleeve. It shows the discipline they want.