Boom Gate Controller (Industrial Park)

Steady 12-hour shifts at an office tower in Vereeniging for PSIRA-registered officers. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Location: Vereeniging, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register
• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols
• Patrol the perimeter on a set route and scan checkpoint tags
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Direct traffic and parking during school drop-off or big events
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)

• Clean criminal record
• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date
• Speaks and writes basic English
• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred

• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• Provident fund contributions
• Stable long-term site contracts
• 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.