Gate Security Officer (Residential Estate)

The gate at a distribution warehouse in Soweto is the first line of safety, and you would be standing at it. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Soweto, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register
• Keep the guardhouse clean and the OB up to date for the relieving officer
• Call the armed response or SAPS number from the call list when needed
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors

• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Clean criminal record
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred
• Alert, polite and firm with the public

• Previous experience at a similar site type
• Firefighting or evacuation training

• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training
• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• Uniform, boots and winter jacket issued
• Stable long-term site contracts

• Make sure your PSIRA fees are paid. A lapsed registration gets your CV thrown out, even if you have years of experience.
• List the types of sites you have guarded, like estate, mall or factory. Security companies place officers by site experience.