CCTV Monitoring Officer (Night Roster)

You'll watch the screens and radios at an armed response control room in Alberton, and send help the moment something is wrong. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Alberton (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Talk down intruders over on-site speakers when the system allows
• Keep call-out times and client passwords up to date
• Track stolen vehicles on the map and guide recovery teams
• Dispatch the nearest response vehicle over the radio
• Answer alarm signals and phone clients to verify them
• Hand over open incidents clearly at shift change

• Computer literate and quick on a keyboard
• Clear speaking voice on radio and phone
• Able to stay focused through 12-hour day and night shifts
• Good memory for sites, streets and procedures
• Matric

• Call centre work in the past
• Experience on a CCTV or alarm monitoring platform
• CCTV operator short course

• Path to senior controller or supervisor
• Indoor, air-conditioned work environment
• Shift allowance for nights

• Mention any software you have used: alarm monitoring, CCTV or even call centre systems. Control rooms need people who learn screens fast.
• Show you can stay alert at night. If you have done night shift before without problems, say so.